Record of Special Inquiry on ＂One Law and One Decision＂ of Tangshan Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee on Air Pollution Prevention and Control

On the morning of June 25th, the 43rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th National People’s Congress held a joint group meeting to make a special inquiry on the implementation of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution and the Decision of the Standing Committee of Tangshan Municipal People’s Congress on Strengthening the Comprehensive Improvement of Weishan Fengshan Regional Environment. At the meeting, 11 members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, in combination with the actual environmental protection work in our city, inquired about the prevention and control of air pollution in our city, the management and restoration of mine environment, the strengthening of emission reduction in the steel industry, the implementation of the "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality" plan, and the treatment of rural domestic garbage in the comprehensive environmental management of Weishan and Fengshan. The whole inquiry deepened members’ understanding of the implementation of "one law, one decision", responded to social concerns, and the special inquiry achieved the expected purpose. Today, the special issue published a special inquiry record.

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Problems in air pollution prevention and control and next steps

Member Gong Ruikun:The ecological environment is the greatest livelihood, and the prevention and control of air pollution is related to the quality of life and happiness index of the people in the city, and the people also have blue sky, white clouds and stars shining. With the joint efforts of the municipal government and relevant departments, the prevention and control of air pollution in our city has achieved remarkable results, but the situation of air pollution prevention and control is still grim, and there is still a big gap in completing the task of "falling back ten". What are the main problems in the prevention and control of air pollution in our city at present? What measures should be taken next?

Gao Qingli, Director of the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment:In view of the slow progress of ultra-low emission assessment and monitoring in iron and steel enterprises, the next step will be to strictly implement the requirements of the Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emission in Iron and Steel Industry issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other five ministries and commissions, accelerate the transformation of organized and unorganized emissions in iron and steel enterprises, promote the construction of clean transportation capacity of bulk materials, improve the scientific and technological supervision systems such as online monitoring, video monitoring, production parameter monitoring and access control video monitoring system, guide enterprises to carry out ultra-low emission assessment and monitoring, and strive for more enterprises to complete publicity and achieve a B.

In view of the problem that the fine control of pollution sources within 1 km and 5 km around the national control points is not in place, and the data of some national control points are on the high side, which has raised the city’s comprehensive index, the next step will be to fully implement the Decision of the Municipal People’s Congress on Strengthening the Comprehensive Environmental Improvement of Fengshan Area in Weishan, and promote the closure of 19 independent lime kilns around the national control points such as Kaiping, Guye and Fengnan, and within the Second Ring Road. Set up a special class to tackle the problem of fine pollution control at national control points, formulate fine control plans one by one, establish a four-level package assistance mechanism for municipal, county and municipal ecological and environmental bureaus and sub-bureaus, make and distribute maps of fine control of pollution sources at 1 km and 5 km of 11 national control points, randomly check the package of national control points, and make unannounced visits to national control points in conjunction with municipal radio and television stations, notify inspections every week, and supervise the rectification of problems.

In view of the outstanding problem of dust pollution, PM10 has only improved by 1 μ g/m3 in the past six months. In the next step, the "Several Provisions on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Tangshan City" will be taken as the legal criterion to crack down on all kinds of construction projects, mining and processing of mineral resources, enterprise material yards, etc., and the illegal storage of materials that are prone to dust in the open air. Strengthen the supervision and dispatch mechanism of municipal leaders, strictly implement the "Tangshan Dust Pollution Control Plan" and the "Tangshan Dust Pollution Control Assessment Plan", highlight the joint treatment of six dusts such as construction sites, roads, exposed ground, yards, mines and ports, strengthen the monitoring and assessment of dust and dust accumulation, and compact the main responsibilities of local party committees and governments. Set up a special class for dust work, carry out daily inspections, and establish a closed-loop mechanism of finding problems-assigning problems-supervising rectification. Covering the exposed ground around the encryption national control point, cleaning the road by wet sweeping, and sprinkling water at least 12 times a day. Strengthen the navigation monitoring of dust load, and regularly report and report to the main and in charge leaders of the municipal government. Through daily exposure, weekly sailing, semi-monthly notification and monthly ranking, the responsibilities of the territories and relevant municipal departments are continuously compacted.

In view of the slow progress of the "revolving railway" and the low proportion of railway transportation in iron and steel enterprises, the construction of the "revolving railway" will be further accelerated in the next step, and all railway special lines that are not close to the port will reach the designed transportation capacity, and all those close to the port will realize clean transportation of pipe corridors or waterway transportation. Before the end of the year, the transportation proportion of completed special railway lines will reach more than 80%; Those that fail to meet the national emission standards are all transported by electric heavy trucks, hydrogen heavy trucks or automobiles that meet the national six emission standards.

