Huge progress made in Delta ecology zone in first 6 months
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Development of the Yangtze River Delta Ecology and Greenery Integration Demonstration Zone is on the fast track, with strong achievements made in 18 sectors in the first half of this year.
The zone comprises Shanghai’s Qingpu District, Jiashan County in Zhejiang Province and Wujiang District in Jiangsu Province.
The 18 sectors cover planning and management, ecological protection, project management and public services, the demonstration zone’s executive committee said yesterday.
Among them, a pollution prevention, tracking and evaluation strategy for the water environment of Taipu River, Dianshan, Fenhu and Yuandang lakes has been formed. A trial of digital currency application in the zone has started.
“A unified and refined monitoring and management mechanism has been established to implement coordinated management of the water environment in different reaches, improve water quality and curb pollutants,” Zhang Zhongwei, deputy director of the demonstration zone’s executive committee, said yesterday.
The first batch of standards in the environment management of the zone have been released and a number of government service affairs has allowed cross-region application and handling.
In total, 1,173 affairs in Qingpu, 1,398 affairs in Wujiang and 1,306 affairs in Jiashan have been included in the list.
A technical standard on air quality forecasts in the demonstration zone has been implemented recently, regulating procedures and technical methods. Two other standards on volatile organic compounds and exhaust gases have also been released.
A new batch of standards covering aqua-culture pollution prevention and control, and construction of ecological corridors will be released soon for reference in environment law enforcement and monitoring of the zone, said Zhang.
A scheme covering foreign high-end talent work permit in the zone has been released. The scheme targets top professionals with Grade A classifications.
In the demonstration zone, high-end foreign professionals can be granted maximum five-year work permits based on unified standards among the two districts and one county.
Foreign talent who are classified as Grade A in any of the locales and who terminate contracts with their former working units and do not make outbound trips after the end of contract are exempt from submission of materials such as work-experience proof and academic certificates when applying for work permits with new companies in the zone. They will maintain their top talent status.
With a single card, 2.15 million residents in the demonstration zone with permanent residency are able to enjoy services such as cross-region buses and discounted admission to tourist attractions.
Inter-provincial settlement
The zone has realized inter-provincial settlement through digital medical insurance services at 75 designated medical institutions, making the whole process smoother for patients, with the time for queuing, payment and medical report collecting significantly cut.
“I immediately got my expenses reimbursed through the application. It is very convenient for patients like me who often forget to bring medical insurance cards,” said Yang Wei, a patient from Jiashan in Zhejiang Province who visited the Qingpu District branch of Zhongshan Hospital yesterday to seek medical treatment for a sore throat. She was on a business trip in Shanghai and felt uncomfortable suddenly.
According to Yang, in the past, she had to pay the expenses herself and get them reimbursed after returning to Jiashan. But now, by scanning the QR code at the hospital entrance and downloading the designated application, she can immediately enjoy inter-provincial medical insurance settlement after registration.
Digital medical insurance services in the zone have realized inter-provincial on-the-spot settlement of outpatient bills, improving the medical treatment experience of patients like Yang.
Trials on the use of e-yuan in the demonstration zone have started, covering diversified activities such as shopping, tourism, agriculture and public transport.
In Wujiang and Qingpu, people are able to make cross-region tax payments using e-yuan.
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