We will accelerate the development of urban environmental infrastructure

I. General requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.  We will work hard to strengthen weak areas and strengths, improve layout and quality, comprehensively improve the supply quality and operation efficiency of urban environmental infrastructure, promote the integrated, intelligent and green development of environmental infrastructure, gradually form an environmental infrastructure network extending from cities to organized towns and villages, promote synergies in reducing pollution and carbon, and promote continuous improvement of ecological and environmental quality. Help to achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.

(2) Working principles.

Adhere to the system concept. Pay attention to systematic planning, overall planning and promotion, moderately advance investment and construction, improve the supply capacity of urban environmental infrastructure, promote co-construction and sharing, and coordinate disposal, and improve the level of environmental infrastructure with cities and villages.

Adhere to local conditions. According to the status quo of economic and social development and environmental infrastructure construction in different regions, different policies will be adopted, precise efforts will be made to speed up the shortcomings and weaknesses, and orderly promote the transformation and upgrading of urban environmental infrastructure.

We will continue to empower science and technology. We will strengthen research on key core technologies of urban environmental infrastructure and break through technical bottlenecks. We will accelerate technological innovation in environmental pollution control and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, promote advanced and applicable technology and equipment, and improve technology and management.

Adhere to the market orientation. We should give play to the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, standardize market order, create a fair and just market environment, and activate the vitality of various entities. We will innovate the operational model of urban environmental infrastructure investment, guide the extensive participation of private capital, and form a market-oriented operating mechanism with clear powers and responsibilities, effective constraints, and professional management.

3. Overall Objectives. By 2025, the supply capacity and level of urban environmental infrastructure will be significantly improved, and weaknesses in key areas and areas will be accelerated to build an environmental infrastructure system integrating sewage, garbage, solid waste, hazardous waste and medical waste treatment and disposal facilities as well as monitoring and supervision capabilities. By 2030, we will basically establish a modern environmental infrastructure system that is systematic, efficient, practical, intelligent, green, safe and reliable.

The main objectives of urban environmental infrastructure construction in 2025:

Sewage treatment and resource utilization. The sewage treatment capacity has been increased by 20 million cubic meters per day, the sewage collection network has been increased and renovated by 80,000 kilometers, and the production capacity of recycled water has been built, rebuilt and expanded by no less than 15 million cubic meters per day. The sewage treatment rate in counties has reached more than 95%, the sewage resource utilization rate in water-scarce cities at the prefecture level and above has exceeded 25%, and the urban sludge harmless disposal rate has reached 90%.

Domestic waste disposal. The classification and collection capacity of domestic waste has reached about 700,000 tons/day, and the incineration capacity of urban domestic waste has reached about 800,000 tons/day. The utilization rate of urban solid waste resources has reached about 60%, and the proportion of urban solid waste incineration treatment capacity in harmless treatment capacity has reached about 65%.

Solid waste disposal. The capacity of solid waste disposal and comprehensive utilization has been significantly improved, and the utilization scale has continued to expand, and the comprehensive utilization rate of new bulk solid waste has reached 60%.

Disposal of hazardous waste and medical waste. The weaknesses of hazardous waste and medical waste collection and treatment facilities are basically made up, the disposal capacity of hazardous waste is fully guaranteed, the technical and operational level is further improved, and all medical waste in built-up areas of cities above the county level is harmless disposal.

Second, we will speed up efforts to improve our capabilities

(4) Improve sewage collection, treatment and resource utilization facilities. Promote the full coverage of urban sewage pipe networks, and promote the integration of domestic sewage collection and treatment facilities. We will speed up the construction and improvement of domestic sewage collection networks in urban villages, old and old urban areas, urban and rural fringe areas, established towns and poverty alleviation resettlement areas in inhospitable areas. We will intensify the investigation of sewage pipe networks and promote the repair and renewal of old pipe networks. Cities at the prefecture level and above along the main stream of the Yangtze River have basically solved the problem of mixed and misconnected municipal sewage pipe networks, and urban built-up areas along the main stream of the Yellow River have vigorously promoted the renovation of mixed and misconnected pipe networks to basically eliminate direct sewage discharge. The layout and scale of sewage treatment facilities should be coordinated and optimized. Large and medium-sized cities can promote construction in accordance with the principle of moderate advance, and established towns should reserve appropriate space for development. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Eastern Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the Hainan Free Trade Port, cities and counties along the Yangtze Economic Belt, and cities along the main stream of the Yellow River have all achieved centralized domestic sewage treatment capacity. We will make steady progress in diverting rain and pollution in light of local conditions. We will accelerate the utilization of sewage resources, and systematically plan and build sewage recycling facilities in conjunction with the upgrading and capacity expansion of existing sewage treatment facilities.