In view of the low level of cleanliness of the vehicle use structure, the next step will be to assist the public security to speed up the elimination and upgrading of high-emission diesel trucks in the third and fourth countries, and promote the application of new energy vehicles such as electric heavy trucks and hydrogen heavy trucks. Public security, transportation, ecological environment, development and reform, commerce and other departments will work together to complete the elimination of diesel trucks of Grade III and below by the end of June; For national four diesel trucks, we will strengthen the control of high-emission vehicles in prohibited areas and key vehicle units, prohibit the use of vehicles of national four and below, and repair and replace pollution control devices or eliminate those that exceed the standard.

Second question on the implementation of the "Decision"

Yao Shujun member:Strengthening the management and restoration of mine environment is an important part of the comprehensive environmental improvement in Fengshan area of Weishan. What has the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning done since the implementation of the Decision of the Standing Committee of Tangshan Municipal People’s Congress on Strengthening the Comprehensive Environmental Improvement in Fengshan area of Weishan? What measures will be taken in the next step to promote governance and restoration?

Duan Caiqin, Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning:Since the implementation of the Decision of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress on Strengthening the Comprehensive Improvement of the Environment in Fengshan Area of Weishan, the following tasks have been carried out: First, the net-hauling method has been implemented, and the work base has been cleared up, so as to find out that there are 62 mine sites lost by the responsible subjects in this area, including 47 in Kaiping District and 15 in guye district. Second, combined with the governance tasks assigned by the provinces and cities, based on the actual work of our city, we guided the local government to formulate a three-year governance plan and compiled a governance plan to provide scientific guidance for the implementation of mine governance and restoration. The third is to go deep into the field supervision, urge the local government to keep an eye on the task objectives, organize the implementation of project management according to the law and procedures, and organize experts to accept the mine sites that have been managed in time. By the end of 2020, Kaiping District invested 320 million yuan and guye district invested 250 million yuan to harness Baicha Mountain with advanced spray seeding technology, and completed the annual harness task of 54 mine sites. The harness effect was initially obvious, and the overall mine environment was greatly improved. The remaining eight sites have been included in this year’s governance task. According to the requirements of one mine and one policy, governance plans have been compiled, bidding has been completed and all of them have entered the site for construction. Up to now, two sites have been completed, which are expected to be completed before the end of the year, so as to realize the restoration and clearing of the lost mine sites of the main responsible body in Fengshan area of Weishan. Next, we will continue to strengthen the supervision and guidance of local governments, implement dynamic monitoring of the sites that have been managed, continue to carry out in-depth post-conservation and high-standard greening, and further carry out in-depth comprehensive management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields and lakes by using relevant national policies to effectively realize the overall improvement of the regional environment.

How to ensure the smooth implementation of the "revolutionary railway"

Member of Zhou Jinghui:In order to win the blue sky defense war, our city has made great efforts to promote the optimization of transportation structure and the work of "revolving railway". During the law enforcement inspection, it was found that the construction of special railway lines was slow and the established objectives and tasks were not completed. What measures should the NDRC take to promote the smooth implementation of "revolving railway"?

Zhang Guoshun, the second researcher of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission:Accelerating the "revolving iron" of bulk material transportation in enterprises is the requirement of promoting the adjustment of transportation structure, comprehensive control of air pollution and high-quality transformation and development of enterprises. Since 2018, according to the deployment requirements of the state, province, municipal party committee and municipal government on winning the blue sky defense war, promoting the adjustment of transportation structure and comprehensive control of air pollution, and focusing on effectively solving the problem of slow growth of railway freight capacity, the city has vigorously promoted the construction of a number of local railway trunk lines, special railway lines for iron and steel enterprises and the "revolution of iron" for bulk material transportation. Although it has made progress in stages so far, according to the requirements of the central and provincial environmental supervision and rectification and the work of the municipal party committee and municipal government,

At present and in the next step, we will focus on goal orientation, responsibility orientation and problem orientation in accordance with the work deployment of the municipal party committee and municipal government, and do the following work vigorously: First, ensure the progress of the construction of the special line project for iron and steel enterprises. In accordance with the rectification plan for the problems found by the central environmental protection inspector and the provincial environmental protection inspector, which has been formulated by cities and counties, we will, in conjunction with the relevant municipal departments, supervise the relevant counties (cities) and project units, further improve their political stance, unify their ideological understanding, enhance their sense of responsibility and urgency, promote the railway special line project of iron and steel enterprises under construction, improve the "five ones" working mechanism and decisive battle scheduling mechanism, compact their responsibilities and fight on wall charts, and fight against key parts and difficult problems. The second is to intensify efforts to strengthen the capacity of railway passages. Do a good job in systematization, closely coordinate with the National Railway Group Corporation to speed up the implementation of the reinforcement of the national railway passage and important station nodes, and speed up the construction and implementation of key projects such as the electrification transformation of Qiluan Railway, the capacity expansion of Caofeidian South Station, and the tie line project between Tuanpiaozhuang Station of Zhangtang Railway and Zunhua South Station of Tangzun Railway, so as to provide a reliable guarantee for giving full play to the capacity and efficiency of enterprise special railway lines. The third is to vigorously organize and promote the transportation of "revolutionary iron". Supervise and coordinate to speed up the progress in the construction of the iron ore railway loading system in Caofeidian Port Area and Jingtang Port Area, and ensure that the iron ore railway loading capacity of Caofeidian Port Area and Jingtang Port Area will be 80 million tons and 68 million tons respectively by the end of 2022. Further improve and perfect policies,Through comprehensive measures such as policy guidance, control reversal, assessment and incentives, we will guide and promote the enthusiasm of enterprises to implement the "revolving iron" for bulk material transportation, and by 2022, non-port iron and steel enterprises will fully realize the "revolving iron" for railway ore transportation.

