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The Taihu Lake Water Pollution Prevention and Control Commission of Jiangsu Province held the 16th plenary meeting in Wuxi on Sunday. The emergency prevention and control work meeting of the Taihu Lake safety in summer was also held concurrently. Governor Xu Kunlin attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting was held to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the important speech made by the General Secretary when he participated in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the annual session of the National People"s Congress early this year, implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the work requirements of the provincial party committee, accelerate the new round of comprehensive governance of the Taihu Lake, and strive to promote the ecological improvement of the Taihu Lake.

Xu Kunlin pointed out that the cleanup of the Taihu Lake plays an important and significant role in the construction of ecological civilization, making it necessary to explore systematic methods and scientific paths, identify key points and breakthroughs, speed up the formation of spatial patterns, industrial structures and production and living methods that meet the requirements of high-quality development, and promote the ecological achievements of new Jiangsu"s modernization.

Noting that a new round of the Taihu Lake cleanup must be more vigorously and precisely promoted, and industrial pollution cleanup must be further promoted, Xu Kunlin stressed that efforts should be made to speed up the elimination of outdated production capacity according to law and regulations, resolutely curb the blind development of high energy consumption and high emission projects, guide and support enterprises to improve the level of green and clean production, and crack down on illegal emissions and other illegal acts.

The governor requested that efforts be made to focus on agricultural pollution prevention and control, continuously strengthen non-point source pollution control, take the lead in solving problems in ecological low-carbon agriculture, lead demonstration in agricultural and rural pollution control, focus on sewage collection and treatment, fill the gaps in environmental infrastructure, and gradually form an environmental infrastructure network that extends from cities to towns and villages.

Xu Kunlin hoped that various regions will explore the establishment of assessment mechanisms for nitrogen and phosphorus pollution flux into lakes, focus on healthy ecosystems, accelerate the implementation of ecological protection and restoration, promote the restoration of lake habitats, innovate ecological expansion, and improve the modernization level of ecological environment cleanup.

Since the start of this year, the average temperature of the Taihu Lake and its surrounding areas has been higher than that of previous years, and the high temperature in summer is often caused by blue and green algae. The governor asked all departments to implement their responsibilities, improve policies and measures, strengthen supervision and assessment, and resolutely win this year"s battle for the Taihu Lake cleanup and ensure a safe summer.