None of the 13 rectification projects left to Shantou by the Central Environmental Protection Inspector was completed on time.

　　There is no need to keep it secret. When the Central Environmental Protection Inspector Group "looks back" to Guangdong, it will definitely go to Shantou to see the rectification of Lianjiang. However, the results shocked the Fifth Inspector Group of Central Environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Inspector Group): no matter whether it was a good step beforehand or a temporary motion, the rivers we saw were all black and smelly; Garbage is discarded and buried at will; Even electronic waste is piled up beside the rice fields.

　　"Please tell the relevant comrades in Shantou City to prepare a detailed list of pollution remediation in Lianjiang. The more detailed the better." Although before departure, the responsible comrades of the inspector group repeatedly told. However, what I heard in Shantou was that from the party and government leaders at the district level to the directors of various bureaus, there were various questions about pollution control in Lianjiang.

　　From sewage pipe network to sewage treatment plant, from environmental protection investment to grass-roots party committees and governments, environmental protection issues have been studied several times a year. The accounts are calculated one by one, and the projects are core by core, and the problems are explored one by one. The inspector group found that in one and a half years, none of the 13 rectification projects left by the Central Fourth Environmental Protection Inspector Group was completed on time. A year and a half have passed, and the pollution in Lianjiang remains the same.

　　Zhai Qing, deputy head of the inspector group and vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, suggested that Shantou leaders live next to ordinary people until the water is neither black nor smelly. Shantou city leaders immediately agreed.

　　Temporary parking several times, black and smelly water everywhere.

　　Looking at the pollution control situation of Lianjiang, Chaonan District of Shantou City is an unavoidable area.

　　"Master, stop here." On the afternoon of June 15th, when the bus of the Inspector Group and his party traveled to Lianbei Village in heping town, Chaoyang District and Lianbei Pit (a tributary of Lianjiang River), the Inspector Group and his party got off the bus. The river is dark and smelly, and there are several meters of sewage outlets on both sides of the river. Sewage is slowly flowing into the river, and the dead fish floating on the river are clearly visible.

　　"Hometown, does this river stink?" In Lian Bei Cun and Lin Kun Shang Cun, Zhai Qing asked everyone. "Smelly. My mother said that she swam here when she was a child. " A pupil who just left school told Zhai Qing. "It stinks. It hasn’t changed for many years." This is the unanimous view of more than 10 villagers that Zhai Qing asked.

　　Walking into the village, Chaoshan-style buildings are particularly beautiful. However, the wastewater mixed with laundry, vegetable washing, floor flushing and so on next to the house is directly discharged into Lianbei Pit along a series of ditches. "Not only that, but our manure here is also directly discharged into Lianbei Pit." A villager told the inspector group that there are pig farms in the upper reaches of the river, and the wastewater is also discharged directly into the river.

　　"Is this still a river?" Zhai Qing threw the problem to Cai Yongming, secretary of Chaoyang District Party Committee. Silence, Cai Yongming was speechless.

　　The river in Caowei Village, Tongyu Town is the place where the inspector group called for parking for the second time. A family’s restaurant is opened next to a ditch, and the restaurant wastewater is directly discharged into the ditch.

　　In the creek of Dakeng Village, Gurao Town, Chaoyang District, the inspector group saw that industrial waste was dumped at will, and the creek was black and smelly. "Is there any clean water? Look at one, one is black and smelly." The inspector group called environmental monitoring personnel to detect the dissolved oxygen content in the river on the spot. "The dissolved oxygen is only 0.05 mg L/m3." "The oxygen in the river is as low as 0.05 mg L/m3, and there are still living things?" On-the-spot investigation by the inspector group found that Gurao Town not only discharged domestic sewage directly into Gurao River, but also caused serious industrial pollution. Although a sewage treatment plant has been built in Gurao Town, there is only a supporting pipe network of 1.14 kilometers, and the sewage treatment plant that has to be built can only be pumped from Gurao River and then discharged into the river.