Four questions on how to strengthen enterprise supervision

Member Wang Yusheng:The Law on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in People’s Republic of China (PRC) proposes to establish a monitoring and early warning mechanism for heavy polluted weather in this administrative region. The emergency early warning mechanism involves measures for related enterprises to stop production, limit production and reduce emissions. How does the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology strengthen enterprise supervision?

Hu Xiaogang, Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology:The specific measures to strengthen enterprise supervision are as follows: First, strengthen organizational leadership and clarify the division of responsibilities. According to the spirit of the document Emergency Plan for Heavy Pollution Weather in Tangshan City (Tang Zheng Ban Zi [2021] No.37), in order to thoroughly implement the work requirements of "managing the industry and managing environmental protection", our bureau has set up a leading group for emergency response to heavy pollution weather, which is responsible for coordinating and promoting the emergency response to heavy pollution weather. In order to further strengthen the system guarantee, our bureau has successively formulated the Special Implementation Plan for Emergency Response to Heavy Pollution Weather of Tangshan Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (2021) and the Supervision Plan for Emergency Response to Heavy Pollution Weather, which scientifically and pragmatically detailed the implementation measures and laid a solid foundation for the accurate supervision of emergency response to heavy pollution weather in enterprises. Led by the bureau leaders, the elite personnel in the industry offices were transferred, and nine special supervision and inspection teams for emergency response to heavily polluted weather were set up to clarify the contents and specific requirements of supervision and inspection in enterprises, ensure smooth working lines and reasonable moving lines, effectively consolidate the supervision responsibility in enterprises in terms of organization and system, and effectively ensure that enterprises implement emergency emission reduction measures. The second is to strengthen training drills and strengthen team building. The Municipal Atmospheric Office organized the relevant county (city, district) governments to transfer 248 people, and set up a talent pool of emergency response supervisors in enterprises for heavy polluted weather. In order to improve the business ability of employees stationed in enterprises and promote the development of environmental protection management, on March 24, our bureau, in conjunction with the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, carried out business training for employees stationed in enterprises, and hired experts in steel, coking and cement to give professional explanations on the production processes, procedures, important pollution discharge points and measures to be taken in heavily polluted weather in key industries;From March 26th to 27th, 100 resident supervisors from 25 iron and steel enterprises were organized to conduct on-site drills in Guye Guoyi Iron and Steel, Qian ‘an Yanshan Iron and Steel and Fengnan Ruifeng Iron and Steel respectively. From April 7th to 8th, 128 resident supervisors of coking and cement were organized to conduct on-site drills in Fengnan Dafeng Coking, Luanzhou Meijin Coking and guye district Jidong Sanyou Cement respectively, which effectively improved the business ability of the resident employees. The third is to strengthen supervision and inspection to improve supervision efficiency. From March 25th to 30th, after the city started the work of key enterprises stationed in enterprises, our bureau organized the full coverage supervision and inspection of 23 long-process iron and steel enterprises with performance rating of Grade B or below in the city for the first time. From the inspection situation, the measures of limiting production and reducing emissions by the Municipal Atmospheric Office were all implemented. From April 21 to 30, during the start-up of key enterprises in the city, our bureau once again carried out the second round of full coverage supervision and inspection, and found no problem that enterprises did not implement emission reduction measures in place. In the next step, our bureau will resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of "managing the industry and environmental protection", strictly implement the work requirements of the Emergency Plan for Heavy Pollution Weather in Tangshan City, and continue to strengthen the supervision of key gas-related enterprises in conjunction with the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment to ensure that enterprises fully implement emission reduction measures, and make greater contributions to accelerating the pace of "falling back ten" and achieving green development and high-quality development in our city.

Five questions about dust control measures in construction sites

Member Zhang Caiwen:The dust pollution control work on construction sites is of great significance in the "Retreat Ten Years" tough battle. In the process of law enforcement inspection, it was found that there were some problems such as nonstandard cleaning devices for vehicles entering and leaving, serious floating dust on construction roads, and inadequate dust suppression by fog guns. What measures did the Housing and Construction Bureau take to control the dust on construction sites?

