protectingtheerhailakeforhometowninmemory(newmanagementideasandpracticesbringnewchanges)people’sdaily-欧洲杯在线开户

“we should protect the environment like we protect our eyes and treat the environment like it is our lives.” 

      zhang fan & li maoying, people’s daily online, kunming, june 14. it was early summer. on the surface of the erhai lake, sparkling water rippled, adding more charm to those bai-style houses featuring white walls and black tiles standing by the lake. gusheng village in wanqiao town, dali bai autonomous prefecture, yunnan province has a history of more than 2,000 years. 

      in january 2015, general secretary xi jinping said during his visit to gusheng village that the erhai lake must be well protected, so that the natural beauty depicted in verses of “so beautiful the cang mountain is that one can never paint, so haunting the song of the erhai lake is that one can never hum” can last for ever. 

      for the locals, the clean, clear erhai lake is their “hometown in memory”. “i take a lakeside walk every day.” 74-year-old villager yang lian told reporters that the beautiful scenery of the erhai lake is the result of the hard work of local officials and residents. 

      he kaichun is the beach keeper of gusheng village. every day, he would remove nearly one ton of weeds and garbage along the coast. “if the weeds are not removed quickly, they will decay and affect water quality. people in the village help each other, so it won""t take a lot of time to remove the weeds,” he said. 
   
      in 2015, comprehensive environment management was launched across the erhai lake watershed. in accordance with the principle of “both cpc committees and governments are held accountable, local government plays a major role, relevant departments are involved, division of responsibility, and accountability being assigned to persons”, the task of erhai lake protection and management was assigned to 16 townships and towns, two offices, 167 village committees, 33 communities, and organizations and individuals responsible for the management of 29 main rivers flowing into the erhai lake. 

      vertically, an accountability grid has been created, where main party and governmental leaders and relevant town leaders act as section chiefs; village party secretaries, villagers’ committee directors and village group leaders act as area chiefs; and river keepers, beach wardens and garbage collectors are persons directly responsible. horizontally, a management grid has been created for the management of organizations and individuals related to rivers flowing into the lake, ditches, village & road environments, planned village construction projects, beaches, wetlands, woodland, farmland, environmental facilities, production & operations, breeding & processing, hotels and restaurants.  
 
      river keepers, beach wardens, garbage collectors, hotel operators, local villagers... the management of the erhai lake has expanded from a lake to a lake watershed in which every beach, every piece of farmland, and every river and ditch leading to the erhai lake are protected by specific persons.  

      people’s daily   june 15, 2016 version 01