By Zhang Wencheng
On September 5, the Working Meetings of System of River and Lake Chiefs and System of Forest Chiefs in Hongkou District and the Meeting of Hongkou District Ecological Civilization Construction Leadership Group were held. The ecological civilization thoughts of Xi Jinping and the spirits of the Working Meetings of System of River and Lake Chiefs and System of Forest Chiefs in Shanghai were deeply studied and thoroughly carried out. All the carders of Hongkou were mobilized to fully work in ecological civilization and to practically implement the system of river and lake chiefs and the system of forest chiefs. Therefore, we can follow the green development road of ecological priority, consolidate the green ecological base for the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River, and embrace the successful convening of the 20th CPC National Congress with practical actions.
Guo Fang, Standing Member of the Shanghai Party Committee, Chief of the Hongkou District Party Committee, Chief River Officer and Chief Forest Officer of Hongkou District, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Lu Ming, Deputy Chief of the Hongkou District Party Committee, presided over the meeting. Guan Yetong, Standing Member of the Hongkou District Party Committee and Deputy Governor of Hongkou District, summarized the work of the previous stage and deployed the tasks of the next stage.
Guo Fang said that we should insist to take the ecological civilization thoughts of Xi Jinping as the guidance and absolutely take up the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction. We should always maintain a high degree of consciousness and strategic determination in the construction of ecological civilization, firmly hold the important concept that green waters and mountains are wealth, practice the "double carbon" strategy, seize the opportunity of the China Carbon Emission Trade Exchange settling at the North Bund to comprehensively build a green low-carbon demonstration highland, and promote the coordinated progress of high-level ecological environment protection and high-quality economic development. We should also adhere to the organic combination of urban function improvement and ecological civilization construction, deeply grasp the scientific path of urban water and forest management, constantly enhance the sustainable development ability of urban areas through ecological civilization construction, realize the overall harmony of social, economic and natural compound ecology, and accelerate the building of an ecological and desirable city.
Guo Fang stressed that we should comprehensively upgrade and optimize the system of river and lake chiefs, and effectively improve the quality of water environment. We should persist in normalization, focus on the weak points, pay attention to the feelings of the masses, constantly make efforts to the key links, and fully fight the tough and lasting battle in the system of river and lake chiefs. We should also pay attention to function and quality, strengthen waterfront linkage, promote function improvement, space shaping, ecological restoration, landscape protection and other aspects of work as a whole, and truly achieve the goal of "seeing scenery on waters, in nostalgia, with no peculiar smell".
We should keep the bottom line of safety, and systematically check the safety of rivers and lakes within the jurisdiction in response to large-scale visits and inspection activities, so as to effectively eliminate potential risks.
Guo Fang emphasized that we should spare no effort to promote the implementation of the system of forest chiefs and turn green ecology to the people’s livelihood. We should adhere to diversified greening, make full use of all kinds of space in combination of urban renewal, and strive to build small parks in the downtown, connect small green spaces on the shoreline, build little gardens on the roofs, and construct green walls for the construction sites. Besides, we should do a good job in comprehensive green protection, clarify the base of all kinds of green resources, and constantly improve capacity for fine management and professional maintenance. Besides, we will promote green for all, carefully build urban parks and public green spaces, and strive to keep the city green for 24 hours, so that the people can enjoy green resources at home.
Guo Fang said that the working system should be improved, the normalization management mechanism should be perfected, the idea of "working for the whole region" should be entrenched, and a strong joint force should be formed to jointly protect the environment. We should implement our responsibilities, take the initiative to patrol rivers and protect forests, and be responsible for land conservation. It is necessary to promote systematically, integrate the "double road-chief system" with the system of river and lake chiefs and the system of forest chiefs, coordinate to promote the pandemic prevention and control, water governance and forest protection, civilization creation, and comprehensive law enforcement. We should strengthen the assessment, improve the assessment system, perfect the supervision mechanism, and promote the formation of full coverage of management responsibilities and closed-loop management process. We should jointly govern and share, increase publicity, expand the scope of participation, and jointly build a beautiful home where people and nature live in harmony.
At the meeting, participants watched educational films and work feature films. Hongkou District Ecological Environment Bureau and Ouyang Road Sub-district made exchange speeches.