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China Strengthens Oversight of Environmental Protection Law Enforcement and Issues Over 160,000 Environmental Administrative Sanctions Decisions in 2019
China News Service, Beijing, December 23 (Li Jingze and Liang Xiaohui) Ding Zhongli, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, declared in Beijing on the 23rd that in 2019, a total of 162,800 administrative sanctions decisions were issued. nationwide, with a total of 11.878 billion yuan (RMB, same below) fines.
On the same day, Ding Zhongli submitted a report to the Standing Committee of the XIII National People’s Congress on the implementation of the “Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the comprehensive strengthening of the protection of the ecological environment and the promotion of a tough battle for pollution prevention and control “
Ding Zhongli pointed out that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has deepened the reform of the comprehensive administrative law enforcement for the protection of the ecological environment, and the comprehensive law enforcement system and capacity-building for the protection of the ecological environment have been continuously strengthened. In 2019, a total of 162,800 environmental administrative sanctions decisions were issued across the country, with a total of 11.878 million yuan of fines. Public security organs have always maintained a high pressure repression against environmental crimes. Since 2018, public security organs across the country have uncovered 12,000 cases of environmental pollution, arrested nearly 33,000 suspected criminals and destroyed 3,048 gangs, providing strong law enforcement guarantees to combat pollution prevention and control.
At the same time, judicial protection is also stronger. Ding Zhongli said that since 2018, people’s courts of all levels have accepted 89,000 criminal cases of environmental remedies in the first instance, almost 510,000 civil cases and 123,000 administrative cases. Since August 2018, fiscal bodies at all levels approved the arrest of 35,000 crimes of damage to environmental resources, filed 172,000 public interest litigation in the field of ecological environment and the protection of resources, issued announcements and fiscal suggestions 148,000 cases prior to litigation and 8,550 cases were initiated.
Ding Zhongli also noted that China’s capital guarantee and anti-pollution scientific and technological support capabilities have been significantly improved. In 2019, the national fiscal spending on ecological and environmental protection funds exceeded 1 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.9% over 2018. The Ministry of Science and Technology of China issued the “Implementation Opinions on Scientific Innovation and technology in support of ecological environmental protection and the fight against pollution prevention and control “, implemented 10 key national research and development plans, organized research on key technologies for pollution control and 10% of Environmental protection technologies have achieved international leadership, The number of environmental protection equipment and technology patents ranks first in the world.
Ding Zhongli said that China has led the public to participate, and society’s awareness of the rule of law for ecological and environmental protection has increased significantly. For example, by promoting ecological travel and prioritizing the development of public transport, the number of new energy vehicles promoted at the national level has exceeded 4.8 million, exceeding 50% of the global market. (End up)
