What are the reasons behind the name given by the Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate to Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province?

The Central Environmental Protection Supervision Commission named Zhenjiang City because the cleanup and rectification of pollution projects along the Yangtze River mainstream coastline in Zhenjiang City has not been implemented in place, and the ecological damage and pollution problems are extremely prominent.

Since Zhenjiang City’s 293-kilometer-long Yangtze River coastline involves ecologically sensitive areas such as related wetlands and aquatic germplasm resource reserves, the ecological status of this section is very important, but Zhenjiang City’s environmental management And the pollution treatment was obviously not implemented in place, so there were relevant notifications and criticisms.

What's going on?

In the latest announcement from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspectorate found that there are many problems that are not implemented in place in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Environmental protection and governance issues along the Yangtze River are not implemented in place, and there are many problems. Ecological pollution and damage problems. The inspection team found that Zhenjiang City not only underreported projects related to illegal occupation of rivers. Problems related to river pollution caused by construction waste and industrial solid waste at some enterprises have not been completely cleared up and rectified. Therefore, Zhenjiang City has been named and criticized as a typical negative case of environmental protection governance.

Zhenjiang City illegally built a hotel in the river, falsely claiming it was a water conservancy facility.

Since Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province has a long coastline of the Yangtze River, the protection and management of local water resources should be strictly implemented. In accordance with relevant national requirements, comprehensively investigate the current status of the Yangtze River mainstream coastline, rectify relevant illegal and illegal shoreline occupation behaviors, and protect the precious resources of the Yangtze River coastline. However, inspectors found that there are still some projects within the scope of river management that have not obtained project approval procedures, including chemical projects with greater environmental risks. The Xishawan Star Hotel, which was built illegally by the relevant departments of Yangzhong City, is located in the Yangtze River channel, adjacent to the Yangtze River important wetlands and the national aquatic germplasm resource protection zone. The hotel was in business at the time of the inspection. Yangzhong City knew that this was an illegal project, but still deceived it during the investigation by superiors and reported it as a water conservancy facility.

Some local companies discharge excessive waste and wastewater directly into the Yangtze River Basin without relevant treatment.

Among the related rectification projects, there are also problems with the cleaning and rectification of some projects that are not implemented and in place. For example, Zhenjiang Anfeng Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Zhenxing Marine Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. still have the problem of filling up the river surface with construction waste and industrial waste and polluting the river beach environment. In addition, there are many companies that are in environmental protection and rectification. There is a problem of insufficient implementation, and a lot of unprocessed related garbage and waste are thrown into the water. It has caused huge impact and damage to the local Yangtze River environment.