Will the implementation of the expansion of domestic demand and growth guarantee policies lead to an upsurge of "two high and one capital" projects? Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Zhang Lijun stated at the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on June 5 that China will strictly control the construction of the “two high and one resource” project. He said: "Every environmental protection department would rather do 'wrong man' now and it must not be a 'historical sinner' in the future."

According to Zhang Lijun, in 2008, the Ministry of Environmental Protection rejected or suspended the approval of 156 "two high and one capital" projects. The 579 approved projects can reduce sulfur dioxide 468,600 tons and chemical oxygen demand 3.84 per year by implementing emission reduction measures. Ten thousand tons. From November of last year to the end of May of this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has implemented a report on the return of 29 high-energy-consumption and high-polluting projects such as chemical, petrochemical, steel, thermal power, etc., on the environmental impact assessment report, no approval, or suspension of approval, involving investment 1487.87 100 million yuan.

Zhang Lijun said that the environmental protection department has set up a "firewall" and focused on controlling the "two high and one resource" project. The examination and approval of these projects basically follow the principle of “four non-approvals and three stricts”, that is, the projects that are ordered to be phased out or stopped by the state and that do not conform to the state’s industrial policies will not be approved; serious environmental pollution, poor product quality, Projects with high energy consumption, high material consumption, high water consumption, and pollutants that do not meet the standard emission standards will not be approved; projects that do not meet the requirements of environmental functional areas and do not have total pollutant discharge indicators will not be approved; Projects in the core area and buffer area will not be approved.

The “three stricts” are: strictly limit the examination and approval of projects involving drinking water source protection areas, nature reserves, scenic spots, important ecological function areas and other environmentally sensitive areas; strictly control projects with high energy consumption, high pollution, and high resource consumption. To eliminate production projects that have already been phased out and restore production in the name of technological transformation, investment promotion, etc.; in strict accordance with the requirements for total discharge control of pollutants, the total discharge of pollutants is taken as a prerequisite for the development of regions, industries, and enterprises. The measures to reduce pollution such as “taking new belts and getting old, and adopting large pressures” have been effectively implemented.