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river systems, and accelerate the establishment of sand-controlling shelterbelts at the
north of the Hexi Corridor.
The third is to restore and protect the ecological environment that conserves water
in Gannan. It is necessary to speed up ecological protection and construction projects
for the important water supply ecological function area of the Yellow River within
Gannan, strengthen the protection of wetlands in the area, restore water conservation,
and do a good job in controlling soil erosion and geological disaster prevention in
the basin of the Bailong River.
The fourth is to advance the comprehensive management of soil erosion in the
Loess Plateau and the mountains in southern Gansu. It is necessary to steadily implement the comprehensive management plan for the Loess Plateau, actively carry out
key ecological restoration projects for the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow
River, and comprehensively manage small and medium-sized rivers like the Wei,
Jing and Tao Rivers, in order to conserve the sources of the rivers.
3. Gansu should fulfil the following four tasks to ensure green development
The first is to ensure environmental protection. It is necessary to open up green
channels for projects that meet the requirements of industrial policies and environmental protection—in particular, projects benefiting the people’s livelihood, infrastructure and poverty alleviation projects, the “3341” engineering projects, and the
construction projects for the Chinese Civilization Inheritance & Innovation Zone
and the National Ecological Security Barrier Comprehensive Experimental Area.
However, Gansu must strictly restrict and prohibit projects for industries of high
energy consumption, high emissions, and overcapacity.
The second is to vigorously promote energy conservation and emission reduction. It is necessary to coordinate the comprehensive prevention and control of pollutants from key industries, pollution factors, river basins, and regions, and resolutely
curb the excessive growth of high energy-consuming and high-polluting industries,
focus on energy conservation in industries, construction and transportation fields,
and public institutions by developing wind energy, solar energy, photovoltaic power
generation, hydropower, and other clean, new energy resources.
The third is to improve comprehensive environmental management. It is necessary to incorporate green development into the overall arrangement of economic
and social development, fully adopt action plans for managing air, water, and soil
pollution, win the three major battles to build a moderately prosperous society in
all respects, take environmental protection supervision responsibilities, implement
a pollution discharge permit system, achieve the normalization of environmental
protection in businesses, strengthen the five basic measures of environmental law
enforcement and disclosure of environmental information, and effectively strengthen
the comprehensive environmental management.
The fourth is to promote the development of environmental protection industries. It is necessary to actively promote the industrialization of new materials such
as non-ferrous metal alloy materials, rare-earth materials, new chemical materials,
and battery materials, and accelerate the development of new pillar industries like
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river systems, and accelerate the establishment of sand-controlling shelterbelts at the
north of the Hexi Corridor.
The third is to restore and protect the ecological environment that conserves water
in Gannan. It is necessary to speed up ecological protection and construction projects
for the important water supply ecological function area of the Yellow River within
Gannan, strengthen the protection of wetlands in the area, restore water conservation,
and do a good job in controlling soil erosion and geological disaster prevention in
the basin of the Bailong River.
The fourth is to advance the comprehensive management of soil erosion in the
Loess Plateau and the mountains in southern Gansu. It is necessary to steadily implement the comprehensive management plan for the Loess Plateau, actively carry out
key ecological restoration projects for the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow
River, and comprehensively manage small and medium-sized rivers like the Wei,
Jing and Tao Rivers, in order to conserve the sources of the rivers.
3. Gansu should fulfil the following four tasks to ensure green development
The first is to ensure environmental protection. It is necessary to open up green
channels for projects that meet the requirements of industrial policies and environmental protection—in particular, projects benefiting the people’s livelihood, infrastructure and poverty alleviation projects, the “3341” engineering projects, and the
construction projects for the Chinese Civilization Inheritance & Innovation Zone
and the National Ecological Security Barrier Comprehensive Experimental Area.
However, Gansu must strictly restrict and prohibit projects for industries of high
energy consumption, high emissions, and overcapacity.
The second is to vigorously promote energy conservation and emission reduction. It is necessary to coordinate the comprehensive prevention and control of pollutants from key industries, pollution factors, river basins, and regions, and resolutely
curb the excessive growth of high energy-consuming and high-polluting industries,
focus on energy conservation in industries, construction and transportation fields,
and public institutions by developing wind energy, solar energy, photovoltaic power
generation, hydropower, and other clean, new energy resources.
The third is to improve comprehensive environmental management. It is necessary to incorporate green development into the overall arrangement of economic
and social development, fully adopt action plans for managing air, water, and soil
pollution, win the three major battles to build a moderately prosperous society in
all respects, take environmental protection supervision responsibilities, implement
a pollution discharge permit system, achieve the normalization of environmental
protection in businesses, strengthen the five basic measures of environmental law
enforcement and disclosure of environmental information, and effectively strengthen
the comprehensive environmental management.
The fourth is to promote the development of environmental protection industries. It is necessary to actively promote the industrialization of new materials such
as non-ferrous metal alloy materials, rare-earth materials, new chemical materials,
and battery materials, and accelerate the development of new pillar industries like