The Ministry of Ecology and Environment is planning a third round of central environmental inspections

Recently, Zhai Qing, a member of the party leading group and vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, revealed at a press conference that since the beginning of the pilot at the end of 2015, the central environmental protection inspectors have completed two rounds of full coverage of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and have carried out inspections of some departments and central enterprises
.
The central environmental protection inspectorate promotes all localities to unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, and coordinates to promote high-quality economic development and high-level protection of
the ecological environment.
In the next step, we will comprehensively summarize the experience of inspections, systematically plan the third round of inspections, maintain a strict tone, and strive to solve outstanding ecological and environmental problems
.

Vice Minister Zhai Qing attended the press conference Zhai Qing said that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue to create a new situation in ecological environmental protection, promote high-quality development and create high-quality life with high-level protection of the ecological environment, and contribute to building a beautiful China and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
.

"Systematically plan to carry out the third round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections"

As we all know, the central ecological and environmental protection inspectorate has always been a "sharp sword" for environmental protection, and has played an important role in recent years and promoted the solution of many environmental problems
.
In the future, how will the central ecological and environmental protection supervision work be carried out?

Since the beginning of the pilot at the end of 2015, the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors have completed two rounds of full coverage of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and have carried out inspections
of some departments and central enterprises.

Zhai Qing said that in the past few years, the central ecological and environmental protection inspectors have achieved remarkable results of "central recognition, praise from the people, support from all parties, and problem solving", as well as good political, economic, social and environmental effects
.

The data shows that the overall completion rate of the 3,294 tasks specified in the first round of inspection and rectification plans is nearly 96%, and nearly 60% of the 1,227 tasks specified in the first three batches of rectification plans in the second round have been completed, and the fourth, fifth and sixth batches of rectification are being actively and orderly promoted
.
The two rounds of inspections accepted a total of 287,000 reports of environmental problems from the public, and 286,000 cases have been closed or closed in stages
.

Zhai Qing said that in the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will comprehensively summarize the practical experience of inspections, systematically plan to carry out the third round of inspections, maintain steadfastness, adhere to the strict tone without wavering, focus on solving outstanding ecological and environmental problems, constantly meet the people's expectations for a beautiful ecological environment, and contribute our strength
to building a beautiful China where man and nature live in harmony.