Li Zaidong, Director of the Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau:In accordance with the work arrangement of the provincial party committee and the provincial government for Tangshan in 2021 and the work requirements of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress for "one law and one decision", our bureau will take the dust control in construction as one of the key measures for "ten steps back". Focus on the following work measures: First, the "Environmental Protection Director System for Housing Construction Sites" was formulated and promulgated. Clarify the main responsibilities of the project construction unit, construction unit and supervision unit for environmental protection work on the construction site, improve the responsibility system, and implement strict reward and punishment measures for the three responsible parties. For example, if the environmental protection director is punished twice during his tenure, the Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau will advise his unit to cancel his qualifications as environmental protection director and deputy director. After the qualification of environmental protection director and deputy director is cancelled, they shall not be the person in charge of the construction unit, the project manager of the construction unit and the chief supervision engineer of the supervision unit within 2 years within the administrative area of Tangshan City. Second, the "Thirteen Fine Control Measures for Dust Pollution in Building Construction Sites" was formulated and promulgated. The control measures clarified the key points of supervision: strengthening the control measures of the construction site in the core demonstration area within 1 km of the national control point. It is required to add a flexible enclosure of not less than 2 meters on the original enclosure; The standard of on-site roofing has been improved, and the exposed ground of all housing construction sites is covered with a dense mesh of not less than 2000 mesh; To further improve the standard of vehicle washing facilities, it is required to set up closed washing facilities for vehicles and install automatic opening washing devices at the entrance of the site. The third is to continue to implement the measures of strengthening supervision and "strict management and heavy punishment". Since March, the downtown area has been inspected.In 1551 housing construction sites (south of Lunan and north of Lubei), 2454 dust control problems were found, including 2365 problems caused by the establishment of the bank, 61 rectification notices were issued within a time limit for the problems found, 13 rectification notices were issued for shutdown, and 15 projects were punished for dust control problems, with a fine of 710,000 yuan, which played a certain role in promoting the dust control work in housing construction sites.

How to improve the dust control level of national and provincial trunk roads

Member Xu Weiguo:Transportation in our city now mainly depends on roads, and road dust pollution is the focus of our city’s governance. How can the Transportation Bureau accurately control and improve the dust control level of national and provincial trunk roads?

Zheng Jianguo, Deputy Director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau:The city’s transportation system focuses on the goal of "stepping back ten years", highlighting the key points of dust control on national and provincial trunk roads, studying and formulating six work plans, including the Special Implementation Plan for Dust Control on Highway Transportation in Tangshan City, and issuing them in the name of the Municipal Atmospheric Office. A dust office was set up specially, and 13 business backbones were transferred to form four supervision teams to carry out normalized and accurate supervision and inspection on dust control of national and provincial trunk roads and dust reduction of traffic project construction sites in the city. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 1,462 inspectors have been dispatched, with 7,525 inspection points, 2,930 problems found during inspection, and 452 supervision orders have been issued, all of which have been rectified in place.

In order to continuously improve the dust control level of national and provincial trunk roads, our bureau takes the following three measures: First, improve the level of mechanized sweeping of national and provincial trunk roads, and supervise counties (cities) to purchase mechanized sprinkling and cleaning equipment according to the standard of one vehicle every 5 kilometers of ordinary national and provincial trunk roads. At present, the city has newly purchased 58 mechanized cleaning equipment, and the total number of mechanized cleaning equipment for national and provincial trunk roads has reached 254. The mechanized cleaning rate of urban entrances and exits and trunk roads around the city has reached 100%, and the mechanized cleaning rate of other road sections has reached 91.5%. The second is to implement centralized repair of damaged roads. Three working groups were set up, with 24 vehicles and 66 personnel, and 18 counties (cities) and 9 toll operation management units were combined to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the pavement damage of highways in the city, and 244 sections of damaged roads were found, with a damaged area of 355,900 square meters. Combined with the specific conditions of the damaged pavement, the repair plan was formulated item by item, and more than 40,000 square meters of damaged pavement have been repaired. The third is to promote the construction of a "trinity" highway comprehensive service area. Supervise the county (city) district government to implement the territorial responsibility, and coordinate and accelerate the planning and construction of the "Trinity" comprehensive service area. At present, two comprehensive service areas in Fengrun District have been completed and put into use last year, and the county (city) district governments will speed up the construction of the remaining "trinity" comprehensive service areas according to local conditions, and it is expected that all new projects will be completed by the end of the year.

How to Strengthen Emission Reduction in Steel Industry

Member Wang Yigang:The iron and steel industry is a big profit and tax collector in our city, and it is also the main source of air pollution in our city. How can the Bureau of Ecology and Environment make precise policies and targeted treatment to strengthen the emission reduction of the iron and steel industry?

