Lion's Brain Mountain in summer, with thick greenery and pine waves; The peach river at sunset, the water is murmuring and sparkling.
If you can "cross", I really want to take you to see the former Yangquan; If you can "cross", I really want to take you to see the current Yangquan. Look at how Yangquan City vigorously promotes the construction of ecological civilization, from a tree, a piece of grass, and a field, to "grow" into a new green, flowery mountains, and fruity fragrance.
Green ecology is the greatest wealth, the biggest advantage and the biggest brand. In recent years, Yangquan City has implemented the strategy of ecological foundation building, adhered to the integrated promotion of mountain control, water control, gas control and city management, and the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grass systems, so that the beauty of natural ecology will always stay in Yangquan and the benefits of ecology will benefit Yangquan. The barren mountains are planted with new greenery, the sewage becomes clear, the "greenery" around Yangquan people is getting stronger, and the dream of "green mountain city" is shining into reality.
"Building" a green barrier with excellent ecology
In the middle of summer, there is a ditch in the swallow niche in Hedi Town, which is the most beautiful time - in the distance, the green hills are like daisies, stretching and undulating; Nearby, wildflowers bloom and green flows. People take a deep breath, and the breeze carries the fragrance of flowers and plants, and keeps drilling into their noses, which makes people feel refreshed.
Green is the color of hope and the background color of the beautiful Yang Spring. Seedlings and forests have witnessed the development process of Yangquan City. In recent years, Yangquan City has firmly established and practiced the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and has scientifically carried out land greening to polish the ecological background of high-quality development and build a beautiful Yangquan with the in-depth promotion of the forest chief system as the starting point. Nowadays, many barren mountains in Yangquan City are dressed in "green", roads are surrounded by "ribbons", and villages are dressed in "green".
Taihang Mountain is a natural barrier between the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the North China Plain, and its ecological environment is directly related to the ecological security of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Yangquan City takes artificial afforestation as the starting point, actively promotes the key project of ecological protection and restoration of Taihang Mountain, carries out overall protection, systematic restoration and comprehensive management of natural ecology, and greatly improves the forest coverage rate of the city. At the same time, Yangquan City actively promotes voluntary tree planting by the whole people to add "new green" to the beautiful Yangquan. This spring, people can often be seen planting trees in the mountains and fields, as well as in urban communities. On March 27, the city leaders led a team to the tree planting site in Queshan Village, Guanshan Town, Pingding County, and participated in the voluntary tree planting activity with the party members and cadres. On March 12, more than 70 party members and cadres from the Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau came to the voluntary tree planting site in Guanshan Forest Park in Pingding County to carry out voluntary tree planting activities to add green and color to the construction of ecological civilization in Yangquan City. Various social groups in Yangquan City have successively organized personnel to take action and strive to be practitioners of ecological civilization.
Through "greening", while the city's "green territory" continues to expand, Yangquan City has increased its "green protection" efforts to protect the hard-won "green". Fire is one of the most dangerous "enemies" of the forest. In recent years, Yangquan City has taken the "forest chief system" as the starting point, improved the "forest chief +" grid fire prevention system, overcome paralysis, strengthened forest fire prevention publicity, strengthened fire hazard investigation, strengthened emergency material support, and made every effort to protect the safety of forest resources. During the annual forest and grassland fire prevention period, Yangquan City arranges special personnel to guard key forest areas such as Lion's Brain Mountain, Guanshan Mountain, Liu Bei Mountain, and Zhulong Mountain, and sets up lookout posts at various commanding heights, so as to ensure that the mountains are watched and the forests are protected.
In today's Yangquan, the ecological picture of "chasing green and green" is becoming more and more beautiful.
"Protect" a stream of clear water flowing eastward
In Yangquan, the Peach River and Hutuo River gave birth to this civilization, leaving the reputation of "Yangquan". This means that water is an important attribute that distinguishes Yangquan from other cities, and it is also the focus of promoting the construction of ecological civilization.
In recent years, Yangquan City has further improved the responsibility system of the river chief system, continuously consolidated the responsibilities of river chiefs at all levels, and conscientiously implemented the dynamic adjustment mechanism and responsibility replacement mechanism to ensure that the responsibilities are not disjointed and the tasks are continuously filed. River chiefs at all levels give full play to the role of leading planning, comprehensive coordination, and promoting implementation, actively carry out river patrol work, and solve outstanding problems in river management and protection.
The mountains are bright, the river is clear, and the Tao River and the Wen River meet in Podi Village, Niangziguan Town, Pingding County. Early in the morning of July 17, Gao Haizhu, secretary of the Party branch and river chief of Podi Village, had already made a big circle by the river. "In the past, the villagers wanted to be convenient, and the garbage was easily dumped into the river. Now the sewage is connected to the urban pipe network, and the garbage is collected at designated points. The environment is better, and everyone is conscious. Guarding the good mountains and rivers, Gao Haizhu was full of pride, "We are two miles away from the Niangziguan Scenic Area, and the village also wants to develop the tourism industry with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation." ”
The "regular army" of river chiefs at all levels performed their duties conscientiously, and the "guerrillas" of river chief volunteers, composed of civilian river chiefs and non-governmental river patrollers, also fulfilled their duties. In order to guide the whole people to participate in the work of the river chief system, in recent years, Yangquan City has established the first non-governmental river ranger volunteer service team in Shanxi relying on the Yangquan Volunteer Federation. Citizen Wang Jing is one of them. "After receiving the letter of appointment, there is a responsibility, and the service team organizes river patrols and beach clean-up activities every month, and many people bring their children to participate." Driven by Wang Jing, many relatives and friends around him joined the volunteer service team.
