Guangming Current Review: Ecological Legislation Gathering Public Opinion Aggregation Power Ecological Environment | Ecology | Aggregation Power
Guangming Review
Author: Zhang Qing
On the occasion of the first National Ecological Day, the relevant person in charge of the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stated that public opinions have been incorporated into laws in the field of ecological environment, such as the Yangtze River Protection Law and the Yellow River Protection Law, through grassroots legislative contacts.
Taking the Yangtze River Protection Law as an example, in the process of legislation, the Legal Working Committee entrusted three grass-roots legislative contact points located in the Yangtze River basin, namely, Xiangyang, Hubei, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, and Kunshan, Jiangsu, to carry out research projects. The three contact points sent letters to government departments, industry associations, and relevant schools for comments. They held several symposiums attended by relevant departments, experts, and enterprise representatives, organized field research, and also solicited public opinions through official websites and WeChat official account. It is through various forms of research that a practical and comprehensive research report has been formed, providing important reference for the legislation of the Yangtze River Protection Law.
We will listen to the opinions and suggestions of residents, enterprises and institutions, and social organizations with genuine interests, further expand the ways and means for the people to participate in legislation, focus on the immediate interests of the people, identify prominent contradictions, and reflect the people's thoughts, hopes, and wishes in the law... We not only use the strictest system and the strictest rule of law to delineate ecological red lines, but also constantly listen to the voices of the people and gather public opinion while safeguarding green mountains and waters.
To comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China, we must adhere to the interests of the people as the starting point and foothold.
To comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China, we must also closely rely on the people for the sake of the people.To jointly build a beautiful home, we need to adhere to the leadership of the Party, widely mobilize all forces, brainstorm and work together, fight a people's war against pollution prevention and control, strengthen the promotion and popularization of legal and scientific knowledge of ecological civilization, advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon way of life, guide the whole society to enhance its awareness of the rule of law, ecology, environmental protection, and conservation, consciously fulfill its legal obligations for ecological environment protection, and cultivate ecological ethics and behavioral norms. Public recognition is true recognition, and public satisfaction is true satisfaction. Ultimately, public perception is the key basis for testing work effectiveness and environmental quality.
The answer sheet for Beautiful China is written in the green mountains and rivers, and more importantly, in the hearts of the people.
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