China will invest 5.4 trillion yuan for environmental protection
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China will invest 5.4 trillion yuan for environmental protection in the period of Twelfth Five-Year Plan
On September 22, the seventh Forum on Environment and evelopment sponsored by the China Environment Federation was held in Beijing. From domestic and foreign experts, scholars, government officials and international organizations, more than 400 people attended the forum. The Forum has gain support of the Department of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science, Ministry of Land, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and other six ministries, aroused widespread concern. The main topic of this forum is to “new initiatives of exploring and achieving environmental objectives and tasks of the new ideas of the Twelfth Five-Year”, which is divided into a theme of the summit and four thematic forums. In the activities, the delegates made a number of practical and effective, specific comments and suggestions also in-depth discussion around the “China’s economic development and the current environmental problems,” “achieve” second five “main objectives and tasks of environmental protection measures and measures,” “achieve” five-second “rule of law in environmental protection objectives and tasks,” ” sustainable production and consumption “and other issues.
the seventh Forum on Environment and evelopment
In the period of Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will constantly explore new environmentally friendly way to improve the level of ecological civilization struggling to advance this cause, focused on building the Macro strategic system to adapt to national conditions of China’s environmental protection, a comprehensive and efficient pollution control system, and improve environmental quality evaluation system, improve environmental protection regulations and policies and technology standards, a comprehensive environmental management system and the participation of the whole system of social action and other “six systems.”
A number of the participating officials and experts stressed the need to achieve the environmental indicators of the “Twelfth Five-Year”plan on the Seventh Forum on Environment and Development held on Sep 22 , “the situation is grim, and the pressure is a lot.” They also talked about to achieve this goal involves a number of new environmental and economic policy, include the adjustment of industrial structure, strengthen the administrative and legal binding to deal with major emergencies and so on.
Environmental Protection Department of Environment and Development Center Director Tang Dingding said to the “Economic Information Daily,” pointed out that “Twelfth Five-Year” new environmental battleground curtain has slowly opened, Which is different from the environmental protection department launched a “big consolidation”, ”out assault” and “environmental crisis” , the environmental mobilization of the “Twelfth Five-Year” , will penetrate into the production, circulation and consumption of various aspects, more emphasis on environmental protection and energy resources , taxation, finance, prices, trade and other policies in the field of high degree of integration, the ministry will also be fully involved in national economic policy of the top-level design.
“Double high” industry is now a rebound, 5 trillion of funds used to reduce the pollution disposing.
Zhou Jian, Vice Minister of Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Sep 22th that two high energy consumption, high pollution emissions (referred to as “two high”) industry rebounded in the first half year, capacity release significantly, to the strategic adjustment of economic structure and energy savings situation has resulted in more pressure. He stressed the need to actively participate in the macro-control, strict implementation of environmental impact assessment system, strict suppress the “two high and one capital consumption (resource consumption),” low-level redundant construction and overcapacity projects.
In the energy situation, the Ministry of Industry data show that the first half of this year, six high-energy sector grew by 12.6%, first quarter growth accelerated by 0.4 percentage points. Among them, non-metallic mineral products industry growth rate of 19.1%; chemical materials and chemical products manufacturing, followed by the growth rate reached 15.1%. Especially in the first quarter of this year, six high-energy line of value-added growth of 12.2%, the growth rate rise, not fall, compared with last year’s fourth quarter, accelerating by 2.6 percentage points, the increase was significantly faster than the overall industry.
In the situation of emissions, the Environmental Protection Department Chief Engineer Wan Bentai also revealed on 22th that at the first half of this year, the survey of the emissions of major pollutants show that four into the “Twelfth five-year” mandatory target of total pollution control material, there are three show a downward trend, but nitrogen oxides has increased by 6%. Wan Bentai revealed the first time that pollutant above the actual emission reductions of the “Twelfth five-year”: “included in the incremental reduction in parts, chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, respectively cut 20.4 %, 23.9%, 22.6% and 28%. compared with the ‘Eleventh Five-Year’ ” this indicator is much higher than previously reported ‘double-eight and double-ten’.
To this end, Wan Bentai expected, the investment of “Twelfth Five-Year” national to environmental at least 1.5times increase than the “Eleventh Five-Year” spend, that is 5.4 trillion yuan. He pointed out that the “Eleventh Five-Year” input of 2.16 trillion yuan, accounting for 1.41% of GDP; but the World Bank study shows that when the pollution control investment to GDP to 1.5% -2% then the pollution be controlled, accounted for 2% -3% of GDP then to improve the quality of the environment, which mean that “will continue to increase funding and efforts.”
