The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answered reporters’ questions on the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Soil, Groundwater and Rural Ecological Environmental Protection"

Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly issued the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Soil, Groundwater and Rural Ecological Environmental Protection" ( Hereinafter referred to as "Planning")

Question: Please introduce the background of the preparation of the "Plan"?

Answer: Soil, groundwater and agricultural and rural ecological environmental protection are related to the safety of rice bags, vegetable baskets, and water tanks, and to the construction of Beautiful China

However, the structural, root, and trend pressures of China's ecological and environmental protection have not yet been fundamentally alleviated.

The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the first five years of starting a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and marching towards the second centenary goal, in order to implement the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on In-depth Fighting of Pollution Prevention and Control" According to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Outline of Long-Term Goals for 2035", "Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" and "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan", the basis for summarizing the results and experience of the "13th Five-Year Plan" The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in conjunction with the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, formulated this plan

Question: What is the general idea for the preparation of the "Plan"?

Answer: The preparation of the "Plan" adheres to the coordination of comprehensive planning and highlighting the key points, and makes overall plans for the soil, groundwater and rural ecological environment protection targets, key tasks and safeguard measures for a period of time in the future

One is to highlight system governance

The second is to focus on reducing pollution and carbon

The third is to implement the "three pollution control"

The fourth is to focus on the application of modern methods

Question: What specific target indicators are specified in the "Plan"?

Answer: The "Plan" sets goals in two stages

The "Plan" sets 8 specific indicators from three aspects: soil, groundwater, agriculture and rural areas

Question: In order to achieve the above goals, what are the main tasks proposed by the "Plan"?

Answer: The "Plan" designs and deploys specific tasks in the "14th Five-Year Plan" from four aspects: soil, groundwater, agricultural and rural pollution prevention and control, and improvement of supervision capabilities

In order to support the implementation of the main tasks, the "Plan" proposes four major projects, including: soil and groundwater pollution source prevention projects, soil and groundwater pollution risk management and restoration projects, agricultural non-point source pollution prevention projects, rural environmental remediation projects, etc.

Question: How to ensure the effective implementation of the objectives and tasks proposed in the "Plan"?

Answer: In order to complete the determined goals and tasks, the "Plan" proposes four safeguard measures