　　In Chaoyang District, the inspector group also conducted on-site detection of dissolved oxygen in the river water on the east and west banks of Guantian Water, and the test results were 0.11 mg L/m3 and 0.13 mg L/m3 respectively.

　　Leaving Guantianshui, along a stream, the inspector group walked up. A dirt road just filled with all kinds of garbage caught the attention of the inspector group. "How can garbage be filled like this?" Zhai Qing immediately asked to dig up the filled land to see what it was.

　　Taking advantage of the local town leaders’ efforts to find shovels, the inspector group and his party came to a paddy field in Lixian Village, with everything from electronic waste, ladies’ underwear processing waste to burnt industrial waste and domestic waste. The inspector group is speechless.

　　The shovel was brought, and the inspector team returned to the newly paved dirt road. There was no need to dig deep, and after several shovels, all kinds of garbage appeared. According to a preliminary estimate, there are at least 200 tons of garbage buried underground on a dirt road of more than 100 meters.

　　Black and odorous water bodies; Garbage is discarded and buried at will. Everything that the inspector group saw in Chaoyang District of Shantou City was also witnessed by Fang Lixu, secretary of Shantou Municipal Party Committee, and Zheng Jiange, mayor.

　　Lianjiang governance is a muddled account.

　　Baishuiqi, which originated in Yangmeiping at the southwest foot of Wufengjian, Da Nan Shan, Puning City, Guangdong Province, has 17 tributaries, which flow from north to south into a 71-kilometer-long main stream with a basin area of 1,346.6 square kilometers. It was once named "Lianjiang" because the river is clear and winding like a white practice. Lianjiang is also the mother river of Chaoshan area.

　　In November 2016, the Central Fourth Environmental Protection Inspector Group (hereinafter referred to as the fourth group) conducted a one-month inspection in Guangdong. Among them, one of the key points is the pollution control of Lianjiang. Guangdong Province sorted out the problems raised in the feedback from the fourth group, and finally determined that there are 13 projects that need rectification in Shantou around the pollution control of Lianjiang (originally there were 14, but due to the merger of one of the projects, there are 13 projects that actually need rectification).

　　These 13 projects include the construction of two textile printing and dyeing centers in Chaoyang and Chaonan, two waste incineration power plants and nine sewage treatment plants. In the open rectification plan of Guangdong Province, the rectification of these 13 projects has a timetable.

　　According to Shantou Municipal Government, Longtian Sewage Treatment Plant in Chaonan District has completed the supporting construction of sewage pipe network. "How many kilometers has the main pipe been built? How many kilometers is the branch pipe? How many kilometers of capillary? " "When were these pipe networks built?" "What is the pollution load of the sewage treatment plant now?" On these issues, Zhai Qing asked Shantou City to give specific data. "According to the bidding plan, the construction of the pipe network has been completed." Zhang Xuelong, secretary of Chaonan District Party Committee, answered. "What do you mean by bidding scheme?" Zhai Qing asked. After several rounds of questioning and counter-questioning, Longtian Sewage Treatment Plant, which claims to have been completed, actually failed to complete the construction on time and play its due benefits.

　　Guiyu Sewage Treatment Plant is one of nine sewage treatment plants that need to be built. According to the requirements of Shantou city, the supporting pipe network construction of sewage treatment plant should be completed in August last year. According to Fang Lixu, as of the arrival of the "Looking Back" inspector group, the 11.34-kilometer sewage pipe network that Guiyu Sewage Treatment Plant needs to build has only completed 8.8 kilometers. In fact, under the questioning of the inspector group, even this 8.8-kilometer pipe network was found to have moisture.

　　The construction of nine sewage treatment plants was asked by the inspector group one by one.

