The nine-curved Yellow River rushes thousands of miles, winding thousands of miles across the Qilu land, pouring into the sea. As the only river and sea intersection area in the Yellow River basin, Shandong's ecological protection and high-quality development have great potential and full of vitality.
In the three years since the implementation of the major national strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, Shandong has been striving to take the lead, insisting on focusing on protection and governance, focusing on building a green ecological corridor in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and making every effort to promote the transformation of new and old kinetic energy. It is gradually painting a happy river picture with harmonious people and water and resonance of protection and development.
Ecological beauty: Green all over the Yellow River bank
Walk into Shandong Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve , the water is abundant, the grass is beautiful, the sky is clear, continuous salt land is alkaline fiery red like a "red carpet" for the welcome, and the elegant Oriental white stork "white clothes and black skirt" embellishes it.
On September 18, the salt land of Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve is as red as a "carpet", and birds fly freely. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fan Changguo
"More than 600 plants in the reserve form the largest natural vegetation area of the new wetlands along the coast of my country. Millions of birds migrate, overwinter and reproduce here every year." Liu Jing, director of the Yellow River Delta Ecological Monitoring Center, said that the number of birds in the reserve has increased from 187 species when they were established to 371 species now, including 25 species of national first-class protected birds. Zhou Licheng, director of the scientific research center of
protection zone, said that in recent years, they have continuously repaired wetlands, completed the implementation of 72,500 mu of returning farmland to wetlands and returning to beaches, and restored 47,000 mu of alkaline and seagrass beds in salt land, meeting the needs of more birds to live and forage.
Follow the river, and the cool breeze is swaying and the waves are shining.
Dongping Lake is the only important flood storage area in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with a significant ecological status. In recent years, the local government has successively carried out key operations such as cage demolition and sand field cleaning, and the lake water quality is stable at the national surface water level above the third-class standards. Thanks to the continuous improvement of the ecology, the national first-class protected animal, , , green-headed ducks have frequently appeared in Dongping Lake in recent years. This year, Dongping County recorded more than 1,600 green-headed ducks here.
This is a green ecological landscape belt (drone shooting) located along the Jinan section of the Yellow River, taken on September 9. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Suhui
upstream and downstream collaborative governance is also helping the Yellow River ecology improve. Shandong and Henan took the lead in implementing horizontal ecological compensation in the inter-provincial Yellow River Basin last year. Since the water quality of the Yellow River entering Shandong has always remained above Class II water quality, Shandong has cashed in 126 million yuan of Henan ecological compensation funds according to the agreement, and Shandong and the Yellow River have won more. This year, the agreement continues to be implemented, and a pattern of Shandong and Henan provinces working together to protect the Yellow River ecology is taking shape.
In addition, Shandong has promoted ecological governance of key areas along the Yellow River such as Yellow River Beach District with high standards. The greening area of the Yellow River section in Shandong exceeds 210,000 mu, and has initially formed a Yellow River ecological green corridor integrating flood control, ecology, economic and social benefits.
Industry is booming: new momentum "flowering"
Since April this year, many local refining companies in Shandong have auctioned refining equipment to attract attention. The "two high" industries in Shandong that have certain advantages such as steel and local refining have become the target of Shandong's elimination of excess production capacity.
In recent years, Shandong Province has vigorously promoted the transformation and upgrading of local refining enterprises, and has integrated and withdrawn the local refining production capacity of 23.52 million tons. The relevant person in charge of Shandong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment said that this year, Shandong is expected to integrate and withdraw 15.2 million tons of local refining production capacity.
It is reported that Shandong regards the transformation of new and old kinetic energy as the "bull's nose" to promote high-quality development. The relevant person in charge of Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission said that they strictly implement the "five reduction replacements" of energy consumption, coal consumption, production capacity, carbon emissions, and pollutant emissions for the newly launched projects. More than 110,000 "scattered and polluting" enterprises have been closed, reducing steel production capacity by 12% of the country, and reducing chemical parks from 199 to 84, reducing coking capacity by 18.66 million tons.
has vacates backward production capacity and new momentum has valuable room for development. Shandong has also clarified new economic growth points such as intelligent manufacturing, Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing.
Goer Co., Ltd.'s intelligent manufacturing base in Weifang, Shandong. Various components such as optical and acoustics are being processed into virtual reality (VR) devices and sent to the world.
" Goertek focuses on cutting-edge fields such as VR and strives to build a world-leading new generation electronic information technology industry highland." said Chang Gang, vice president of marketing at Goertek Co., Ltd.
On April 22, 2021, workers in the assembly workshop of Shandong Weichai Group assembled engines on the assembly line. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Xulei
In the past three years, Shandong has vigorously deployed emerging industries, with the added value of high-tech manufacturing increasing by 10% annually, and the proportion of added value of the "four new" economy increased by 3.6 percentage points. The number of high-tech enterprises in the nine cities along the Yellow River has nearly 9,000, doubled from 2019.
People's Joy: Ecological dividends are obvious to
Shandong section of the Yellow River, the riverbed is higher than the ground, "save money, raise the platform, build houses, and repay the debts" vividly describes the hard life of the people in the beach area who have been frequently flooded.
In "The First County of the Yellow River Enters Shandong" Dongming County , less than 3 kilometers away from the Yellow River, the reporter saw that rows of two-story small buildings were lined up in a square array, with all public facilities and commercial facilities such as kindergartens, primary schools, infirms, supermarkets, etc.
In recent years, with the completion of the relocation and construction project of the Yellow River Beach Area in Shandong, 600,000 people in the beach area have a picturesque new home, full of green eyes, and full of vitality everywhere.
October 12, 2021, Shangzhuang Community, Dongming County, Heze City (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Xulei
In order to allow the people to "move out, stabilize, develop, and get rich", Shandong focuses on developing beach areas industries, drives employment with industries, and coordinates the construction of resettlement communities and industrial parks, including 44 industrial parks or projects, with a total investment of 10.6 billion yuan, can absorb 29,000 people to find jobs, and the per capita annual income increases by more than 30,000 yuan.
On the side of Sanyifan Village, Changjia Town, Gaoqing County, Zibo, Shandong Province, Yellow River Wetland lush grass and woods and lotus flowers are all over the pond. Earlier, this place was a sand sinking pool in the Yellow River. The agricultural production conditions in Qianyi Fan Village were poor. It was once a provincial-level poverty-stricken village. At that time, the average annual income of villagers was only about 2,000 yuan, and the village collective income was almost zero.
In recent years, Sanyi Fan Village has seized the opportunity to beautify the village environment and develop rural tourism. "At present, nearly 400 of the 621 people in the village are directly engaged in tourism, catering and accommodation services, and have developed more than 80 farmhouses. The village's collective income this year is expected to reach more than 800,000 yuan." said Si Guoying, secretary of the Party Branch of Fan Village, Sanyi. (Reporters Yang Shouyong and Wu Shuguang)
