In the new era, China's environmental protection situation is facing profound changes, and meeting the growing demand for high-quality ecological products by the people has become the main contradiction in environmental protection work. In order to implement the requirements of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on ecological civilization construction and environmental protection, firmly grasp the 'people-oriented nature of environmental technology', based on the analysis and judgment of the future environmental situation and the demand for environmental technology innovation, closely revolve around the goals of green development and environmental quality improvement, Four key tasks were proposed to strengthen the innovative development of environmental protection technology: facing the main battlefield of green development of the national economy, comprehensively improving the supply capacity and level of environmental protection technology; Strengthen basic research in environmental science and lead the improvement of environmental quality; Research and develop key technologies to break through the bottleneck of environmental governance technology; Strengthen the protection of ecosystems and promote the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature. At the same time, five suggestions for improving the innovation system and mechanism of environmental protection technology have been proposed: implement platformization, internationalization, industrialization, standardization, and information management, and promote the construction of modern environmental research institutions; Accelerate the construction of the environmental protection technology innovation system, improve and strengthen the technology innovation chain; Improve the management decision-making support mechanism and solve the problem of disconnection between scientific research and management; Coordinate the national environmental research force and innovate the organizational model of major scientific research projects; Strengthen the construction of talent teams, fully mobilize the innovative vitality of talents, and provide policy and institutional guarantees for environmental protection technology innovation