The continuous improvement of the national ecological environment quality has become significantly more difficult
Last year, the national ecological environment quality maintained an improvement trend, and the environmental security situation was basically stable. However, the difficulty of continuous improvement of the ecological environment has become significantly greater. .
The report shows that through hard work, the discharge of major pollutants across the country continued to decline last year, and the goal of improving ecological environment quality was successfully achieved. The proportion of days with excellent air quality in cities at prefecture level and above across the country is 0.9 percentage points better than the annual target, the average concentration of PM2.5 is 4.6 micrograms/cubic meter better than the annual target, and the proportion of surface water sections with Class I-III water quality is 4.1 percentage points better than the annual target. ; The total emissions of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, chemical oxygen demand, and ammonia nitrogen decreased by 5.5, 3.7, 2.1, and 6.8 respectively year-on-year, all of which exceeded the annual target.
In terms of strengthening the connection between ecological and environmental administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, the report pointed out that last year, ecological and environmental departments at all levels across the country issued 91,000 environmental administrative penalty decisions, with a total amount of fines and confiscations of 7.672 billion yuan. ; Courts at all levels across the country have concluded 245,000 first-instance environmental and resource cases; procuratorial organs at all levels across the country have prosecuted 21,600 and 37,000 criminal cases of environmental resource damage, and filed cases in the field of ecological environment and resource protection There were 95,000 public interest litigation cases; judicial appraisal institutions completed more than 20,000 environmental damage appraisals.
In terms of promoting green and low-carbon development, as of the end of last year, the cumulative transaction volume of national carbon emission quotas was 230 million tons and the cumulative transaction volume was 10.475 billion yuan, which has initially shown its role in promoting low-cost emission reduction for enterprises.
The State Administration for Market Regulation continues to promote the construction of a green product certification system and has issued more than 20,000 green product certification certificates. The People's Bank of China, together with relevant departments, has made great efforts to promote the development of green finance. As of the end of last year, the balance of green loans and green bonds of financial institutions had increased by 38.5 and 38.3 respectively year-on-year.
The construction of ecological civilization is currently in a critical period of mounting pressure and heavy burdens. The task of protecting the ecological environment is still arduous, and promoting the construction of a beautiful China still requires long-term and arduous efforts.
First, the foundation for a stable and improving ecological environment is not yet solid; nearly one-third of cities across the country still have air quality that does not meet standards, and the high-risk situation of frequent environmental emergencies has not yet been fundamentally resolved. Change.
Second, the structural pressure on ecological and environmental protection is still great.
Third, the problem of insufficient legal implementation and supervision in the field of ecological environment still exists.
Fourth, the ecological environment governance capabilities need to be improved.