Summary:

　　On January 22, Li Ganjie, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, had just returned to Beijing due to his visit, and he presided over a ministerial meeting to convey the spirit of learning and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, and earnestly implement the instructions of Premier Li Keqiang and the executive director of the State Council. The meeting and the video and telephone conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council require research and deployment of environmental protection work related to epidemic prevention and control.

　　The meeting pointed out that the Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus. The eco-environmental system must earnestly study, understand and implement the important instructions of General Secretary Jinping and the requirements of Premier Li Keqiang, conscientiously unify thoughts and actions into the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, take resolute and effective measures, and make every effort. Go and actively cooperate with environmental protection work related to epidemic prevention and control.

　　The meeting emphasized that as the Chinese New Year is approaching, the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus is related to the safety and health of the people and social stability. The ecological environment system must improve its political position, perform its duties seriously, and be active. Actively cooperate with relevant departments and localities to prevent and control the epidemic. It is necessary to strengthen scheduling and coordination, highlight the focus of medical waste collection and safe disposal, timely dispatch to find out the capacity and operation of medical waste disposal facilities in the epidemic area, and give full guidance and support to the epidemic area to do a good job in the safe disposal of medical waste. It is necessary to strengthen organization and leadership. Under the Ministry’s epidemic response working group and emergency work mechanism, relevant departments and bureaus of the ministry must pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities to ensure that the measures are in place.

　　Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Zhai Qing and Zhuang Guotai attended the meeting.

　　The main responsible comrades of the General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Department of Science and Finance, the Department of Solid State, the Department of Publicity and Education, the Emergency Center, and the Agency Service Bureau attended the meeting.