The Spokesperson with MEP Tao Detian told the media that MEP would join Ministry of Land and Resources, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, State Administration of Work Safety and National Energy Administration to launch an intensive check on the pollution risks from land-based oil spills in coastal regions, in order to guard against such risks and promote the safe development of land-based oils.
The secondary environmental emergencies caused by oil spills in China have been on the rise in recent years, because the spilled oils flowed into waters and pose an imminent threat to the drinking water and the public health. The upcoming check is intended for increasing the awareness of local governments and relevant departments at all levels as well as the coastal companies on safe production and prevention of environmental risks, enhancing their awareness on protection of the marine environment, setting up and improving the risk prevention scheme for oil spills, curbing the major marine pollution incidents triggered by work safety accidents, advancing the safe development and use of land-based oils, and guaranteeing the balanced and healthy development of the marine environment, Tao said.
