The “Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development Plan” is issued to carry out mandatory clean production in non-ferrous industries

On October 8, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the “Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Outline”). Clean production and increase the coordinated control of industrial pollution” put forward clear requirements. The “Outline” pointed out that it is strictly forbidden to build new “two highs and one capital” projects and related industrial parks within a certain range near the banks of the mainstream of the Yellow River and its main tributaries.

The “Outline” aims to strengthen the capacity of water conservation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, water and soil conservation in the middle reaches, promote downstream wetland protection and ecological management, strengthen the conservation and intensive use of water resources in the whole basin, strengthen environmental pollution system management, build a modern industrial system with distinctive advantages, and build regional urban and rural development Comprehensive and systematic elaboration and requirements on the new pattern and other aspects. The planning period is to 2030, the medium-term outlook is to 2035, and the long-term outlook is to the middle of this century.

The “Outline” pointed out that the Yellow River Basin is an area rich in energy resources. With abundant reserves of coal, oil, natural gas and non-ferrous metals, it is an important energy, chemical, raw material and basic industrial base in China. However, the Yellow River has always had a poor ecological background, a shortage of water resources, serious water and soil erosion, and weak resource and environmental carrying capacity. The problems of unbalanced and insufficient development of the provinces and regions along the Yellow River are particularly prominent.

The “Outline” puts forward the need to strengthen environmental pollution system governance. Promote the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution, industrial pollution, urban and rural life pollution, and comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment in mining areas. Which emphasizes:

First, we must increase the coordinated control of industrial pollution. Promote the relocation of high water-consuming and high-polluting enterprises within a certain range along the Yellow River into compliance parks, accelerate the transformation of steel and coal power with ultra-low emissions, carry out mandatory clean production in coal, thermal power, steel, coking, chemical, non-ferrous and other industries, and strengthen industry Comprehensive treatment of volatile organic compounds in furnaces and key industries, and implement special emission limit requirements for industrial pollutants in ecologically sensitive and fragile areas. It is strictly forbidden to build “high-energy, high-power and one-capital” projects and related industrial parks within a certain range near the banks of the mainstream of the Yellow River and its main tributaries. Carry out special rectification actions for the sewage outlets of the main and branch of the Yellow River, speed up the construction of an online monitoring system covering all sewage outlets, and standardize the audit of the sewage outlets of the river. Strictly implement the pollutant discharge permit system, and all fixed sources along the Yellow River must discharge pollutants in accordance with the law. All industrial parks along the Yellow River have built centralized sewage treatment facilities and discharged them stably, strictly control the direct discharge of industrial waste water into the urban sewage treatment system without treatment or effective treatment, and severely crack down on illegal discharge and direct discharge into rivers, lakes, deserts, wetlands, etc. . Strengthen the risk management and control of industrial wastes and the treatment of areas polluted by heavy metals left over from history, and carry out comprehensive remediation actions for solid wastes focusing on hazardous wastes.

The second is to carry out comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment in mining areas. Investigate and evaluate the ecological destruction and pollution status of historical mines in the Yellow River Basin, implement ecological restoration and soil and water pollution control such as geological environment management, topography remodeling, vegetation reconstruction, etc., according to “who destroys who repairs” and “who repairs who The principle of “benefit” activates the natural resources of the mining area, and explores the use of market-oriented methods to promote ecological restoration of the mines. Strengthen the measures of mining and treatment at the same time in production mines, timely restore the ecology and control pollution, and stop the development of mineral resources that have a significant impact on the ecological environment. Focusing on river and lake shorelines, reservoirs, drinking water sources, areas prone to geological disasters, etc., carry out the investigation of hidden dangers in tailings ponds and tailings reservoirs in the Yellow River Basin. Preventive measures shall be taken to resolve the risks of leakage and dispersion, and to encourage the comprehensive utilization of tailings. Promote comprehensive management of coal mining subsidence areas and historical mines, and carry out pilot demonstrations of pollution control and ecological restoration in mining areas in the Yellow River Basin. Implement the green mine standards and evaluation system. Starting from 2021, all new mines will meet the requirements of green mines, and the transformation and upgrading of production mines will be accelerated.