China State environmental protection hotlines to invite citizens to report acts of pollution | Ministry _ news

South reporter of BBC Learning English the Ministry of environmental protection has issued the "common struggles" citizens ' code of conduct, in particular, the "reported acts of pollution" as one of the most important criteria. Polluters were reported from some of the past of retribution, "information disclosure and public participation" independent chapters written to new environmental protection law, and offered to citizens by environmental report report to the hotline 12369 pollution, shift in Chinese attitudes towards pollution reporting.

According to the guidelines, the provisions of the air pollution prevention law, all units and individuals have the obligation to protect the atmospheric environment and right to pollute the atmosphere of the units and individuals to report and file a complaint.

Hotline for nationally consistent environmental protection hotline 12369 environmental protection. According to the hotline work on environmental protection regulations, citizens, legal persons or other organizations found that environmental pollution and ecological destruction matter, dialing 12369, reported to the environmental protection departments at all levels and request the environmental protection departments in accordance with law. This is the second revision of the environmental protection act by adding "information disclosure and public participation" a separate chapter, after Chinese officials once again actively advocate the public actively involved in air pollution prevention and environmental protection, "declared war on pollution".

(Original title: Chinese official invited citizens to report acts of pollution)

05:19 August 14, 2014 The Southern Metropolis daily