Reporter Guo Ruomei from Beijing On October 27, the draft of the Yellow River Protection Law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for review for three times. The third draft of the draft clearly stipulates that environmental pollution control

Nanduxun Reporter Guo Ruomei from Beijing On October 27, the draft of the Yellow River Protection Law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for review for three times. The third draft of the draft clearly strengthens the control of environmental pollution in the Yellow River basin, and strengthens the control of new pollutants such as persistent organic pollutants.

According to public information, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) refer to organic pollutants that can last for a long time in the environment, migrate for a long distance, accumulate through the biological food chain (network), and have harmful effects on human health. It is mainly divided into three categories: organochlorine pesticide , industrial chemicals and unintentional by-products, and the environmental pollution caused is a major environmental problem in the world.

To deal with this problem, the third draft of the draft has added provisions that the competent departments of the State Council's ecological environment and other departments, as well as local people's governments at or above the county level in the Yellow River Basin and their relevant departments, should strengthen the control and control of new pollutants such as persistent organic pollutants. In addition, the country has strengthened the comprehensive management, systematic management and source management of agricultural non-point source pollution, industrial pollution, urban and rural domestic pollution in the Yellow River Basin, and promoted the comprehensive improvement of key rivers and lakes.

This is a view of the Yellow River taken in Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. Xinhua News Agency issued

. According to reports, the Yellow River Protection Law is another comprehensive river basin legislation carried out by China after Yangtze River Protection Law . In December 2021 and June 2022, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress conducted initial review and second review of the draft Yellow River Protection Law.

On the basis of this, the third draft of the draft strengthened the efficient and intensive utilization of water resources, including clarifying that water resources utilization in the Yellow River Basin should be carefully calculated, the water resource scheduling in the Yellow River Basin will be dynamically adjusted according to changes in water conditions, improving the water intake permit system , strengthening the construction of agricultural water-saving facilities, and increasing public water-saving content.

Some members of the Standing Committee, departments, institutions, localities, experts and the public suggested strengthening the construction of the flood control system, promoting coordinated linkage between flood control and drought relief, and promoting the comprehensive utilization of sediment. In this regard, the third draft of the draft has added provisions to coordinate the construction of the flood control system for the main and tributary rivers of the Yellow River, strengthen the coordination of flood control systems between basins and basins, promote flood control and drought relief and ice prevention linkage in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, build a scientific and efficient comprehensive flood control and disaster reduction system, and effectively improve the ability of flood control and other disasters in the Yellow River Basin.