英語新聞丨County officials sacked for river pollution

The Party secretary, environmental protection chief and a leading official in charge of water resources in Quanjiao county, Anhui province, have been removed from their positions for river pollution that sparked widespread criticism.

安徽省全椒縣黨委書記、環(huán)保局長和一名負責水資源的主要官員因引發(fā)公眾普遍指責的河流污染事件被免。

After a recent fire at a petroleum additive company in the county, polluted water flowed into the Chuhe river, a joint investigation team said in a statement issued on Wednesday morning.

5月29日上午，聯(lián)合調(diào)查組發(fā)布聲明稱，該縣一家石油助劑公司最近發(fā)生火災(zāi)后，受污染的水流入了滁河。

The Chuhe is a tributary of the Yangtze River.

滁河是長江的支流。

The team was formed by the provincial government and the provincial discipline inspection and supervision authorities, Anhui Daily reported.

據(jù)《安徽日報》報道，該團隊由省委省政府和省紀檢監(jiān)察機關(guān)組成。

The pollution led to mass fish deaths in the section of the river passing through the city of Chuzhou and in its lower reaches in Nanjing, the capital of neighboring Jiangsu province, media outlets reported.

據(jù)媒體報道，污染導(dǎo)致流經(jīng)滁州市的江段及其下游江蘇省省會南京市的大量魚類死亡。

Dou Ping, who was director of the county's ecology and environment bureau, told China Central Television the bureau had not checked the toxicity of the water used in fighting the fire that had leaked into the river after the fire was put out "because there was no need to do so".

該縣生態(tài)環(huán)境分局局長竇平告訴中國中央電視臺，該局沒有檢查滅火用水的毒性，因為“沒有必要做”。滅火用水在滅火后泄漏到河里。

"People can be killed after drinking too much Moutai (liquor). If somebody dies from drinking Moutai, should anybody test the toxicity of the alcohol?" Dou said in the interview, which was broadcast on Monday.

“喝茅臺也能喝死人。喝死人以后，需要對茅臺做毒性分析嗎？”竇平在5月27日播出的采訪中說。

Yang Jun, a senior official with the county's water resources bureau, told CCTV he was not too concerned about the incident as he was due to retire in two months.

該縣水利局黨組成員楊俊告訴中國中央電視臺，他并不清楚這一事件，他將在兩個月后退休。

Videos of the comments by Dou and Yang have gone viral online since Tuesday.

自5月28日以來，竇平和楊俊的采訪視頻在網(wǎng)上大量傳播。

Both Dou and Yang have been removed from their posts, the county government said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

縣政府在5月29日發(fā)布的聲明中稱，竇平和楊俊已被免職。

The investigation team's statement said the county's Party secretary, Yang Guang, had also been removed from the position and probes targeting other personnel were underway.

調(diào)查組的聲明稱，該縣縣委書記楊光也被免職，針對其他人員的調(diào)查正在進行中。

The provincial authorities organized a conference on handling the incident on Tuesday afternoon, which was attended by top officials including the province's Party secretary and governor.

5月28日下午，廣東省政府組織了一次處理事故的會議，包括省委書記和省長在內(nèi)的省領(lǐng)導(dǎo)出席了會議。

It called for quick and scientific handling of pollution remediation and the punishment of officials who were at fault according to related regulations and laws.

會議要求迅速和科學地處理問題，并根據(jù)相關(guān)法規(guī)和法律對有過錯的官員進行處罰。

In November, the provincial governments of Anhui and Jiangsu signed an agreement on a cross-region mechanism for the protection of the Yangtze River basin's aquatic environment.

11月，安徽省和江蘇省政府簽署了一項關(guān)于長江流域橫向生態(tài)保護補償機制的協(xié)議。

Under the agreement, the water that flows from Anhui to Jiangsu is subject to periodic assessments. If the quality reaches agreed standards, Jiangsu compensates Anhui for expenses incurred to protect the environment. Otherwise, Jiangsu is compensated to subsidize its additional costs in treating polluted water.

根據(jù)協(xié)議，從安徽流入江蘇的水要接受定期評估。如果質(zhì)量達到約定的標準，江蘇將補償安徽為保護環(huán)境而支出的費用。否則，江蘇將獲得補償，以補貼其處理污水的額外成本。

pollution remediation

污染修復(fù)

periodic assessments

定期評估