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　　on june 14, a few days before the “june 18” guizhou ecological day, sui zhigang, secretary of the cpc guizhou provincial committee, director of the standing committee of guizhou provincial people’s congress, and principal river chief, attended the “following principal river chief to protect the mother river” activity held in guiyang, and inspected the water source protection and comprehensive management of the nanming river.  
　　sun zhigang stressed, “we should fully implement xi jinping’s ecological civilization thoughts, give high priority to ecological management and green development, keep the balance between economic development and environmental protection, thus propelling the comprehensive management of nanming river at a higher political stance, creating a beautiful and livable environment for the people.”  zhao deming, member of the standing committee of the cpc guizhou provincial committee and secretary of the cpc guiyang municipal committee, and liu jie, member of the standing committee of the cpc guizhou provincial committee and secretary-general of the cpc guizhou provincial committee, participated in the inspection. 
　　
　　management of the guiyang nanming river: a battle against longstanding and tough problems
 nanming river is the “mother river” of guiyang. it flows 219 km to the wu river, a tributary of the yangtze river. it runs 185 km through guiyang, including 118 km in the urban area. 
　　due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, coupled with its lagging urban environmental protection infrastructure, water quality of tributaries such as shixi river has dropped to inferior class v, and the nanming river, with deteriorated water quality, has lost its self-purification capacity. as early as 1986, hu jintao, the then secretary of the cpc guizhou provincial committee, led a team composed of provincial and municipal officials to participate in the dredging of the nanming river. since 2000, guiyang has launched several management projects, such as the “creating a clean nanming river within three years” comprehensive water environment management project. these projects have achieved short-term results, and curbed water quality deterioration, but haven’t fundamentally solved the problem of pollution. there was still popular discontent. 
　　in november 2012, guiyang launched the nanming river water environment management project. the project is implemented in three phases, focusing on “emergency renovation”, “fundamental renovation”, and “system upgrading” respectively. at present, the first phase has been completed, and the third phase of system upgrading is ongoing, with an accumulated investment of rmb 3.8 billion. thanks to the renovation, water quality of the nanming river has been continuously and effectively improved. the water quality of the mainstream section has achieved surface water quality standard class iv. the coverage rate of aquatic plants increased from 15% to 70%. nanming river has basically shaken off the stigma of being “black and smelly”. 
     principal river chief visits wwtp to investigate the comprehensive management and environmental protection of nanming river 

     qingshan wwtp is built underground near the mainstream of nanming river. in the wastewater treatment workshop, sun zhigang asked about the treatment results, and checked effluent samples, saying that the wastewater treatment technology is advanced, green, and energy efficient.  
 
    sun zhigang gave guiyang credit for the remarkable results it achieved in promoting the management of the nanming river by means of decentralized wwtp construction near tributaries. he said that the comprehensive management of nanming river is a special and complicated systematic project. it is necessary to come up with practical and effective measures to strengthen management for greater success. 
    later, sun zhigang held a symposium at qingshan wwtp, to discuss the comprehensive management and environmental protection of the nanming river. after listening to reports from relevant provincial and municipal departments, sun stated that the cpc guiyang municipal party committee and guiyang municipal people’s government attach great importance to the management of the nanming river and have done a lot of productive work. the protection and management of the nanming river is related to people’s livelihood and wellbeing, and thus has attracted a wide range of social concern. guiyang should, following the xi jinping’s thought of ecological civilization, enhance environmental inspection, and shoulder the responsibility of a provincial capital in advancing ecological civilization and environmental protection. 
    sun zhigang outlined the importance of improving political stance, practicing xi jinping’s thought of ecological civilization, and shouldering the political responsibility of keeping the balance between economic development and environmental protection. he said that guiyang should, adhering to the principle of people-centered development, face up to problems, identify weak points, strengthen measures, and take solid steps for the long-term management of the nanming river. in terms of regional environmental protection, the concept of “less slag, more production” should be put into practice in the phoschemical industry, as an effort to fight the battle against pollution. 
　　guiyang should implement the requirements raised during the investigation, and take comprehensive and vigorous measures to fulfill its promise of creating a clean nanming river. relevant provincial departments should fully support guiyang in the comprehensive management of the nanming river, jointly creating a clean, beautiful and livable environment in guiyang.