Gao Qingli, Director of the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment:The first is to tighten pollutant discharge standards. Issued and implemented the "Special Requirements on the Implementation of Air Pollutant Emission in Iron and Steel and Thermal Power Industries", and adjusted the current emission standards of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the sintering machine head (pellets) to 10mg/m3, 35mg/m3 and 50mg/m3 respectively.
20mg/m3, 30mg/m3; Emission standards for particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides of hot stoves: 10 mg/m3, 50 mg/m3 and 150 mg/m3, adjusted to 8 mg/m3, 30 mg/m3 and 50 mg/m3 respectively; The emission standard of particulate matter in converter (primary flue gas) is 50 mg/m3, which is adjusted to 20 mg/m3. It is estimated that by tightening emission limits, particulate matter can be reduced by 0.39%, sulfur dioxide by 10.63% and nitrogen oxides by 5.03%. The second is to deepen the control of organized pollution. This year, we thoroughly implemented the requirements of the Opinions of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in the Iron and Steel Industry, and promoted the implementation of carbon monoxide control in 76 blast furnaces, full flue gas control in 34 sintering machines, flue gas circulation control in 73 sintering machines, flue gas control in 59 blast furnaces, denitrification control in 70 heating furnaces for steel rolling, and primary flue gas dust removal and upgrading in 46 converters; Promote 9 sintering machines in 5 iron and steel enterprises to implement the transformation of oxidation denitrification treatment process and replace it with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) denitrification treatment process. The third is to effectively consolidate unorganized emission control. Recently, we organized the city’s iron and steel enterprises to learn from Handan Yuhua’s advanced experience in unorganized emission control, requiring enterprises to hire authoritative third-party institutions to evaluate the unorganized emission status, comprehensively investigate unorganized emission points, and achieve full coverage of raw material storage, material transshipment and unorganized emission control during production. Create an intelligent and unorganized management and control platform for the whole plant,Integrate data information such as high-definition video monitoring and air quality monitoring micro-stations, establish a complete integrated platform and grid monitoring system for unorganized management and control in the whole plant, conduct real-time tracking, timely verification, intelligent monitoring and supervision, centralize control and management, and effectively improve the level of unorganized management. The fourth is to implement precise and differentiated control. According to the requirements of the Technical Guide for Formulation of Emergency Emission Reduction Measures for Key Industries in Heavy Pollution Weather (revised in 2020) issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the assessment and monitoring of ultra-low emissions will be completed, and the proportion of clean transportation of bulk materials will be rated as Grade A, and the proportion of clean transportation of bulk materials will be rated as Grade B. At present, Shougang Qiangang and Shougang Jingtang have been rated as A-level enterprises by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and they will not stop production or limit production during the emergency response to heavy polluted weather; Zongheng Steel has reached Grade B level, and the production is limited to 10% during the emergency response period of heavy pollution weather; The other 5 B- enterprises and 15 D-enterprises have limited production by 25% and 45% respectively. The fifth is to fully promote enterprises to "create B for A". In order to further improve the performance level of iron and steel enterprises in our city and organize the special action of "Creating B for A" in the iron and steel industry, the iron and steel enterprises in our city learn from the advanced experience of Shougang Qiangang and Shougang Jingtang, comprehensively carry out ultra-low emission assessment and monitoring, focus on improving the level of organized emission control, strengthen the level of unorganized emission control, increase the proportion of clean transportation of bulk materials and products, establish and improve the monitoring system, and effectively improve the level of environmental governance and management. Hold a "Chuanga" on-site meeting in Ganglu Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and discuss and share experiences.Drive the iron and steel enterprises in the city to make common progress. During the year, we will strive to achieve "A" for Zongheng Iron and Steel, Hegang Legang and Ganglu Iron and Steel. At the same time, Jinxi Iron and Steel, Ruifeng Iron and Steel, Donghua Iron and Steel, Donghai Iron and Steel, Donghai Special Steel and other enterprises have also signed "A" commitment letters to fully promote ultra-low emission transformation, speed up the implementation of evaluation and monitoring, and complete the publicity on schedule.

Eight questions about the present situation of comprehensive mine management in our city

Member Jia Dongjun:I would like to ask the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau about the present situation of comprehensive mine management in our city, and how to strengthen supervision and law enforcement and crack down on illegal activities in mining and remediation?

Duan Caiqin, Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning:Tangshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attach great importance to comprehensive mine management as an important measure for Tangshan’s green development and high-quality development. Since 2014, a series of special mine environmental control actions have been carried out, and a number of mining enterprises with substandard environment, small scale and exhausted resources have been closed. The number of mines has decreased from 735 at the end of 2013 to 364 at the end of 2019. Especially since 2020, the provincial party committee and the provincial government have made unified arrangements to carry out the "6+1" clean-up norms in key areas, among which comprehensive mine management is the longest, most difficult and most important special action. In this regard, the municipal party committee and municipal government insisted on political stance, the Municipal People’s Congress coordinated supervision, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision followed up supervision, and all departments directly under the municipal government and counties (cities, districts) performed their duties in a down-to-earth manner, forming a working pattern of coordination from top to bottom, multi-departmental coordination and joint management. By 2020, there will be 413 restoration and management tasks for the lost mine sites, 40 closed and banned, 50 integrated and reorganized, 13 converted from open pit to underground, and 298 forced standards, and all tasks will be completed within the time limit. Our city made a typical speech at the working meeting held by the provincial government.