　　Shantou Municipal Government told the Inspector Group that nine sewage treatment plants have built a 300-kilometer sewage pipe network. However, after the accounting of one water plant and one water plant and one kilometer of sewage pipe network in Zhai Qing, it was found that the number of sewage pipe networks of 300 kilometers simply did not match. What is even more incomprehensible is that regarding the actual construction of the sewage pipe network, no one can make it clear whether it is the main person in charge of the Party Committee and Government of Chaoyang and Chaonan District where nine sewage treatment plants are located or the directors of the competent departments of finance, water affairs and urban management in Shantou City. It is also unclear about the construction and operation of two textile printing and dyeing centers and two garbage incineration power plants.

　　After the on-site inspection by the inspector group and the verification of each project, none of the 13 projects that need to be rectified in Shantou completed the construction according to the requirements and time sequence. Pollution control of Lianjiang in Shantou City is a muddled account.

　　Investment in environmental protection is far below the national average.

　　Regarding the problems existing in Shantou’s implementation of the rectification requirements of the Central Environmental Protection Inspector, Fang Lixu said frankly that Shantou’s financial input is seriously insufficient. "According to the renovation plan, it takes about 22 billion yuan to renovate the Lianjiang River. Since 2014, financial funds have only invested 2.884 billion yuan, including 416 million yuan from the central government, 1.912 billion yuan from the provincial level, 158 million yuan from the municipal level and 398 million yuan from the district level. "

　　Like the construction of sewage treatment plant pipe network, Shantou’s investment in environmental protection has not been checked. A careful investigation by the inspector group found that in 2017, Shantou’s environmental protection investment was only 6 million yuan. "What projects have you invested in 6 million yuan?" Zhai Qing also kept an eye on the investment in environmental protection. Finally, it was found that the so-called "environmental protection" investment of 6 million yuan was just a water conservancy project.

　　Obviously, in 2017, Shantou City did not spend a penny on the construction of urban sewage pipe network.

　　"Without building a pipe network, it is impossible to intercept the sewage flowing into the Lianjiang River. Without intercepting the sewage flowing into the Lianjiang River, it is impossible to achieve the goal of clearing the Lianjiang River." The inspector group was surprised that a clear pollution control road map could not be implemented in Shantou.

　　After careful checking by the inspector group and relevant departments such as Shantou Finance, in the past four years, Shantou’s investment in environmental protection only accounted for 0.2% of the financial expenditure, far below the national average. Compared with the Pearl River Delta region, Shantou is really not a rich region. However, in the view of the inspector group, it is unreasonable that the investment in environmental protection is far below the national average.

　　In April 2017, the Fourth Inspector Group pointed out: "Shantou and Jieyang have long had the idea of relying on others, and the plan of training the river has failed every year." In the first quarter of this year, the comprehensive pollution index of Lianjiang mainstream increased by 7.8% compared with the same period of last year, and more than two-thirds of the enterprises sampled exceeded the standard. The remediation plan formulated by Guangdong Province still failed to advance as scheduled.

　　"The severity of pollution in Lianjiang, Shantou; The degree of indifference to ecological environment protection at all levels of cities, counties and townships; Negative attitude towards the requirements of the Central Committee and the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government for river training; The slowness of pollution control in Lianjiang is shocking. " A number of "shocks" uttered by an inspector who had participated in the fourth group of inspectors strongly expressed the disappointment and dissatisfaction of the inspector group with pollution control in Lianjiang, Shantou.

　　"I think this is good. Shantou can build a few rooms or rent a few houses by the stinky water where ordinary people live. City leaders take the lead in living there and live with ordinary people along the river until the water is not black or smelly. Please think about it. " Regarding this proposal put forward by Zhai Qing, the responsible person of Shantou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government immediately agreed.

　　In the opinion of the reporter of the Legal Daily, it will take time to prove that you can’t live by the stinking water. However, the message it sends is clear: "Only by empathizing with the people can pollution control be expected to be implemented."

　　On June 16th, the sun was shining, and the inspector group and his party left Shantou. A leader of Shantou City said that it is a shame for Shantou to practice the river. Shantou will use the power of the inspector group to "look back" to "avenge". I hope this day doesn’t come too late. (Yan Jianrong Li Xiaojun/Cartography)