Judges Geng Nian and Luo Yuan got together because of an environmental protection case in which farmers sued chemical companies for sewage discharge. Through this case, they met public interest lawyer Xia Weidong. The three worked together and had a useful discussion in the trial of the environmental protection case.explore.Jitian Company dumped waste lye, causing water outage throughout Dajiang City.During the trial of the case, Geng Nian and Luo Yuan introduced people's assessors to ensure that the case was properly handled.Because of their outstanding performance, Geng Nian and Luo Yuan entered the Municipal Environmental Resources Tribunal.Jinmeng Water Company secretly discharged sewage into the Yangtze River. Everyone eliminated the interference. Not only did they punish those responsible for the pollution and issued huge fines, but they also made a pioneering decision to make the company bear the responsibility for environmental restoration.Youcheng Fishery used Juehu net tools to fish in the Yangtze River, destroying the water ecology. Geng Nian led the crowd to withstand the obstruction of the evil forces behind the company, and finally made a fair trial.In order to promote ecological protection and restoration in the Yangtze River Basin, Geng Nian and others have been exploring and moving forward.

Dai Chongguang's case came to trial. In court, he regretted his crime of causing Yang Yunsheng's death, but when it came to issues of economic development and environmental protection, he still believed that the economy must be developed first. Until the court produced evidence of his indirect bribery crime, heI was speechless.Subsequently, Geng Nian issued a verdict: Dai Chongguang was sentenced to prison for crimes such as bribery, condoning pollution, and negligence causing death.At the end of the trial, the Lingjiang Environmental Resources Tribunal was officially inaugurated, establishing a basin-wide and cross-regional environmental investment trial system.At an international environmental protection conference, foreign representatives questioned China's environmental protection achievements in recent years. Luo Yuan and others retorted that China had made progress in environmental protection justice, and then led foreigners to visit China's achievements in ecological environment protection.

《Above the river》 is an environmental justice-themed TV series directed by Zhou Yaping and starring Gao Weiguang, Chen Shu, Yuan Wenkang, and Lu Xiaolin.

The drama focuses on the wonderful cases of judicial practice of environmental protection in the Yangtze River Basin. It mainly tells the story of a group of determined and promising judicial workers such as Environmental Resources Judge Luo Yuan and court consultant Xia Weidong who cracked down on criminals and cracked down on illegal activities in a series of environmental protection cases.Stories about pollution crimes, protecting the environment and ecology, exploring judicial reform, and defending public rights and interests.