In the direction of capital investment, Wan Bentai said, in the period of “Twelfth Five-Year”, the state will implement a number of key projects. Informed by sources, including major pollutants emission reduction projects, public services, environmental infrastructure projects, environmental projects of improve people’s livelihood security, rural environmental projects that benefit the environment, risk prevention focus areas of engineering, ecological and environmental protection engineering, nuclear engineering and radiation safety and environmental monitoring capabilities-based security personnel development projects, etc.\
Zhou Jian pointed out that in this period, drinking water, air and soil pollution and waste disposal problems, and heavy metals, hazardous waste, chemicals and persistent organic pollutants are direct threats to people’s health even lives, but also to society a major impact on stability. Environmental protection department will intensify its efforts to give priority to solve these problems.
Poor implementation of local government, “Maozi” Kaozi “Piaozi” multi-pronged.
Ministry of Environmental Protection official in the meeting room, admitted to reporters that in the current legal system, the biggest environmental problem “is not a legislative lag, but the poor implementation.” The official disclosed that in recent years, according to the investigation by the environmental protection department of the “blood lead event”,, a lead battery factory to emit large quantities of leaded gas and waste water containing heavy metals, and residential has not moved to a safe range before the plant was set. “Institutions of local government commitment to the EIA, if you guarantee to by the EIA, I promise to the residents to move, but after the passage of the EIA, the relocation promises often do not deliver.” He said.
The official said that in order to solve these problems, the “Environmental Protection Law” is being revised, will”clear and put the implement to the Government’s responsibility in environmental protection” , which is focus on the first eight major changes “, if the individual local government connivance ‘big profits’ not approved prior to construction, while building approval side, excessive discharge, and fail to punish repeat offenders, it is not only violate rules and discipline, but also to be assume civil and even criminal liability. “He said.
Consultant lv Keqin of China Environment Federation Secretary-General also pointed out that the low-cost of agains the law makes the production costs transfer to the social environmental costs, some companies even think illegal as an administrative fine for illegal sewage recognition. Lv Keqin urged the enforcement of environmental law enforcement agencies access to legal form, the elimination of other government departments, individuals or groups on environmental law enforcement intervention.
Ministry of Environmental Protection Chief Engineer Wan Bentai expressed that in the period of “Twelfth five-year”, the innovation to achieve emission reduction targets of the dynamic mechanism, leading to dare to touch the “Maozi” of local leader , to dare to buckle the “Kaozi ” to illegal entrepreneurs, to dare to local businesses and individuals received illegal” ticket. “”It’s three things, namely, the three most fancy, stakeholders degree, they will be raring children emissions.” Wan Bentai said.
Another reporter learned from authoritative sources, the authorities are seeking in the amendment of the “Environmental Protection Law” (the new environmental laws) increase the “seizure, arrest suspected illegal corporate assets” provisions, to expand law enforcement authority, the eradication of punishment, “Star Enterprise” refuse do not stop, stubborn sewage situation.
In addition, the environmental protection departments in the “five” period is also considering increasing the penalties for corporate sewage, its “total daily penalty”, the daily fine overlay, no statutory limit. Experts say, if contains the terms of the new environmental laws passed by National People’s Congress vote, polluting enterprises will undoubtedly have a great deterrent.
Environmental accident one after another, round of legislation and policy intervention in the economy.
The oil in Bohai Bay spill out all the time, Yunnan “chrome pollution” is not flat, due to over-exploitation of Hengshan “disfigured” disturbing endless … … expert, who declined to be named to the “Economic Information Daily” correspondent pointed out, if not from the top of the system design, “Dong Daozi” “chap”, to maintain “the end of treatment,” around the frequent sudden environmental public events will allow the environmental protection department exhausted.
“Economic Information Daily” reporter learned exclusively, in the center of attention and support, “second five” economic, legal and policy framework for environmental surface. Informed sources, the ministry is fully involved in export, credit, law enforcement power and other fields of economic legislation and policy development, and with the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance as well as industry-wide industry, agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry, rural development and other areas of department closely coordinated, efficient operation.
Focus on economic restructuring, structural reduction, authorities told reporters, “five-second” period, the ministry will push the main aspects of credit and export two “killer.” On the one hand, there are 40,000 articles on environmental law information into the system based on central bank credit, the ministry will expand to the “line 3 will be” submitted to the scope of environmental law information, and after adding a number to choose the pilot provinces to the country. The illegal business of credit information will be approving the bond issuance, equity issuance and other financing and refinancing behavior of the formation of a strong constraint.
On the other hand, the ministry will continue to “double high” industry equipment, products, processes list provided to the State Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Customs Department, for the latter to further abolish the “double high” industry export tax rebates, prohibited processing trade reference. Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Commerce also formulate “China’s foreign investment enterprise environmental behavior Guide”, to avoid causing other countries Chinese businessmen, international environmental violations.
Source: China Economic Net
Author: Liang Jialin
Date: 2011-9-26