In 2021, the comprehensive management of mines in our city progressed steadily. The first is to close and ban. For the eight mines added in this year, six have been closed, and all of them have been closed and banned during the year. The second is integration and reorganization. The province has integrated and reorganized 68 mining areas in our city, and is actively preparing the implementation plan for integration and reorganization according to the requirements of the province. Among the mines listed in the provincial deadline for rectification, 242 do not meet the "Hebei Province Mine Production and Construction Standards", and all of them have issued rectification notices to urge mining enterprises to complete rectification before the end of September. At present, there are 18 rectification standards. After the integration and reorganization, the number of mining enterprises in our city will be controlled at around 150. Third, the restoration and management of the mined areas. The province has reached the comprehensive management task of 141 responsible subjects losing the mined areas in our city, and 72 have been started, with the operating rate of 51.1%; Twenty-three places have been accepted, with an acceptance rate of 16.3%, and the treatment task has been completed before the end of the year.

We resolutely cracked down on illegal activities in mining and rectification, and achieved "three enhancements": First, we strengthened work supervision. At the beginning of the year, the Emergency Notice of Tangshan Natural Resources and Planning Bureau on Cracking Down on Illegal Mining was issued, and a joint coordination mechanism was established to promote the formation of joint supervision and joint law enforcement. Clarify the standards for cracking down on illegal mining activities, improve regulatory measures, implement the monthly accounting system, and continuously strengthen supervision. The second is to strengthen business guidance. Combined with the reality of the decentralization of punishment authority for unlicensed mining, the Notice on Further Improving the Decentralization of Administrative Punishment Matters in the Field of Natural Resources was issued, and special inspections were conducted on the work of local governments after decentralization, and common and trending illegal signs were found, and prompt letters were sent to counties (cities, districts) in time. At the same time, strengthen business guidance, issue laws, regulations and guidance documents related to administrative punishment of mineral resources, focus on improving the level of law enforcement at the grassroots level, and ensure that the law enforcement authority can be put down and accepted. The third is to strengthen the crackdown. The United City Public Security Bureau has formulated the Implementation Plan of Special Action to Crack Down on Illegal Mining, which takes one month to organize and carry out special actions, and combines the comprehensive management of mines with the special struggle of "looking back" and eliminating evils to crack down on illegal mining and maintain the order of mine resources development.

Question 9: How does our city plan and implement "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality"

Member Wang Rongguo:"peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "Carbon Neutralization" have been written into the Outline of the Tenth Five-Year Plan. How does the Municipal Development and Reform Commission plan and implement this work?

Chen Jingming, Deputy Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission:The Tangshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government resolutely implemented the central and provincial work arrangements, and the main leaders of the municipal party Committee and Municipal Government made important instructions and put forward specific requirements on the work related to "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality" for many times. Our Committee conscientiously implemented the requirements of the central government and provinces and cities, combined with the actual work, fully promoted the "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality" related work, and made progress in stages.

First, strengthen the top-level design and make overall plans for carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions. According to the instructions of the leading comrades of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, in order to better promote the development of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions, our committee took the lead in drafting the Work Plan for Promoting Carbon Neutralization in peak carbon dioxide emissions in the Near Future in Tangshan, actively constructing the "1+1+N" policy system for carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions, further clarifying the key areas and industries that need to prepare the peak carbon dioxide emissions Plan, clarifying the key tasks and safeguard measures, and compacting the departmental responsibilities. At the same time, our Committee is working hard to study and formulate the implementation opinions on carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions, so as to fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept and do a good job in carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, according to the division of work in formulating peak carbon dioxide emissions’s work plan for key areas, a special class will be set up for the preparation of peak carbon dioxide emissions plan for steel and electric power industries, and metallurgical industry planning and research institute and hydropower and water conservancy planning and design institute will be entrusted as consulting and supporting units to scientifically formulate the peak carbon dioxide emissions special implementation plan for steel and electric power industries, so as to ensure the realization of peak carbon dioxide emissions in 2029 and peak carbon dioxide emissions in 2024 and 2025 ahead of schedule.

