On March 12, the fourth "ministerial channel" of the 2019 National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People. Ministers are here to face hot spots and respond to concerns.   　　

　　Hong Kong Economic Herald Reporter.

　　How is the integration of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the newly integrated super ministry, going? And have the problems that existed before, such as inconsistent planning and inconsistent standards, been improved? As the first minister of the super ministry, please reveal the focus of your future work. 

　　Minister of Natural Resources Lu Hao.

　　Many thanks to our friends in the media for following our work. I would like to respond to this question from three perspectives.

      First, the background of the formation of our ministry. Media friends may have noticed, in last year's announcement of the CPC Central Committee "deepening the Party and State institutional reform program", in the paragraph on the formation of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the first sentence is "building ecological civilization is a millennium plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. We understand that the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources is an important initiative of the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, to further promote the construction of ecological civilization. Here reflects both the Party Central Committee's far-reaching historical considerations for the construction of ecological civilization and the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, as well as the Party Central Committee's deeper and more scientific governance mechanism to solve the outstanding problems in the current ecological protection and natural resources development and utilization.

　　In practice, we also feel that some departmental responsibilities are scattered or crossed, it is difficult to control and manage from the perspective of landscape, forest, field, lake and grass as an overall ecosystem, and from the overall perspective of the national land space. For example, there are also a lot of current problems, only from the perspective of post-violation penalties is not enough, need to improve the institutional mechanism from a deeper level. After a year of efforts, we have solved some outstanding problems, there are still some issues that need to continue to work. For example, the standard of land and sea boundary line has not been unified for a long time, but now it has been unified. Another example is that the technical specifications and standards for the division of forest land and grassland have not been fully unified for a long time, but now they have also been unified, which can reduce local confusion in the issuance of rights and certificates, etc.

　　Of course, you just mentioned the planning problem, there is indeed the original urban and rural construction planning and land use planning between the technical specifications are not uniform enough, so some cities will have some construction land can not be used in compliance. This problem will be solved in the next step of "multi-regulation".

　　Second, to introduce the core responsibilities and main work of the Ministry. Last year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China "deepen the party and state institutions reform program" clearly put forward, the Ministry of Natural Resources to perform "unified exercise of all natural resources assets owner responsibilities, unified exercise of all national land space use control and ecological protection and restoration responsibilities". Last year, we took Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, earnestly studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and carried out our work in three main aspects in accordance with the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council.

　　First, to promote reconstructive institutional reform. On the basis of the former Ministry of Land and Resources, the Bureau of Oceanography, the Bureau of Mapping and Geomatics, the Geological Survey, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau, etc., the first "unification" is designed to include natural resources survey and monitoring, natural resources registration, natural resources owner's rights and interests, and natural resources development and utilization, based on the "two unified" responsibilities. The second "unification" is designed as three key aspects of national spatial planning, national spatial use control and national spatial ecological restoration, and a number of new departments and bureaus have been established to perform new duties and tasks that have never been done in the history of our ministries.

　　The second is to lay the foundation and build the mechanism. In accordance with the unified deployment of the Central Committee's Deep Reform Committee, we have listened carefully to the views of all parties, conducted in-depth investigation and research, and taken the lead in drafting several opinions on establishing a national land spatial planning system and supervising its implementation, guiding opinions on coordinating and promoting the reform of the property rights system of natural resources assets, and guiding opinions on establishing a nature reserve system with national parks as the mainstay, etc. These opinions have been considered and adopted by the Central Committee's Deep Reform Committee and will The implementation will be fully launched. At the same time, we have also launched basic work such as the national survey on the status of reclamation and important work such as the third national land survey.

　　Third, according to the requirements of the central government, we will solve some outstanding problems that currently exist. We strive to translate the policy of "conservation first, protection first, and natural restoration first" emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping into an effective working mechanism. For example, the issue of strict control of reclamation. Since the 1950s, the proportion of China's coastal wetlands loss is relatively large, 18 since the reduction has slowed down significantly, but the situation is still not optimistic. The proportion of artificial shoreline developed from 18.3% in 1990 to more than 55% in 2017. The national reclaimed area of 1,143 square kilometers has been filled and not utilized, which accounted for 68% before the 18th National Congress. So the central government's strict control of reclamation is well-founded.

       In this context, we consider.

　　First, to stop general approval of new reclamation projects, except for major national strategic projects, because there is a stock to use.

　　Second, we should actively and steadily deal with historical legacy issues to minimize the impact of reclamation on marine power systems, marine biodiversity, etc. For example, we note that there are more than 15 million mu of land granted but not supplied and more than 2 million mu of idle land before 2015. How to establish an effective working mechanism to put into practice the requirement of "strictly controlling the increase and revitalizing the stock" set by the central government? We reduced the supply of new construction land for the first time last year, and at the same time established a mechanism to link the inventory to new construction land. We worked together with the local community, and last year, 75% of the new construction land was actually revitalized. For example, we verified 6,026 pieces of land in a large sample and randomly, and the results of this verification and treatment have been announced to the media.  

　　Third, the main challenges we face. There are many challenges to fulfill the "two unified" responsibilities. For example, ecological products are the largest public goods, but the mechanism of realizing the value of ecological products still needs to be explored and researched from the theoretical and practical aspects. For example, China's vast territory, the situation is very different, how to develop a more effective land protection policy based on the physical geography of each place, associated with the geological structure, so that it has greater authority on a more scientific basis, which also requires us to explore in depth. For example, water issues are extremely important in the whole ecosystem, especially the current climate change, the reduction of lakes and wetlands due to human activities, resulting in the reduction of water storage capacity, as well as the water pollution brought about by the water balance of precipitation, surface water and groundwater, creating serious challenges to the ecosystem and economic and social development. This is directly related to the ecological protection and restoration of many areas, such as the greening of the country, reforestation, reforestation and grass as well as important ecosystem issues, behind all related to the water balance. This requires us to work together with the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau, etc. to solve.

　　We firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, we continue to explore innovations and take effective measures to solve it gradually. We are also willing to listen to the views of all sectors of society, but also need the wisdom of society as a whole. Here please media friends, pay more attention to ecological protection and the conservation and intensive use of natural resources. Natural resources are owned by us and our children and grandchildren, and it is appropriate to use them, but how to use them more scientifically and rationally requires a greater consensus. Ecological civilization is a common interest for us and our future generations. The media has an extremely important and irreplaceable role to play in spreading the right ideas, and we are willing to work with everyone to do a good job in this endeavor. Thank you!