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Chen Zhaoxiong Calls for Environment Treatment in Key Areas

Editor:李莎宁
Source:enghunan.gov.cn
Updated:2015-02-09 10:58:15

  The Work Conference on Environmental Protection of Hunan Province was convened on February 6, 2015. Chen Zhaoxiong, executive vice governor of Hunan Province, delivered a speech at the conference.

  The province's environment continuously improved in 2014. The water qualification rate of 30 drinking water sources in tributaries of the Xiangjiang River reached 99.4%, and the average days in 14 cities and prefecture whose air quality met standards accounted for 91.2% last year. The protection and treatment of the Xiangjiang River went well. The comprehensive treatment of rural environment covered more than 8,000 administrative villages. The value of environmental protection industry came to 135 billion yuan.

  Chen stressed the principles of protection first, prevention crucial, comprehensive treatment, public participation, and responsibility for damages, and intensive efforts on environmental protection, in an attempt to promote steady improvement of Hunan's environment. The environmental protection plan shall be associated with the national economic development plan and the plan on main functional zones. The No.1 Key Project of the Hunan Provincial People's Government shall be thoroughly implemented, with environment treatment in key areas as focus. The environmental protection industry shall be oriented at scaled, high-end, and clustered development so as to form competitive industrial clusters of energy conservation and environmental protection. Power supervision and restraint shall be made on environmental impact assessment examination, pollutant discharge license, final acceptance, environment monitoring, law enforcement and punishment, etc. in order to prevent risks in clean governance.

   Translator: Lv Xuefen