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giving priority to environmental protection, and have generated their unique practices
and innovations.
3. Guizhou
Guizhou is the first province in western China to systematically promote ecological
progress. After the Third Plenary Session of the Thirteenth CPC Central Committee,
Guizhou ramped up the reform of the system and mechanisms for developing an
ecological civilization, and formulated and implemented a series of pilot reforms. In
June 2014, it was approved to build a national ecological civilization pilot demonstration zone. In August 2016, it was approved as one of the first three national
ecological civilization pilot zones. Subsequently, the Provincial Party Committee
and People’s Government issued the Opinions on Promoting Green Development
and Building an Ecological Civilization. In April 2017, Guizhou listed “holistic
ecological conservation” as the third strategic action after poverty alleviation and
big data. In June, the Implementation Plan for National Ecological Civilization Pilot
Zone (Guizhou) was adopted at the 36th meeting of the Central Leading Group for
Deepening Overall Reform. In November, Guizhou was listed as a pilot province for
the ecological product value realization mechanism, driving its reform of the system
for developing an ecological civilization into a new era.
In recent years, especially since becoming a national pilot zone in 2018, what
Guizhou has done and achieved in vigorously promoting ecological progress can be
summarized in five aspects.
First, it has built a strong green barrier, and extended provincial environmental
protection inspections to the whole province. In recent years, Guizhou has focused
on the full implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan,
Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan and Soil Pollution Prevention
and Control Action Plan. It has introduced action plans and annual implementation
plans against air, water and soil pollution and sped up four campaigns aimed to
protect the “lush mountains,” “lucid water,” “blue sky” and “uncontaminated soil.”
In 2017 alone, it converted 4.774 million acres of farmland into forests, controlled the
rocky desertification of 2520 square kilometers, and organized a campaign to fight
pollution in ten major pollution sources and drinking water sources, and five actions
to comprehensively improve the environment of Caohai. It concluded all the 3478
reports and complaints filed by the people and assigned by the Central Environmental
Protection Supervision Group, and provincial environmental protection inspections
have covered all cities (prefectures) and Gui’an New Area.
Second, it has improved the green system and is the first to introduce provincial
regulations on ecological conservation. Guizhou’s work in this area focuses on deepening the reform of key systems for building an ecological civilization, strengthening
the legal guarantee for ecological conservation, and strict evaluation and assessment
of ecological progress. In May 2014, Guizhou promulgated China’s first provincial
regulations on ecological conservation: the Regulations on Promoting Ecological
Progress in Guizhou Province, which was followed by more than 30 supporting
regulations. It canceled the GDP assessment in 10 counties located in key ecological
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giving priority to environmental protection, and have generated their unique practices
and innovations.
3. Guizhou
Guizhou is the first province in western China to systematically promote ecological
progress. After the Third Plenary Session of the Thirteenth CPC Central Committee,
Guizhou ramped up the reform of the system and mechanisms for developing an
ecological civilization, and formulated and implemented a series of pilot reforms. In
June 2014, it was approved to build a national ecological civilization pilot demonstration zone. In August 2016, it was approved as one of the first three national
ecological civilization pilot zones. Subsequently, the Provincial Party Committee
and People’s Government issued the Opinions on Promoting Green Development
and Building an Ecological Civilization. In April 2017, Guizhou listed “holistic
ecological conservation” as the third strategic action after poverty alleviation and
big data. In June, the Implementation Plan for National Ecological Civilization Pilot
Zone (Guizhou) was adopted at the 36th meeting of the Central Leading Group for
Deepening Overall Reform. In November, Guizhou was listed as a pilot province for
the ecological product value realization mechanism, driving its reform of the system
for developing an ecological civilization into a new era.
In recent years, especially since becoming a national pilot zone in 2018, what
Guizhou has done and achieved in vigorously promoting ecological progress can be
summarized in five aspects.
First, it has built a strong green barrier, and extended provincial environmental
protection inspections to the whole province. In recent years, Guizhou has focused
on the full implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan,
Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan and Soil Pollution Prevention
and Control Action Plan. It has introduced action plans and annual implementation
plans against air, water and soil pollution and sped up four campaigns aimed to
protect the “lush mountains,” “lucid water,” “blue sky” and “uncontaminated soil.”
In 2017 alone, it converted 4.774 million acres of farmland into forests, controlled the
rocky desertification of 2520 square kilometers, and organized a campaign to fight
pollution in ten major pollution sources and drinking water sources, and five actions
to comprehensively improve the environment of Caohai. It concluded all the 3478
reports and complaints filed by the people and assigned by the Central Environmental
Protection Supervision Group, and provincial environmental protection inspections
have covered all cities (prefectures) and Gui’an New Area.
Second, it has improved the green system and is the first to introduce provincial
regulations on ecological conservation. Guizhou’s work in this area focuses on deepening the reform of key systems for building an ecological civilization, strengthening
the legal guarantee for ecological conservation, and strict evaluation and assessment
of ecological progress. In May 2014, Guizhou promulgated China’s first provincial
regulations on ecological conservation: the Regulations on Promoting Ecological
Progress in Guizhou Province, which was followed by more than 30 supporting
regulations. It canceled the GDP assessment in 10 counties located in key ecological