Second, focus on key areas and comprehensively promote carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions. Adhere to the concept of "project is king", and implement the work of promoting peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality in specific projects. First, actively promote renewable energy substitution projects. It is planned to build a photovoltaic power generation base with a total installed capacity of 4 million kilowatts in the form of agricultural light, fish light and salt light in the northern mountainous area and in the southern coastal area, respectively, supporting the construction of energy storage facilities and delivery facilities. Explore the use of cadmium telluride thin film power generation technology introduced by Datang, and strive to build caofeidian area into the first 200,000 kW photovoltaic building integration demonstration area in China. Make use of the city’s rural roof resources, uniformly promote the construction of roof distributed photovoltaic power generation projects throughout the city, and strive to build 150,000 kilowatts of rural roof distributed photovoltaic projects by 2022. Organize preliminary research on shallow geothermal heating to ensure low-carbon heating for residents in winter. Find out the exploitable wind power resources in the city, and strive to implement a number of major wind power projects during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period. The second is to actively promote carbon reduction projects in the industrial field. Fully promote the technology of producing fuel ethanol from industrial tail gas (carbon monoxide) of Shougang Langze, and take the lead in launching the carbon collection brand of Tangshan iron and steel enterprises. Relying on Datang International and China Resources Power, the feasibility of CCUS (carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization) in the power industry is specially studied. Actively promote the replacement of coal with natural gas in the industrial field. Third, actively promote carbon reduction projects in the transportation sector.With the approval of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei hydrogen fuel cell vehicle urban agglomeration and Hebei hydrogen fuel cell vehicle urban agglomeration, the application project of hydrogen energy heavy truck will be implemented in the whole city. For non-port iron and steel enterprises, we will make every effort to speed up the transportation of bulk goods. Scientifically formulate the city’s green transportation travel plan, and promote the replacement of new energy vehicles in urban and terminal logistics, heavy transportation, sanitation, city buses, intercity passenger transport and other fields. Fourth, actively promote the development of energy storage industry. Keep a close eye on the development process of domestic energy storage technology, actively explore the combination of energy storage and distributed power generation, and realize the local consumption and utilization of renewable energy. Actively promote the construction of 1.2 million kilowatts pumped storage power station project in Qianxi. Study and formulate the layout work plan of hydrogen refueling stations in our city, and accelerate the layout development of hydrogen storage industry. Actively promote electrochemical energy storage technology, and promote the construction of electrochemical energy storage facilities on the power generation side of renewable energy and the demand side of large energy users. Fifth, accelerate the development of low-carbon industries. Insisting on exchanging market for investment and market for industry, with the help of our city’s energy resources and market advantages, our committee organized relevant counties (cities, districts) to conduct in-depth docking with enterprises such as Dongfang Electric, Beiqi Foton, Great Wall Motor, Sany Heavy Industry, Foshan Feichi, China National Building Materials, Yihuatong, etc., focusing on in-depth negotiations on the introduction of fan manufacturing, cadmium telluride photovoltaic glass, hydrogen fuel cells, new energy vehicles and related industries, involving nearly 10 billion yuan of enterprise investment. At present,

Tangshan is a big energy consumption city, and the progress of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality in Tangshan is very important for the province to achieve the goal of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality. In the next step, we will focus on the goal of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality, adhere to the clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient policy orientation, and start with actively introducing cutting-edge technologies, accelerating the popularization of advanced technologies, comprehensively improving production processes, and continuously reducing the equality of carbon consumption in key areas, so as to guide enterprises to take the road of high-quality development in the new era, promote the implementation of peak carbon dioxide emissions’s deployment requirements, and make due contributions to accelerating the realization of the goal of "three efforts to build".

Ten questions about how to supervise "scattered pollution"

Member Wang Dali:"Scattered pollution" enterprises are the focus of air pollution prevention and control work. In the second round of provincial eco-environmental protection inspectors, it was found that some counties (cities, districts) did not realize dynamic zero clearing. What measures did the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment take in environmental law enforcement and supervision in our city?

Gao Qingli, Director of the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment:Since the investigation and rectification of "scattered pollution" enterprises was carried out in 2017, the city has conscientiously implemented the work arrangements of the provincial party Committee and the provincial government on the investigation and rectification of "scattered pollution" enterprises, strengthened organizational leadership, refined the work plan, and continued to maintain dynamic clearing. By the end of 2020, the city had investigated and rectified 7,866 "scattered pollution" enterprises, including 4,212 in 2017, 3,535 in 2018, 86 in 2019 and 33 in 2020. The number of "scattered pollution" enterprises is decreasing year by year, which provides a strong guarantee for the healthy and orderly economic and social development of our city. In August, 2020, the dynamic cleaning work of "scattered pollution" enterprises in our city successfully passed the verification and acceptance organized by the Provincial Ecological Office.

In 2021, by the end of May, the city had found 14 new "scattered pollution" enterprises, and all of them had carried out "two breaks and three cleanups" as required. Analysis of the reasons for the discovery of "scattered pollution" enterprises in the new investigation mainly includes the following aspects: First, the border areas of counties (cities), idle courtyards, abandoned factories and other places are still weak areas for inspection and supervision, and "scattered pollution" enterprises are sometimes found to resurface in these places. Second, the regional environmental governance standards have been improved year by year and the economic income situation has affected. In order to obtain economic benefits, some "scattered pollution" enterprises have not hesitated to take risks in illegal production without going through relevant procedures or supporting the construction of pollution prevention facilities. Third, there is still a lack of grid supervision responsibility. County (city) district governments, towns (streets) and villages (communities), as the main bodies of "scattered pollution" enterprise rectification and dynamic clean-up, still have some problems in implementing grid investigation, such as inadequate point inspections and incomplete "two breaks and three cleanups".

