What achievements have been made in the field of smog control in the Law of Beijing Municipality on the Prevention and Control of Meteorological Disasters to Maintain the Entry of Smog? "

12 to 16, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas have entered the most serious heavily polluted weather process since the fall of this year. It is reported that this severe smog will last until 2 1. For this reason, Beijing launched the first red warning this year, and the corresponding emergency measures such as restricting classes and suspending classes were gradually pushed forward. Not long ago, the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress listed smog as a meteorological disaster in the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Meteorological Disasters in Beijing (Revised Second Draft). Under the "fog-locked city", whether smog is a meteorological disaster or man-made pollution continues to cause heated discussion among all parties.

-Official explanation

The relevant person in charge of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress said that the legislative intent of the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Meteorological Disasters is to strengthen the awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation in the whole society, improve the urban disaster prevention and mitigation system, and enhance emergency response capabilities and urban governance capabilities. The regulations are not the legislation of a certain department, but comprehensive local laws and regulations for disaster prevention and mitigation formulated in light of the actual situation in Beijing. The main responsibility of hidden danger management lies with the government, and smog should be included in the category of meteorological disasters, without changing the existing governance work pattern of "the government as a whole has its own responsibilities".

The person in charge of the Legislative Affairs Office of the Beijing Municipal Government said that "smog" is a compound phenomenon of weather phenomenon and pollution phenomenon, and the problem has become very prominent, which has become a major concern of the government and society. The smog law can make government departments do more responsibilities, make the whole society pay more attention to smog prevention and control, act in unison, and form an effective smog prevention and control guarantee system.

-Experts hold different views.

Lv Zhongmei, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy director of the Social and Legal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes that from a legal point of view, legislation is first and foremost a value choice and judgment. The inclusion of "smog" in meteorological disasters means that legislators have not given priority to environmental protection or ecological civilization construction. Secondly, legislation is the division of rights and powers. If "smog" is regarded as a meteorological disaster, it means that individuals have no right to breathe clean air, and the government has no responsibility to control "smog". Anyone can discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without taking legal responsibility, which obviously runs counter to the concept of green development and the vision of beautiful China.

Sun Youhai, dean of the Law School of Tianjin University and an expert in environmental law, believes that unreasonable human behavior is the internal cause of smog. If smog is included in meteorological disasters, it will affect the nature of meteorological disasters and confuse the main body of smog pollution, which is not conducive to the effective solution of smog problems.

The editor has something to say.

The great man once said that it is fun to fight with the sky. However, in this battle against smog, I believe that most people can't laugh. In the past few years, we have seen enough determination and confidence from official statements. However, whether it is "looking up", "not afraid of offending people" or "never give up until you reach your goal", the sonorous words do not seem to bring about obvious improvement in air quality.

The author believes that listing smog as a meteorological disaster is not to avoid responsibility. However, if we can't attack for a long time, people's mentality will naturally change. Concerns such as "Is smog not cured" and "It depends on the wind to cure smog" are quite popular among the people. Just at this time, classifying smog as a "natural disaster" will naturally raise questions.

After all, the treatment of smog is result-oriented. As long as you see the effect and hope, is the smog a natural disaster? Who cares? We just want to say goodbye to Hai Zi. Therefore, instead of busy looking for "relatives" for smog, it is most practical to think about effective methods to treat smog.