What does the Bureau of Ecological Environment do?

Focusing on strengthening environmental governance and improving environmental quality, the Bureau of Ecology and Environment implements the strictest environmental protection system and the action plan for the prevention and control of air, water and soil pollution. Main responsibilities: to guide, coordinate and supervise ecological protection and restoration. Historical evolution of China Environmental Protection Bureau.

The Eco-environment Bureau, namely the Environmental Protection Bureau, is a functional department of the government and has the highest relationship with the Ministry of Eco-environment. It is under the management of the State Council and is collectively referred to as the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Mainly responsible for: drafting national environmental protection guidelines, policies and regulations, and formulating administrative regulations; To guide and coordinate the solution of major environmental problems in various regions and departments, as well as across regions and basins; Responsible for environmental monitoring, statistics and information work; Formulate environmental monitoring systems and norms. In order to strengthen environmental governance, improve environmental quality as the core, implement the strictest environmental protection system, and thoroughly implement the action plan for the prevention and control of air, water and soil pollution, the communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposed to implement a vertical management system for monitoring, supervision and law enforcement of environmental protection institutions below the provincial level.

The Bureau of Ecological Environment implements the principles, policies and decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the provincial party committee on ecological environmental protection, and adheres to and strengthens the centralized and unified leadership of the Party on ecological environmental protection in the process of performing its duties according to the requirements of the municipal party committee. The main responsibilities are:

(1) Drafting draft local laws and regulations on ecological environment protection. Work out and supervise the implementation of eco-environmental related planning and zoning in conjunction with relevant departments, and formulate technical specifications for eco-environmental protection.

(two) responsible for the comprehensive coordination, supervision and management of major ecological and environmental issues. Take the lead in coordinating the investigation and handling of major environmental pollution accidents and ecological destruction events, guide and coordinate the emergency early warning work of major sudden ecological environmental events in the district government, implement the compensation system for ecological environmental damage in conjunction with relevant departments, and coordinate and solve cross-regional environmental pollution disputes.

(three) responsible for the supervision and management of the implementation of emission reduction targets. Organize the formulation of the city's total pollutant emission control plan and supervise its implementation, and supervise and inspect the completion of pollutant emission reduction tasks in various districts and relevant units. Organize the implementation of the pollution discharge permit management system. Implement the target responsibility system for ecological environmental protection.

(four) responsible for proposing the scale and direction of investment in fixed assets in the field of ecological environment. Organize the declaration of special funds for the central and provincial ecological environment. Manage special funds for ecological environment in conjunction with relevant departments. Cooperate with relevant departments to do a good job in supervision, management and performance evaluation of the use of special funds for ecological environment.

(five) responsible for the supervision and management of the prevention and control of environmental pollution. Supervise and manage the prevention and control of air, water, ocean, soil, noise, light, odor, solid waste, chemicals and motor vehicles. In conjunction with the relevant district governments and departments, supervise and manage the ecological environment protection of drinking water sources, organize and guide the comprehensive improvement of urban and rural ecological environment, and supervise and guide the control of agricultural non-point source pollution. Supervise and guide the regional atmospheric and water environmental protection work, and organize the implementation of the joint prevention and control cooperation mechanism for regional atmospheric and key river basins and sea areas.

(six) to guide, coordinate and supervise the ecological protection and restoration work. Organize the preparation of ecological protection planning, supervise the development and utilization of natural resources, the construction of important ecological environment and the restoration of ecological damage that has an impact on the ecological environment. Supervise the ecological environment protection of nature reserves and wetlands. Guide, coordinate and supervise the protection of rural ecological environment, supervise the environmental safety protection of biotechnology, take the lead in the protection of biological species (including genetic resources), and organize and coordinate the protection of biodiversity. Participate in ecological protection compensation.

(seven) responsible for the supervision and management of civil nuclear and radiation safety. Participate in nuclear emergency management and emergency treatment of radiation environmental accidents. Assist the state and the province to supervise and manage the safety of nuclear facilities, supervise and manage the safety of radioactive sources, and supervise and manage the development and utilization of civil nuclear facilities, the application of nuclear technology, electromagnetic radiation and pollution prevention of radioactive mineral resources.

(eight) responsible for the supervision and management of ecological environment access. Entrusted by the municipal government, it conducts environmental impact assessment on major economic and technological policies, development plans and major economic development plans. According to the management authority for examination and approval or review the development and construction area, planning, project environmental impact assessment documents. Formulate and organize the implementation of the ecological environment access list.

(9) Coordinating ecological environment monitoring. Organize law enforcement monitoring of ecological environment, supervisory monitoring of pollution sources, monitoring of greenhouse gas emission reduction and emergency monitoring, and conduct investigation, evaluation, prediction and early warning of the city's ecological environment quality.

(ten) responsible for the work of climate change. Organize the formulation of plans and policies to deal with climate change and greenhouse gas emission reduction. Undertake the management of carbon emission trading. Coordinate foreign cooperation and capacity building in response to climate change.

(eleven) to coordinate the law enforcement work of ecological environmental protection. Organize and carry out the city's ecological environmental protection law enforcement activities. Organize and investigate violations of ecological environment. Responsible for the construction and business work of the city's comprehensive law enforcement team for ecological environmental protection.

(twelve) to organize, guide and coordinate the publicity and education of ecological environment. Organize the implementation of publicity and education programs on ecological environmental protection, and promote social organizations and the public to participate in ecological environmental protection.

(thirteen) the organization of ecological and environmental science and technology work. Organize scientific research on ecological environment and promote the construction of technical management system of ecological environment. Participate in guiding and promoting the development of circular economy and eco-environmental protection industry.

(fourteen) to carry out cooperation and exchanges in the ecological environment. Organize and carry out cooperation and exchanges with foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on ecological environment, and organize and coordinate this Municipality to promote the ecological environment protection in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Participate in handling foreign-related ecological and environmental affairs. Assist in the implementation of international treaties on ecological environment.

(fifteen) to complete other tasks assigned by the municipal party committee, municipal government and higher authorities.

(16) functional transformation. The Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment uniformly exercises the duties of urban and rural ecological destruction and all kinds of pollution discharge supervision and administrative law enforcement, earnestly fulfills its supervisory responsibilities, fully implements the action plan for the prevention and control of air, water and soil pollution, and strictly implements the national environmental management system for imported solid waste. We will build an eco-environmental governance system with the government as the leading factor, enterprises as the main body, social organizations and the public as the participants, implement the strictest eco-environmental protection system, strictly observe the red line of ecological protection and the bottom line of environmental quality, resolutely fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control, and continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment.

Extended information on the historical evolution of China Environmental Protection Bureau;

1974 10, the State Council environmental protection leading group was formally established. 1982 In May, the 23rd meeting of the 5th the NPC Standing Committee decided to merge the State Construction Committee, the State Urban Construction Administration, the Ministry of Construction, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping and the the State Council Environmental Protection Leading Group Office to form the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection, and the Environmental Protection Bureau was located in the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

1984 65438+In February, the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection was changed to the State Environmental Protection Bureau, which is still under the leadership of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection, and is also the office of the State Council Environmental Protection Committee.

1June, 1998, the State Environmental Protection Bureau was upgraded to the State Environmental Protection Administration (ministerial level), and the the State Council Environmental Protection Committee was abolished. In July, 2008, the State Environmental Protection Administration was upgraded to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and became a component of the State Council.

On March 2018 13, the Fourth Plenary Session of the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Set up the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The Ministry of Environmental Protection is no longer retained. On April 2018 16, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China was officially unveiled.