On December 15, 2018, the second national survey of pollution sources and the detailed survey of national soil pollution were held to promote the video conference. Minister of Ecology and Environment Li Ganjie attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to strictly manage quality, condense the survey results, and steadily promote the second national pollution source survey and the detailed survey of the national soil pollution status, so as to provide basic support for improving the quality of the ecological environment, serving management decisions, and fighting pollution prevention and control.

Li Ganjie said that carrying out the second national survey of pollution sources and detailed survey of national soil pollution is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and an important measure to win the battle against pollution. Among them, the second national survey of pollution sources is a major national survey conducted in accordance with the "Regulations on the National Survey of Pollution Sources" to fully understand the construction of a "beautiful China" ecological environment. The detailed investigation of the national soil pollution status is the clear primary task of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution, and it is also an important basic work in the field of soil environmental management. Eco-environmental departments at all levels should earnestly improve their political positions, firmly establish the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", consciously achieve the "two resolute maintenance", and continuously strengthen the sense of responsibility and mission of doing census and detailed investigations. Sense, care and concern about the progress and practical difficulties of the census and detailed investigation work, promote the connection of the census, detailed investigation work and business work, and provide strong ideological, organizational and material guarantees for the successful completion of the census and detailed investigation tasks.

Li Ganjie pointed out that since the second national pollution source survey work promotion video conference was held in August this year, all regions have made persistent efforts, focused on key problems, and introduced household survey work as a whole on the basis of the high-standard completion of the previous inspections. Related tasks have been basically completed. The establishment of a national pollutant source census object list database, the establishment of a census database, and the output of "a set of numbers", "a map" and "a set of accounting methods" have laid a solid foundation.

Li Ganjie emphasized that 2019 is the final year of the second national pollution source survey. All regions must adhere to the goal orientation, focus on data quality, do a good job of controlling the entire process, and effectively and orderly advance the census task to the successful completion.

One is to carry out data review and summary, and organize quality verification. Focusing on the "comprehensive, true, and consistent" target requirements, quality control should be implemented throughout the entire process of census work, and unified data quality standards should be established, with micro-level details, mid-level comparisons, and macro-level grasps, to strengthen data quality control. The offices of the leading group for the census in each region shall be responsible for the quality of the results of the census of pollution sources in the region.

The second is to strengthen work guidance and supervision, and do a good job in census propaganda. It is necessary to regularly schedule the progress of census work in various regions, establish a work communication platform, and severely punish illegal acts such as false reporting, concealment, refusal to report, late reporting, and forgery and tampering of census information in accordance with the law. In-depth excavation of good experience and good methods in census work, and strengthen demonstration and guidance.

The third is to compile a census report and summarize and publish the results. It is necessary to complete the pollutant discharge accounting, data summary review, quality verification and evaluation, summary analysis of results, and census bulletin for approval in stages and stages.

Fourth is to standardize census work files and strictly manage confidentiality. It is necessary to establish census files of various pollution sources and transfer them to the competent department of ecological environment at the same level for safekeeping. Census institutions at all levels, census data management institutions, third-party institutions and relevant staff must strictly follow the requirements to manage the confidentiality of census data.

The fifth is to strengthen the party’s leadership and comprehensively promote the construction of census institutions. It is necessary to deepen the effectiveness of the special governance work of "taking the case as a mirror and creating a good political ecology", strictly enforce the work responsibility system, effectively improve the work style, and give full play to the role of the party organization as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members. Through the general survey of pollution sources, we will train a professional team, inspect and recommend a group of cadres, cultivate and select a group of talents, and further encourage and protect the enthusiasm of the majority of cadres and officials.

Li Ganjie pointed out that since the start of the detailed investigation of soil pollution in the country, the people's governments of various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and relevant departments have attached great importance to it. Positive progress has been made. The detailed investigation of the soil pollution status of agricultural land has entered a comprehensive stage, and the investigation of land use by enterprises in key industries is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Li Ganjie emphasized that it is necessary to conscientiously integrate the results of the detailed inspection of agricultural land to ensure that the detailed inspection of the soil pollution status of the agricultural land is completed on schedule and in good quality. It is necessary to strengthen organization and leadership, form a strong work team, improve working mechanisms, and implement guarantee conditions. In particular, it is necessary to form a result integration expert group composed of relevant core experts from various departments to participate in the whole process of result integration. It is necessary to strengthen communication and coordination between departments, promote data sharing, establish a soil ecological environment database, improve the dynamic update mechanism of the database, and provide data support for soil management. It is necessary to promote the application of results, implement the Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law, and promptly advance the relevant tasks of the Action Plan for Soil Pollution Prevention and Control.

Li Ganjie asked to strengthen quality management and steadily advance the land survey of key industries and enterprises. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism, clarify and implement the responsibilities of local people's governments and relevant departments at all levels, and absorb professional work teams to participate in basic information surveys, sampling surveys, sample analysis and testing, and quality management. It is necessary to strengthen technical guidance, organize experts to carry out technical guidance work through case analysis, and continuously improve their capabilities and levels in actual investigations. It is necessary to establish an effective quality review mechanism, strictly control the quality of work results, and strictly review the external quality of the work results of each task-bearing unit.

The meeting was chaired by Huang Runqiu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Relevant comrades in charge of the Department of Ecological Environment of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangzhou City of Guangdong Province, Yan'an City of Shaanxi Province, and Xiang'an District of Xiamen City of Fujian Province respectively spoke at the meeting and introduced the work practices of household surveys of pollution sources.

The conference set up the main venue in the Ecological Environment Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and set up 2188 sub-venues in the ecological environment departments at the county level and above, and the environmental protection departments above the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. About 34,700 people attended the conference.

The responsible comrades of the Department of Ecological Environment (bureaus) of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), the Environmental Protection Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, relevant departments of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Department of Ecological Environment of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the leading group of pollution sources attended the meeting at the main venue. Cadres and employees of pollution source census agencies at the county level and above, responsible comrades in charge of detailed soil survey work at the provincial level, and responsible comrades in relevant technical support units attended the meeting at the branch venue.

Before the meeting, Li Ganjie also visited the staff representatives of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's grassroots pollution source survey and detailed soil survey, visited the preliminary results exhibition of the autonomous region's census and detailed survey work, and listened to the report on Guangxi's pollution source survey and detailed soil survey work.