7.Construction of Legal System

New progress has been made in the provincial environmental legislation. <Water Quality Protection Regulation of Guangdong Dong Jiang River System> has been approved by 32nd meeting of the 9th Provincial NPC Standing Committee and has publicized to be implement. <Regulation of Guangdong Environmental Protection>, < Regulation of Guangdong Solid Waste Pollution Control> has appeared to the provincial government foe approval; The Shenzhen Municipal Government has issued the <Environmental Management Measurements for Service Industry in Shenzhen Economic Special Zone>, and started implementation from 1st March 2003. In order to meet the requirements for entering WTO, we organized forces to straighten out the current 7 local environmental laws, 10 government regulations and 68 other policies, and have suggested reviewing 2 local laws.

Strengthen the degree in environmental law enforcement and supervision. September, cooperated with provincial NPC Standing Committee, organized the examination of environmental law enforcement in Guangzhou, Foushan and Qingyuan, focused on the protection of air pollution and the enhance of city rubbish management, checked the enforcement situation of <Air Pollution Control Law> and <Solid Waste Pollution Control Law>. EPB of different level in the provincial have gone deep into the carried out of the spirit of the National 5th Environmental Meeting, paid full attention in checking the illegal action strictly, and to keep the pollution within limits. Till November, provincial EPB has direct checked and punished 26 environmental illegal cases, and has decided to fine 22 of them, with the fine of 1.10 million Yuan. In the mean time carried outthe self-check among the administration and law staffs, so as to standardize the enforcement behaviours of the staffs.

Active in the transaction of environmental proposals, suggestion and overtures. In the whole year, we have accomplished 23 environmental proposals and suggestion put forward by delegation of the 5th meeting of the 9th the provincial NPC; transacted 22 environmental overtures put forward by the delegation of the 5th meeting of provincial C.P.P.C.C. In 2002, the Guangdong EPB has been awarded theExcellent unit in transacting CPPCC overturesandExcellent unit in transacting the 5th meeting of the 9th the provincial NPC suggestion .

Carried out the propaganda and education of law and regulation. Held the lecture of <Entering WTO and the Environmental Legislation of China> to introduce the knowledge of WTO and the measure and countermeasure in environmental legislation; coordinated the provincial human resource bureau in the WTO knowledge training for most of the department staffs in bureau; organized the administration law training courses to newly law enforcement staffs, specially those who applied for <Administration Law Enforcement License > ; organized the training of construction project environmental protection management law and regulation, such as the <Environmental Impact Appraise Law>.

8.Environmental Propaganda and Education

Through all kinds of news media, the key works are being propaganda, such as the spirit of the symposia of central population-resource-environment work, the 5th National environmental protection meeting and theten-fifthenvironmental protection planning; the specialize action of severe investigation of environmental illegal action; the creation of national environmental protection sample city; the open of environmental government affairs; the integrated environment control of Pearl River; Water pollution control and solid waste control of East Guangdong ;blue water projectandBlue Sky project . Keep on organized and carried out theenvironmental protection century march in South Guangdongand the activity ofmonth of environmental propaganda .

Strengthen the environmental education. 265 Green School ,Green Kindergartenhas been named in the whole province, which greatly promoted the environmental education work in elementary schools, middle schools and kindergarten. The reform in provincial environmental protection school is being deepened; the education quality has been improved constantly.

<Environment > magazine, <Pearl River Environment Paper> encircled closely to the important arrangement of the provincial environmental work, reflected the carrying out and fulfilled situation in time, and has played an important function in showing correct guidance of public opinion.

9.Management of radiation environment

The management of radiation environment has been strengthened. The <Emergency Response Plan for Radiation Pollution Accidents> has been established; organized the writing of <Temporary measurement of Guangdong provincial electro-magnetism radiation environment management>; strengthened the provincial radiation environmental ability construction, train the management staff of radiation environment, further definite the management task of each city; carried out the radiation source safety specialized renovation work and the radiation source applied and registration work, set up the provincial radiation environmental data base. Carried out the investigation of radiation pollution accidents, public complains and examination and approval environmental appraise work for radiation projects. Strengthen the supervision management of electro-magnetism radiation environment. Co-ordinated relevant sanitation and public security departments to enhance the management of provincial radiation waste and source; strengthen the supervision management of Guangdong provincial radiation waste storage.

Developed the prevention and emergency response work of nuclear accidents. Organized the telecom rehearse of provincial emergency response units and staff-to-destination, single item united rehearse. Organized the review and published <Out-of-site Emergency Plan of Guangdong Nuclear Station/ Linao Nuclear Station Accidents>, organized the review of the implementation plan for provincial nuclear emergency response; Carried out the research work of nuclear emergency response, the propaganda and education of nuclear accidents, organized public visits to nuclear power station.