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On July 27, China State Council Information Office held a series of press conferences on the theme of "Commitment from Authoritative Departments". Mr. Huang Runqiu, minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced the relevant situation around "strengthening ecological and environmental protection and comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China" and answered reporters' questions. Mr. Huang Runqiu said that mainland China currently has 77 nuclear power units in operation and under construction, ranking second in the world. Over the years, China's nuclear and radiation safety situation has been generally good, and no incidents or accidents of level 2 or above on the International Nuclear and Radiation Event Scale have occurred. China has established an effective system of policies and regulations, carried out strict and effective nuclear safety supervision, and consolidated the basic guarantee capability of nuclear safety. In the next step, China will strictly implement nuclear safety responsibilities, comprehensively improve nuclear safety supervision capabilities, strictly carry out nuclear safety supervision, strengthen nuclear safety technological innovation, and ensure that nuclear safety is foolproof and absolutely foolproof. (Source: Ministry of Ecology and Environment)