In addition, Yangquan City has gathered the joint efforts of various departments to change "industry governance" to "system governance", continue to do a good job in the investigation and rectification of river-related problems, and "show the sword" to the illegal behaviors that damage the river ecology - treat the sewage entering the river, demolish the illegal construction of the river, and restore the shoreline ecology......
used to treat floods, but now enjoy the "benefits" of water. Relying on the good water ecological environment, Yangquan City also planned the Baili Taihang Landscape Gallery project - the overall layout is "one axis, two corridors and three picture scrolls", of which "one axis" is Taihang No. 1 tourist highway, "two corridors" are Hutuo River and Taohe River, and "three picture scrolls" are suburbs, Yu County and Pingding County. From the increasingly abundant Niangziguan Waterfall to the clear water of the Hutuo River, from the hometown river carrying nostalgia to the nameless stream in the mountain jungle, from the flying swans in the Dashimen Reservoir in Pingding County to the flocks of birds frolicking in the Longhuakou Reservoir in Yuxian County, the vision of smooth river, clear water, green bank and beautiful scenery is becoming a reality step by step.
"Purifying" a small city, the beauty of the people
In the past few years, walking through the streets of Yangquan, my eyes will involuntarily be attracted by the scenery around me - clean and tidy streets, picturesque parks, elegant and unique garden scenes...... Make the city full of life and pleasantness. The comfortable and comfortable feeling of the citizens reflects the continuous improvement of Yangquan City's "appearance", which not only upgrades the charm of the city, but also "adds weight" to the happiness of the people.
The appearance of a city reflects the living habits of people in a place, and it is also an important microcosm of the city's ecological civilization construction. Yangquan City has always practiced the people-centered development philosophy, and in recent years, it has continuously increased its efforts to improve the environment, promoted the quality of the city to a new level, and continuously enhanced the people's sense of happiness and gain.
When it comes to the "appearance" of the city, Li Fuxing, a citizen who lives in the Hebian Street community of Xiazhan Street in the city, has a lot of feelings: "The unit building in our community used to have no building door, and outsiders could enter and exit at will. I can often see sanitation workers scrubbing the trash cans downstairs, and I've seen community workers with shovels and buckets to shovel out small advertisements. "Recently, in the evening, Li Fuxing will go to the banks of the Tao River with his wife to walk." The kite flyers, the children playing, the banks of the Peach River are getting cleaner and more beautiful, we are chatting while walking, and we feel that the days are very pleasant. Li Fuxing said.
"Purified", there is also the air of Yangquan. Air quality is directly related to the happiness of the masses, and air pollution must not be allowed to become a "cardiopulmonary problem" that affects the health of the people. How to improve Yangquan's "blue sky index"? Yangquan City did not "sit back and wait for the wind to come", but focused on the key points, treated both the symptoms and the root causes, combined construction and management, resolutely "opened" the structure, greatly reduced the total amount of pollutant emissions, promoted the continuous improvement of the city's ambient air quality, and returned the blue sky and white clouds and twinkling stars to the citizens.
In 2023, the comprehensive air quality index of Yangquan City will be 4.73, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%, ranking first in the province in terms of improvement, and ranking 9th among 168 key cities in the country in terms of improvement rate. The average concentration of PM2.5 in the city was 38 micrograms per cubic meter, a year-on-year decrease of 7.3%, achieving six consecutive years of reduction, entering "30+" for the first time, the best level on record; The proportion of good days in the city is 72.3%, which has been stable at more than 70% for three consecutive years; The annual index of six pollution factors of air quality is "five drops and one flat", which is one of the two cities in the province where the pollution factors have not increased.
A good ecological environment is the most beneficial to people's livelihood and well-being, and it is also an important indicator of high-quality development. The forest chief took up his post, cleaned up the river, cleaned up the environment, and enforced the law with an iron fist...... Yangquan people protect the ecological environment like protecting their eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life.
Today's Yangquan is already a city with good landscapes and scenery. Zhang Quandong/Wen Jin Xianghua/Photo
Reporter's Notes
Green ecology lays the foundation for a better future
Today's Yangquan, ecological beauty can be seen everywhere, green trees, rivers, mountains, blue sky...... The small city between the mountains and rivers is full of "greenery". As a recorder and witness of the construction of ecological civilization in Yangquan, the reporter can feel the city's dedication and firmness to protect the ecology everywhere - the environment is the people's livelihood, the green mountains are beautiful, and the blue sky is also happiness.
"If the ecological environment is good, the people will have a real sense of happiness." During the interview, the reporter heard such feelings from citizens many times. When promoting the construction of ecological civilization has become a consensus of the people, everyone's ideological consciousness has awakened, not only changed the bad hygiene habits, but also actively participated in the team of tree planting and river protection, consciously shouldered the responsibility of protecting the ecological environment, and promoted the construction of ecological civilization in the city to achieve new results.
The guardian power gathered in the green waters and green mountains makes Yangquan, a small city with "appearance", temperature and "texture", more and more vibrant. As more and more citizens value green resources, our cities will be built better.
(Editor in charge: Chu Jialin)