Huang Qiang presided over and delivered a speech at the second joint meeting of provincial river and lake chiefs in the Yellow River Basin.

　　(Reporter Shao Mingliang, all-media reporter of Sichuan Daily, Li Miao) On July 12th, the second joint meeting of provincial river and lake chiefs in the Yellow River Basin was held. The meeting was held by video, with the main venue in Chengdu and sub-venues in the Yellow River Conservancy Commission and other eight provinces (regions) in the Yellow River Basin. Huang Qiang, the rotating convener of the joint meeting, deputy secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and governor, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech at the main venue in Chengdu.

　　At the meeting, Cai Rangtai, member of the Standing Committee of Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor, Hu Yun, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, Xu Yanwen, Deputy Secretary General of Gansu Provincial Government, Mai Yanzhou, member of the Standing Committee of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Party Committee and Vice President of the District Government, Chibatu, Vice Governor of Shanxi Province, Yang Qinrong, Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province, Xu Mingfei, Vice Governor of Henan Province, and Chen Ping, Vice Governor of Shandong Province made exchange speeches; Zhou Haiyan, director of the office of the joint meeting and deputy director of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, made a report on the work of the joint meeting. The meeting reviewed and approved the Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Yellow River Protection Law in the Yellow River Basin and the Guiding Opinions on the Construction of Village-level Rivers and Lakes Management and Protection System in the Yellow River Basin.

　　In his speech, Huang Qiang said that in recent years, Sichuan has firmly established its upstream awareness, shouldered upstream responsibilities, unswervingly followed the road of ecological priority and green development, strived to build a business card of the world’s most beautiful plateau wetland national park, and constantly consolidated the ecological background of "beautiful Sichuan". The achievement of these stages lies in the scientific guidance of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, thanks to the care and guidance of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River Water Resources Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Finance and other ministries, and inseparable from the support and help of the provinces (regions) along the Yellow River.

　　Huang Qiang said that in 1952, Chairman Mao issued a great call to "do a good job in the Yellow River". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has personally planned, personally deployed and personally promoted the national major development strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, emphasizing "making the Yellow River a river of happiness for the benefit of the people". The Law on the Protection of the Yellow River, which came into effect on April 1 this year, has opened a new chapter in the history of the Chinese nation’s management of the Yellow River. As a province along the Yellow River, we should take the political responsibility of "consistency", thoroughly implement the Yellow River Protection Law, and resolutely safeguard the An Lan of the Yellow River; With the effective action of "grasping to the end", we will build a compact minimum work unit and strive to improve the appearance of grass-roots rivers and lakes; With the struggle spirit of "promoting as one", iron core arrangement, iron surface inspection and iron fist law enforcement will vigorously promote the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin; With the "as always" linkage and cooperation, give full play to the role of the joint meeting mechanism, promote the great protection and governance in all directions in the whole basin, and jointly sing the "Yellow River Chorus" in the new era.

　　Chen Dayong, director of the Department of Rivers and Lakes Management of the Ministry of Water Resources and director of the River Chief Office, attended the meeting and delivered a speech at the main venue. He pointed out that in recent years, under the strong leadership of the State Council of the CPC Central Committee, the provinces (regions) in the Yellow River Basin have promoted the long-term system of rivers and lakes to take root, and the management and protection of rivers and lakes in the Yellow River Basin have opened up a new situation, and the appearance of rivers and lakes has continued to improve. He emphasized that this year is the first year to fully implement the Yellow River Protection Law. Guided by the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, we should accurately grasp the new situation and new tasks, strengthen the implementation of long-term responsibility of rivers and lakes, assessment, incentive, supervision and inspection, legal management of institutional mechanisms and scientific and technological support, spatial control of water shoreline and construction of Happy Rivers and Lakes, and constantly improve the modernization level of management and protection, making new and greater contributions to the sustainable utilization of rivers and lakes and the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

　　Relevant units of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, responsible comrades of the nine provinces (regions) along the Yellow River, etc.