Since the beginning of this year, in order to further implement the overall arrangement of the higher authorities on the dynamic clean-up of "scattered pollution" enterprises, In the name of the Municipal Atmospheric Office, the Bureau successively issued the Notice of the Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Tangshan City on Further Strengthening the Investigation and Remediation of Scattered Pollution Enterprises (No.20 [2021] of Tang Qi Ling Ban) and the Notice of the Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Tangshan City on Continuously Carrying out the Investigation and Remediation of Scattered Pollution Enterprises to Ensure Dynamic Clearing during the Tourist Season (No.50 [2021] of Tang Qi Ling Ban) All localities are required to closely focus on the work goal of "falling back by ten" in the comprehensive air quality index of our city, strictly implement the responsibility of grid supervision, strengthen the investigation of "scattered pollution" enterprises, find them together, ban them together, and keep dynamic clearing. First, in accordance with the principle of "territorial management, graded responsibility, seamless docking and comprehensive coverage", we will continue to urge all localities to strengthen grid supervision, strengthen inspections of key parts and key areas, find problems in time, and rectify problems in time. Second, we will continue to strengthen the coordination and linkage between the ecological environment, natural resources, water conservancy, electric power and other departments, form a joint force, and comprehensively use administrative means to crack down on "scattered and polluted" enterprises according to law. Third, the inspection of key areas is carried out in various ways, such as drone flight inspection, satellite image recognition and cross-examination of law enforcement personnel. Fourth, the team members at the city and county levels led the team to carry out morning inspection and night inspection, and through uninterrupted and full coverage inspection, the "scattered pollution" was invisible. Fifth, timely dispatch and report to counties with many problems, and supervise counties (cities) to strengthen "scattered pollution"The rectification efforts of enterprises.

Question 11: How to promote the implementation of rural domestic waste treatment

Member Zhang Guohua:Rural domestic garbage disposal is an important task of comprehensive environmental improvement in Fengshan area of Weishan, our city. Excuse me, how has the requirement of "urban-rural integrated garbage treatment mode of household classification, village collection, township transshipment and county centralized treatment" been implemented, and what measures will be taken to improve it in the future?

Li Zaidong, Director of the Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau:The Fengshan area of Weishan involves 15 villages in Kaiping District and guye district. In accordance with the division of responsibilities, our bureau is mainly responsible for supervising and guiding the collection and transfer of rural domestic garbage in this area. In 2019, the rural domestic waste treatment in this region realized the market-oriented cleaning mode. The Kaiping District Housing and Construction Bureau signed a market-oriented operation cleaning contract with Beijing Environment Co., Ltd. to be responsible for the garbage transfer to Fengnan Waste Incineration Plant; Guye district Wangjuezhuang Township signed a market-oriented operation cleaning contract with Tangshan Jiecheng Property Service Co., Ltd., and was responsible for transferring the garbage to guye district landfill. Up to now, there are 5,707 garbage bins, 29 collection points, 34 collection vehicles and 57 cleaning personnel in 15 villages in Fengshan area of Weishan.

In order to promote the treatment of rural domestic waste in Fengshan area of Weishan, one is to establish special classes. With the main responsible comrades of the Bureau as the team leader and the responsible comrades in charge as the deputy team leader, there are three supervision teams and one comprehensive team, and 15 business backbones are deployed to carry out the work to ensure the effective implementation of rural domestic waste control in villages in Fengshan area of Weishan. The second is to formulate a plan and make full efforts to promote it. Our bureau issued the Implementation Plan for Improving the Collection and Transportation of Rural Domestic Waste in Tangshan City in 2021 and the Notice on Organizing the Special Action for Centralized Cleaning of Rural Domestic Waste, and put forward the objectives, responsibilities, measures, completion time limit and specific requirements for the management of rural domestic waste in the whole city. Among them, it is emphasized that villages in Fengshan area of Weishan should strengthen garbage cleaning and transshipment, implement supervision responsibilities, conduct daily inspections, establish inspection accounts, and rectify problems in time to ensure daily garbage clearance. The third is to improve the supervision mechanism and promote the implementation of the work. Establish a three-level supervision and inspection system and a supervision and inspection team, and supervise the counties, counties, townships (towns) and townships (towns) at the municipal level to inspect the whole village. Through unannounced visits, the municipal supervision team used drones and other scientific and technological means to conduct full coverage supervision and inspection of villages in Fengshan area of Weishan, and immediately issued supervision orders and on-site assignments by WeChat groups for problems found, so as to deal with them in time and establish reforms.
(Reporter Yuanyuan correspondent Tang Kun)