On May 23, the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee held the revised forum for comments on the "Hunan Province Dongjiang Lake Water Environmental Protection Regulations". Party Secretary and Deputy Director of Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee Zhang Aiguo attended the meeting.
In order to strengthen the Dongjiang Lake water environment protection and prevent water pollution, our province combined with the actual situation of Dongjiang Lake Basin and developed the "Dongjiang Lake Water Environment Protection Regulations" ("regulations") according to the "PRC Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law" and other relevant laws and administrative regulations. The "regulations" was adopted in the 26th Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth People's Congress of Hunan Province on November 30, 2001 and has been in effect since March 1, 2002.
The meeting pointed out that the natural ecological environment and socio-economic environment of Dongjiang Lake Basin have changed greatly in recent years. At present, the Dongjiang Lake protection and development do not form a benign interaction mechanism and the division of protected areas is not scientific and reasonable. In addition, the implementation of compensation mechanism of water ecological environment protection, the difficulties of people living in the reservoir area, the poor management system and other issues have become more and more prominent. It is realistic and necessary to put forward higher requirements for the protection and development of Dongjiang Lake Basin and revise the regulations on Dongjiang Lake protection.
Zhang Aiguo pointed out that the Dongjiang Lake protection work is more and more urgent and the relevant departments should reach a consensus, unite a thought, stick to the issues and base on local development to achieve a harmonious and unified protection and development. We should do a good job in the preparatory work for the revision and carry out the research and demonstration on the reasonable division of the protection zone, scientific programs of ecological compensation mechanism, improving the people's living standards, water environment protection and other issues; should clarify the responsibilities and straighten out the management system to form a joint force; should grasp the opportunity of 15th anniversary of regulations implementation in 2018 and actively strive for the support of the central and provincial governments to promote the implementation of related work.
Deputy Party Secretary and Deputy Director of Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee Xie Yuanan attended the meeting.