Theme: Let the people breathe the fresh air

Theme: Let the people breathe the fresh air
News from Beijing on March 17 ' Reporter's sunshine money Wei) Chen Zhili, vice chairman of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, announces in Beijing today: The propaganda activity of century trip in environment protecting mode of China will be launched formally in 2009. The theme of the activity is this year " Let the people breathe the fresh air " . Environment and protection of resources committee's General Board Wang GuangDao of National People's Congress are pointed out, the century trip in environment protecting mode of China is the field most influential large-scale theme propaganda activity in environment protecting mode of our country, have already launched for 16 years continuously. Led by national people's Large Loop money committee this activity, 14 departments such as Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee organize in concert, 28 news medias such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Science and Technology Daily participated in. The activity will centre on environmental resources such as Air Pollution Prevention Law of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress,etc. and legislate and supervise the focal point of work, people's livelihood of centring on and protecting and increasing, assuaring, protecting and stabilizing the overall situation, propagate the law code enforcement progress of environmental resources in a more cost-effective manner, propagate " eleven five " Plan definite energy-conserving emission reduction goal performance and feasible experience, explore National People's Congress supervises mechanism and method with supervision by public opinion of news in accordance with the law, in order to make and revise the law, launch the work of supervising effectively, more easy to reflect the will of the people, make an effort. Vice Minister Zhou Jian of environmental protection department reveals at the unveiling ceremony, the air pollution question of our country is still outstanding, nearly 1/5 urban air in the whole country is seriously polluted, territory of about 1,500,000 sq. km. is acid rain pollution, the air pollution accident is increasing constantly, is threatening the people's health and property safety. He points out, must strengthen the prevention and cure of air pollution conscientiously. Hubei Province, Vice Minister of Ministry of Water Resources, point out the investigation indicate, the area of soil erosion of our country up to 3,560,000 sq. km.ed while being flat unexpectedly, account for the intersection of territory and 37.1% of whole area, every year because the intersection of soil erosion and the intersection of loss and about 66666.667 of cultivated land. " 15 " During this time, the land area of perturbation of the whole country, all kinds of construction projects, is 55,300 sq. km., because the area of soil erosion of the newly-increased production and construction activity of over 15,000 sq. km. of every year, the artificial soil erosion continues showing a tendency to expand. Already security and water and soil resources security pose the great threat to ecological security, food safety, preventing flood of our country in the serious soil erosion, become an important factor of restricting the sustainable development of economics and society of our country. Large Loop money committee's Vice Chairman Zhang WenTai shows national people, the first half of this year, the intersection of China and in environment protecting mode the intersection of century trip and interview and report the special topic to key the intersection of city and prevention and control of air pollution, key the intersection of enterprise and energy-conserving emission reduction and rural the intersection of biomass energy and development,etc. activity. In the second half year, should carry out and implement this focal point around the law of water and soil conservation, prevent and cure progress and typical experience and carry on the report to the soil erosion.

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