On the morning of December 8, 2022, a new batch of ecological civilization construction projects in Pudong New Area, focusing on the three major sectors of greening, city appearance, water supply and drainage, and water conservancy, with a total investment of 20.418 billion yuan and a total of 85 projects, started construction. The spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the clarion call to build a pioneering area for ecological civilization construction.

In the past two years, Pudong has positioned itself as a pioneer, a benchmark of the times, and a leading area of demonstration models. It has unswervingly followed the path of ecological priority and green development, and has successively completed 64 ecological civilization construction projects, including S2 Shanghai-Lu Expressway and other key points. Ecological corridors, the second phase of Binjiang Forest Park, the expansion of seaside sewage treatment plants, Yanjiagang pump gates, and the construction of Zhonggang River. At the same time, 26 newly added parks, 100 kilometers of greenways, 14,700 mu of forest land, 449.34 kilometers of river courses were rehabilitated, the forest coverage rate reached 18.83%, the water area ratio reached 11.46%, and the air quality index rate reached 88.3%. The construction of "Ecological Pudong" has achieved remarkable results in stages, forming a green development pattern of ecologically livable, safe and efficient, multifunctional, and attractive people's city.

This time, a total of 85 new construction projects were planned and arranged by the District Ecological Environment Bureau, focusing on the three major sectors of greening and city appearance, water supply and drainage, and water conservancy, with a total investment of 20.418 billion yuan. Among them, there are 10 greening and city appearance projects with an investment of 7.788 billion yuan; 39 water supply and drainage projects with an investment of 8.074 billion yuan; 36 water conservancy projects with an investment of 4.556 billion yuan, mainly including Sanlin 400-meter outer ring green belt and Senlan wedge-shaped green land Wuzhou Greening and city appearance projects such as avenue green belts, water conservancy projects such as the construction of North Henghe River and West Henggang River and a group of ecologically clean small watershed comprehensive improvement, new construction of Kangqiao Road rainwater pumping station and other water supply and drainage projects involving 31 streets and towns, benefiting 1594 Rain and sewage mixed connection renovation projects in residential areas.

At the main venue of the commencement ceremony of the new project of the Kangqiao Road Rainwater Pumping Station, as the construction equipment started to roar, a new batch of ecological civilization construction projects officially started. At the same time, the 400-meter outer ring green belt in Sanlin, the south extension and penetration project of the Binjiang public space on the east bank of the Huangpu River, the North Henghe Kangxin Highway-Lixingang River Construction Project, the 2022 ecologically clean small watershed river comprehensive improvement project in Zhangjiang Town, Hangtou The person in charge of the construction project reported the start of construction to the main venue through a video connection at the 5 sub-venues including the rain-sewage mixed connection renovation project in the town area.

What is worth looking forward to is that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Pudong will continue to optimize the ecological space layout, fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control, promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and accelerate the modernization of the environmental governance system and governance capabilities. It is reported that by 2025, Pudong's forest coverage rate will reach 19.5%, the per capita park green area will reach 13.5 square meters, the area of newly added rivers and lakes will not be less than 95 hectares, the air quality rate will reach 85% and above, and the surface water will reach or be good. The proportion of Class III water bodies is over 60%, the urban sewage treatment rate reaches 99.1%, the rural domestic sewage treatment rate reaches 95.5%, the waste incineration treatment capacity reaches 5,000 tons per day, and the wet waste centralized and decentralized treatment capacity reaches 2,000 tons per day.

The district eco-environment bureau and relevant project parties stated that they will take the start of a new batch of construction projects as a new opportunity, anchor the goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and set off a new upsurge in project construction, high-standard construction, high-efficiency promotion, and high-quality completion of the project , strive to leave the best resources and the best ecology to the people, strive to make Pudong's sky bluer, land greener, and water clearer, strive to build a beautiful Pudong where man and nature coexist harmoniously, and fully satisfy the people's desire for a beautiful ecology The expectation of the environment, on the land of more than 1,200 square kilometers in Pudong, answer the answer sheet of the era that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Editor/He Yuting