China s consistent efforts to protect the Yangtze River have helped Asia s longest watercourse turn the corner on conservation, a senior official at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said.
Xu Chong, head of the ministry s bureau that oversees the river, also said the marked environmental improvement in the waterway has been done in parallel with development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
As a key indicator of the achievement, the Yangtze last year saw the quality of water at all monitored sections in its mainstream rated at Grade II or above. Grade II is the second highest in the five-tier assessment system.
Legislation to enhance protection of Yangtze By HOU LIQIANG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-12-28 07:30 Share CLOSE Ships dock at a tourism port on the Yangtze River in Zigui, Hubei province, in April, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
China will establish coordination mechanisms at both regional and national levels to facilitate concerted efforts to protect the country s longest waterway, according to the newly passed Yangtze River Protection Law, the nation s first such legislation.
Adopted on Saturday after a third review by the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress－the country s top legislature－the law states that a national mechanism will guide and coordinate Yangtze conservation work in accordance with the principle of promoting well-coordinated environmental conservation and avoiding excessive development .
China will establish coordination mechanisms at both regional and national levels to facilitate concerted efforts to protect the country s longest waterway, according to the newly passed Yangtze River Protection Law, the nation s first such legislation.
Adopted on Saturday after a third review by the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress－the country s top legislature－the law states that a national mechanism will guide and coordinate Yangtze conservation work in accordance with the principle of promoting well-coordinated environmental conservation and avoiding excessive development .
Aside from deliberating on major protection policies and planning, the mechanism will also conduct coordination of major trans-regional and departmental issues, as well as supervise and inspect the implementation of major Yangtze conservation work, according to the law, which will take effect on March 1.