Zou Shoumin, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Finance of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Science and technology help deepen the fight against pollution

Technology is the core weapon for improving the ecological environment, coping with climate change, and ultimately achieving green, low-carbon, and high-quality development
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The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that ecological and environmental protection has a long way to go, and proposed to fight pollution prevention and control in an in-depth battle to continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment
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Faced with these new problems, new situations and new requirements, we need to rely on technological innovation and technological progress more than ever before to ask for answers, methods, and ways out of science and technology

2021 is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
What new achievements will technology, a "weapon" for solving environmental problems, do? To this end, the reporter interviewed Zou Shoumin, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Finance of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment
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Zou Shoumin said that in 2021, in accordance with the overall requirements for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Funding Committee and other departments will strengthen linkages, focusing on major scientific and technological projects for water pollution control and treatment, coordinated prevention and control of fine particulate matter and ozone pollution, and the Yangtze River Ecosystem.
Environmental protection restoration, comprehensive treatment of air and soil and groundwater pollution, marine environment safety guarantee, research and demonstration of key technologies for carbon peaking and carbon neutralization, environmental protection and restoration of typical fragile ecological environments, and treatment of solid waste and new pollutants, etc.
; and follow According to the requirements of "three pollution control" and "five precision", we organize scientific and technological assistance actions for thousands of experts in hundreds of cities and counties, promote the application of scientific and technological achievements, and send technologies, policies, and plans to localities and enterprises
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Strengthen the construction of basic capacity for scientific and technological innovation, and build a national strategic scientific and technological force in the field of ecological environment

Organize and implement major projects to tackle key problems to support the in-depth fight against pollution

During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the quality of China's ecological environment has improved significantly, and science and technology are indispensable
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Through the tackling of key scientific research projects, we can have a clearer grasp of the cause mechanism, time-space and internal evolution of environmental problems, and the technical accessibility and economic feasibility of pollution control and ecological restoration will be stronger, and the ecological environment and environmental protection will be more accessible.

"In 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will focus on the implementation of coordinated prevention and control of ozone and fine particulate matter, ecological environmental protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, water special projects and other scientific research to support the in-depth fight for pollution prevention and control
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" Zou Shoumin said

In response to the urgent need for coordinated control of ozone and fine particulate matter, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will organize the implementation of three-dimensional observations of ozone and fine particulate matter, the cause mechanism, and demonstration research on collaborative prevention and control
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Zou Shoumin said that he will work with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance to further advance scientific research on collaborative prevention and control of PM2.

In order to give full play to the supporting and leading role of scientific and technological innovation in the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment launched a joint study on the restoration of the Yangtze River's ecological environment in 2019
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"On the basis of the first phase of the joint study, taking the integrity of water ecology as the main line, and considering the organic connections of water environment, water ecology, water resources, water security, water culture and shoreline, etc.

2021 is the final year of the water project, how to "high-quality and satisfactory settlement"? The answer given by Zou Shoumin is to focus on the "results and effectiveness summary", to do its best in the overall experience and collection of the water project, to continue to carry out the transformation of the water special results, and to fully tap the potential of the water special results
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Deepen the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and improve the efficiency of scientific and technological services

The development of scientific and technological services is one of the important measures taken by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to support localities and enterprises to control pollution in a precise, scientific and legal manner
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Since 2017, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has established a "one city, one policy" station tracking research mechanism, and has sent 99 expert teams to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, the Fenwei Plain, the Yangtze River Economic Belt and other regional basins for tracking research and technology Assistance; a comprehensive service platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of the national ecological environment has been established, and a series of offline results promotion and online technology live broadcast activities have been held to actively serve key tasks such as the fight against pollution and the prevention and control of epidemics

It is understood that this year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will further deepen the transformation of scientific and technological achievements by improving the national comprehensive service platform and working mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the ecological environment, organizing and carrying out ecological and environmental scientific and technological assistance actions, and steadily promoting the construction of environmental technology management systems.
Improve the efficiency of achievement transformation services
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In terms of improving the working mechanism of the national comprehensive service platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the ecological environment, a platform council was established to strengthen information exchange and sharing
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In terms of scientific and technological assistance, the "Eco-Environmental Science and Technology Assistance Action Plan for Ten Thousands of Experts in Hundreds of Cities, Thousands of Counties" was issued to fully mobilize the scientific and technological resources of the whole society and adopt "one city, one policy", "one matter, one discussion", "one town, one member" "One question, one training" and other activities to carry out various forms of scientific and technological assistance activities, to promote the in-depth integration of scientific research and actual needs, and to build a new era of service-oriented ecological environment scientific and technological innovation system
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In terms of the establishment of the national environmental technology management system, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will jointly carry out the screening of the "Catalogue of Major Environmental Protection Technologies and Equipment Encouraged by the State (2021 Edition)" in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology, and compile and publish 29 guidelines for pollution prevention and control feasible technologies.
, Engineering technical specifications and technical standards for environmental labeling products
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Strengthen the construction of scientific and technological innovation platforms and build national strategic scientific and technological forces in the field of ecological environment

The scientific and technological innovation platform has become an important base for organizing high-level basic research and cutting-edge technology research, gathering and training outstanding scientific and technological talents, conducting academic exchanges and international cooperation, and has provided the Ministry of Ecology and Environment for solving major scientific and technological issues, achieving scientific decision-making and precise policy implementation.
Technical support
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This year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will further promote the construction of national-level innovation platforms, optimize new ministerial-level innovation platforms, enhance original innovation capabilities, and build a national strategic scientific and technological force in the field of ecological environment

"Proactively plan for river water ecological simulation, comprehensive simulation of large-scale groundwater pollution, atmospheric environment simulation system, and response to climate change, and accelerate the construction of a number of large scientific devices, national laboratories, national key laboratories, and national engineering research centers.
Level innovation platform
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" Zou Shoumin said, will improve and build a batch of ministerial key laboratories, engineering technology centers, scientific observation and research stations, etc.
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Those that are not enough will be delisted
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In terms of advancing the construction of national eco-industrial demonstration parks, we will further improve the management methods and standard system of the national eco-industrial demonstration parks, strictly create standards, take all levels of ecological and environmental protection inspection requirements as preconditions for the creation of the park, and increase the coordination of pollution reduction and carbon reduction Promote and other requirements, and earnestly give play to the demonstration and leading role of the park
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While advancing the establishment, acceptance, and review of demonstration parks in an orderly manner, establish a management system of "one park, one feature" and "one park one theme", strengthen the summary and publicity of the park construction experience, and demonstrate the significance of the park's demonstration
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