Since March 31, within 10 days, the Erhai Basin Water Ecological Protection Zone core area of all food and beverage, inn operators have suspended their own business to accept the verification, verification through before continuing to operate.

"The water quality of the Erhai Sea is already at an inflection point stage, and if it is not handled well, it will become the next Dianchi." Yang Shaochuan, deputy director of the Dali City Environmental Protection Bureau, admitted that human activities around the Erhai Sea have exceeded its environmental carrying capacity, and salvage is imperative.

It is reported that the Erhai is located in the suburbs of Dali City, Yunnan Province, belonging to the Lancang River system, the second largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province and one of the nine plateau lakes. In order to promote the stable improvement of the water quality of the Erhai Sea, from the end of March, Dali City decided to carry out the Erhai Basin Water Ecological Protection Zone core area of catering inn service industry special rectification.

In addition, Dali also launched the Erhai Basin "two violations" rectification, village and town "two pollution" management, water conservation and ecological restoration of the "seven actions".

It is understood that 629 restaurants and inns, including famous dancer Yang Liping's Sun Palace, have shut down to accept government inspections, with only grocery stores in business. There are few tourists on the main street of Shuanglang, and the lake interception project is under construction in an orderly manner.

Data from the Dali Erhai Protection and Governance "Seven Actions" Command Department shows that there are 8,575 total ****operating households in the Erhai basin of Dali City. As of April 12, the number of households in the core area of the Erhai Basin Water Ecological Protection Zone that were shut down on their own was 1,870 households.

Walking in Dali, publicity advertisements for "saving" the Erhai can be seen everywhere.

In Haixi, staff are still handing out self-suspension seals for inns and restaurants to guide the work of protecting the Erhai. The foreman of Yushang Hotel said that the hotel will be able to reopen after passing the inspection.

In accordance with the relevant notice requirements, the self-suspension of the inns and restaurants more than until June next year to the Erhai Lake Interceptor project is completed, after passing the inspection before business. Shuanglang's faster, but also to about November this year.

Since its own closure, Shuanglang tourists plummeted, waiters temporarily went home, the local people's employment has become a problem, the tourists are faced with nowhere to eat the embarrassment.

"The pain will certainly be there, but hopefully not too long." Some restaurant owners said she understands and supports the Erhai protection action, but hopes the project will be completed as soon as possible.