Zheng jinda, party secretary and director of the municipal environmental protection bureau, said on the first yonghuan forum on January 24 that the current state of environmental protection work can be said to be "the best period for environmental protection work, as well as the most stressful and challenging period for environmental protection work".The construction of ecological civilization and environmental protection is at a time when more attention is being paid than ever before. For each of  environmentalists, it will usher in a wonderful age of beauty, but at the same time, we are facing unprecedented new challenges.

Why is this the best of times?

First, leaders think unprecedented importance to it.I use the word "unprecedented" is not enough, is very apt, as everybody knows, from central to local levels over the years are very pay great attention to the ecological civilization and environmental protection work, since the 18th CPC national congress, xi jinping general secretary as the core of the Party Central Committee

attaches great importance to the ecological civilization construction and environmental protection, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas new strategy, covers the overall orientation of ecological civilization construction and environmental protection, basic concept,goal oriented, key measure and so on many aspects, in 2016 the central leading comrades instructions about environmental protection is more than 800 pieces, xi jinping, general secretary make important instructions for more than 60 pieces.In 2017, from the national "two sessions" to the 19th CPC national congress and other major conferences, ecological civilization construction and environmental protection have repeatedly mention and become high-frequency words.Wherever the Xi jinping, general secretary goes,request the all focus on the ecological civilization construction and environmental protection .Especially in the report of 19th CPC national congress ,19th CPC national congress explicitly points out that the construction of ecological civilization is the sustainable development of the Chinese nation "a long-term policy ", the harmonious coexistence between man and nature in the new era of basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, the masses of the people's need for a beautiful ecological environment as an important aspect of the main social contradiction, the "beautiful" writing in the important target of national modernization power, a series of new ideas ,new targets ,new requirements ,new arrangements,concentration reflected the xi jinping general secretary ‘s important strategic thinking of the ecological civilization construction  and also provides us with important ideological guidance and fundamental guarantee.

Second, the public is deeply concerned.With the improvement of living standards, people used to "expect food and clothing" and "seek survival", but now "expect environmental protection" and "seek ecology". The status of ecological environment in people's life of happiness index is increasingly prominent, and promoting ecological civilization has become the common aspiration and pursuit of the whole society.It can be said that the public's awareness of environmental protection work is higher than ever before.The awareness is not only in the general aspect, but also in the depth, reflecting and expressing their demands through various channels.These data can be fully reflected in the environmental petition and online public opinion in recent years.From the perspective of city, the number of environmental protection letters has been running high in recent years, with an average annual number of over 14,000 (12,345letters in 2013, 14,518 letters in 2014, 14,842letters in 2015 and 13,674letters in 2016), and 16,367 letters in 2017,of course there are elements of a central environmental protection supervise.But look dialectically, the more quantity of complaints,the more for voice, means that the driving force of environmental protection and social foundation also stronger, also declare that the masses are trust for our environmental protection departments , for our govern environment, accelerate the improvement environment quality, better meet people's increasing needs in beautiful ecological environment provides the accurate basis.Since I have been working at the bureau, I have also received calls from the masses, received letters and visited the masses.I think this is the trust from the masses, and I will deal with every issue seriously and never muddle through.

Third, work moves are extraordinary.In the past few years, the national level has become increasingly clear about the direction of ecological and environmental protection work, and has a strong desire to improve the environment and a strong determination to never give up until problems are solved.

First of all, the central environmental protection supervise has realized the full coverage of 31 provinces (districts and cities), which has been promoted to the political level as an important project in promoting the construction of ecological civilization.Through the first round of supervision, China has directly promoted and resoluted of prominent environmental problems around the 80,000 people. A total of 18,448 party and government cadres have been interviewed, and 18,199 people have been held accountable.Last year we also had go through the require and test.The central environmental protection  supervise has made great impact and achieved good results, reaching the central satisfaction, local obedience and public thumb up results.The main features can be summarized as five aspects. First, the central inspectorate should be regarded as a major political arrangement.Second, we should keep a close eye on the party committee and government, give play to the function of supervision and implement the "equal responsibility of party and government, and double responsibility of one post".Third, adhere to the problem - oriented, face the problem and change quickly;Fourth, fully open and transparent, each issue is open to the society, to protect the right of supervision;Fifth, serious accountability and accountability, whether in the present or in the past, there must be accountability.

Secondly,is to focus on key areas, areas of strengthened supervision,Ministry of Environmental Protection has initiated the most extensive air pollution prevention and control inspection throughout history, transfer 5,600 people from all over the country to carry out one-year intensive inspections in "2+26" cities in the beijing-tianjin-hebei region and surrounding areas.Air quality in Beijing has improved markedly, with PM2.5 reaching 58 micrograms per cubic meter.The ministry of environmental protection also transfer forces from the whole country to carry out a wide range of local law enforcement inspections on drinking water sources and import waste processing and utilization enterprises in the Yangtze river economic zone.

Thirdly, policy is introduced intensively.Since the 18th CPC national congress, the central party committee from the top-level design, accurate analysis of the situation facing the current ecological environment protection, ecological civilization and issued more than 40 environmental protection reform, big to 1 + 6 ecological civilization system reform scheme, It is detailed in the implementation plan for promoting the reform of 《forbid foreign waste to entry solid and boost solid waste to import Implementation plan of management system reform 》, and involves various aspects of ecological and environmental protection."four beams eight columns" improving the nature of the system, to improve the ecological environment management system and the management ability level of modernization, is of great significance and far-reaching influence.The state council has also successively introduced the "three articles" for water, gas and soil, of ‘three 10 article “and constructed the basic framework of the pollution prevention and control system from the aspects of goals and tasks, work measures, assessment standards and responsibility investigation.At the same time, accelerate the work of the environmental law revision of the National People's Congress, the new revision of the environmental law, law on the prophylaxis and control of water pollution and so on, the full implementation of the "To-high", have introduced the judicial interpretation, opinions and regulation, etc., a large number of the revision and implementation of the laws and regulations to build a rigorous system of environmental law, with the most stringent system provides the solid legal support to protect the ecological environment.