Agricultural source pollution emissions account for half of China's total pollution emissions
According to a report by China National Radio's "News and Newspaper Summary," at present, agricultural source pollution emissions in China already account for half of total pollution emissions. The Ministry of Environmental Protection says that this year it will continue to strengthen the intensity of contiguous rural environmental remediation. It is understood that at present, nearly 90% of rural areas in China
According to a report by China National Radio's "News and Newspaper Summary," at present, agricultural source pollution emissions in China already account for half of total pollution emissions. The Ministry of Environmental Protection says that this year it will continue to strengthen the intensity of contiguous rural environmental remediation.
It is understood that at present, nearly 90% of rural areas in China still face a situation of environmental “neglect”. Qiu Qiwen, deputy director of the Ecological Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, introduced that rural areas in China face the problems of insufficient treatment and considerable accumulated arrears, which have become an obvious weak link in current social development.
Qiu Qiwen: There are 590,000 villages nationwide, less than 10% have sewage treatment, and household waste treatment is roughly only one third. At present, Chongqing has launched contiguous rural environmental remediation in 900 villages, and environmental remediation projects in Dalian and other places have begun to show results this year, with the sewage treatment rate reaching over 60%. In Fuzhou, many villages and towns have built garbage transfer stations, directly transporting compacted garbage to designated urban locations for treatment.
Liu Yangfeng, secretary of the Party branch of Tingtou Village, Mawei District, Fuzhou: After compaction inside, the sewage is also discharged into the sewage pipe network. Now not only our own village, but nearby surrounding villages also uniformly transport their garbage here, and garbage transfer in the surrounding villages has improved a great deal.
Qiu Qiwen introduced that the Ministry of Environmental Protection will continue to advance the contiguous rural environmental remediation project, especially strengthening the environmental management and control of water source areas along the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and hold the line on water quality safety.
Qiu Qiwen: This year, the water source areas of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, as well as villages along the water transmission route, will be the focus of remediation, and the 20,000 to 30,000 villages that have a direct impact on water quality will undergo dragnet-style, full-coverage treatment.
At the same time, in response to the problem that completed projects in some places lack management and pollution control results are difficult to sustain, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will explore the establishment of a long-term management and protection mechanism for rural environmental governance.
Qiu Qiwen: Achieve whole-line advancement, and consider sewage, garbage, and livestock and poultry manure in a whole-line coordinated way.
It is understood that at present, nearly 90% of rural areas in China still face a situation of environmental “neglect”. Qiu Qiwen, deputy director of the Ecological Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, introduced that rural areas in China face the problems of insufficient treatment and considerable accumulated arrears, which have become an obvious weak link in current social development.
Qiu Qiwen: There are 590,000 villages nationwide, less than 10% have sewage treatment, and household waste treatment is roughly only one third. At present, Chongqing has launched contiguous rural environmental remediation in 900 villages, and environmental remediation projects in Dalian and other places have begun to show results this year, with the sewage treatment rate reaching over 60%. In Fuzhou, many villages and towns have built garbage transfer stations, directly transporting compacted garbage to designated urban locations for treatment.
Liu Yangfeng, secretary of the Party branch of Tingtou Village, Mawei District, Fuzhou: After compaction inside, the sewage is also discharged into the sewage pipe network. Now not only our own village, but nearby surrounding villages also uniformly transport their garbage here, and garbage transfer in the surrounding villages has improved a great deal.
Qiu Qiwen introduced that the Ministry of Environmental Protection will continue to advance the contiguous rural environmental remediation project, especially strengthening the environmental management and control of water source areas along the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and hold the line on water quality safety.
Qiu Qiwen: This year, the water source areas of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, as well as villages along the water transmission route, will be the focus of remediation, and the 20,000 to 30,000 villages that have a direct impact on water quality will undergo dragnet-style, full-coverage treatment.
At the same time, in response to the problem that completed projects in some places lack management and pollution control results are difficult to sustain, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will explore the establishment of a long-term management and protection mechanism for rural environmental governance.
Qiu Qiwen: Achieve whole-line advancement, and consider sewage, garbage, and livestock and poultry manure in a whole-line coordinated way.