CCTV News ( News Network): The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that respecting nature, complying with nature, and protecting nature are intrinsic requirements for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. We must firmly establish and practice the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has vigorously promoted theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization, and proposed a series of new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies, forming Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and my country’s ecological civilization institutional system. With continuous improvement, the concept of green development is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, beautiful China. 240 “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” practice innovation bases and 572 ecological civilization construction demonstration areas are like seeds sown across the land of China, and are constantly taking root and sprouting, telling the story of ecological protection and economic coordinated development.
In the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “third pole” of the earth, Sanjiangyuan National Park, the sources of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River have achieved overall protection, and the Tibetan antelope population has recovered to more than 70,000. , more than 17,000 herders have turned into ecological stewards, and the development path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is underway.
On the edge of the Mu Us Desert, in Yulin, Shaanxi, the once acres of barren sand turned into a sea of forests, realizing the transition from “sands advancing and people retreating” to “green advancing and sand receding” historic transformation. At present, the cumulative transaction volume of local forestry carbon sinks has reached 200,000 tons, and the transaction volume exceeded 10 million yuan.
There are many high-rise buildings in the city. Currently, there are 65,000 urban parks of various types across the country. In the past, parks were used to “embellished” cities, but now more and more cities are “growing” in parks.
When ecology thrives, civilization thrives.
Entering a new era, facing the people’s yearning for a better life, how to answer the question of building an ecological civilization? A must-answer question in the Taoist era? Starting from the perspective of sustainable development of the Chinese nation, General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas and new strategies to incorporate the construction of ecological civilization into the “five-in-one” overall layout; green has become an important component of the new development concept. Part; emphasizing the harmonious coexistence of man and nature is one of the important features of Chinese modernization; in the goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country, Beautiful China is an important one. From the value orientation of harmonious coexistence of man and nature to clear waters and green mountains. From the development orientation of gold and silver mountains to the systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, General Secretary Xi Jinping scientifically answered the relationship between natural ecology and human civilization.
While using a series of ecological civilization ideas and concepts rich in Chinese wisdom to plan a blueprint for a beautiful China, General Secretary Xi Jinping traveled all over the country, both north and south, and inside and outside the Great Wall, looking at mountains, water, forests, fields, grass, and He has promoted the concept of ecological civilization to take root and hosted four symposiums on the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and two symposiums on ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. “Working together to achieve great protection” is an unchanging concept in the Lijiang River. Guilin landscape protection, in the snow-covered plateau, we urged to effectively protect the earth’s “third pole” ecology, in Zhanjiang, we inspected the growth of mangroves and the surrounding ecological environment, and in the Saihanba Forest Farm, we encouraged the exploration of green development methods to build a strong ecological barrier between Beijing and Tianjin.
From the top of the mountain to the shore of the sea, from the vast forest to the Gobi wilderness, this is the profound thinking of a reform leader who cares about the sustainable development of the nation. The Chinese Communists have a profound insight into the general trend of development of human civilization and the laws of economic and social development.
This is a battle related to development concepts and development methods.There have been profound changes, and unprecedented reform measures have promoted the comprehensive deepening and in-depth advancement of the reform of the ecological civilization system.
The institutional system is constantly being woven, and ecological civilization is written into the constitution. Strengthen top-level design and issue the “Overall Plan for the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System”, and hundreds of special plans have been introduced one after another, covering various related fields such as resources, environment, ecology, and industry. For the first time, it was proposed to establish a national park system and comprehensively delineate “Master Xi.” Lan Yuhua responded without changing her expression and asked him: “In the future, please ask Master Xi to call you Miss Lan for me.” “Three districts and three lines” , creatively proposed the ecological protection red line system. The “Ecological Protection Compensation Regulations” were officially implemented, promoting the establishment of a central ecological and environmental protection inspection system and an ecological civilization construction target evaluation and assessment system, carrying out departure audits of natural resource assets of leading cadres, and implementing a lifelong accountability system for ecological and environmental damage.
Support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment and start the battle to defend blue skies, clear water, and pure land. Since 2013, three “Ten Atmospheric Measures” documents have been issued, and the central government’s total air pollution prevention and control funds have reached more than 200 billion yuan. The river and lake chief system has been comprehensively established, and many rivers and lakes have transformed from “no one is in charge” to “someone is in charge”, and from “uncontrollable” to “well managed”. At the same time, detailed investigation of soil pollution status and prevention and control actions at the source of soil pollution are steadily advancing.
Explore transformation and development with the power of reform. my country has incorporated carbon peaking and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction, and has successively issued the “1+N” policy under the “double carbon” goal, vigorously promoted the energy revolution, accelerated the development of new energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics, and promoted green and low-carbon industries. Transform development and advocate green lifestyle.
Nowadays, the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets has gradually become the consensus and action of the whole party and the whole society. my country’s ecological civilization system reform is accelerating, ecological and environmental protection has undergone historic, transitional and overall changes, and the construction of a beautiful China has taken major steps.
The sky is bluer, my country has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world, the number of heavily polluted days has dropped significantly, and blue skies and white clouds have become the norm; water Clearer, the appearance of rivers and lakes has been fundamentally improved, the proportion of surface water sections with excellent water quality has been close to the level of developed countries, and the water quality of the Yangtze River and Yellow River mainstreams has stabilized and maintained Class II; the land is greener, and my country is the first in the world to achieve “zero growth” of land degradation and The area of desertified land and desertified land has “double decreased”, making it the country with the fastest growing forest resources in the world. Master Lan fell silent thoughtfully and asked: “What about the second reason? ”
Green and low-carbon development methods have been accelerated across the board. my country’s carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP have dropped by more than 35%, the world’s largest clean power generation system has been built, and the installed capacity of non-fossil energy power generation has exceeded 1.6 billion kilowatts, green and low-carbon life concepts and lifestyles are being integrated into everyone’s life.
People live up to the mountains, and the mountains will live up to the people.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Ecological Civilization, we will further deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, promote system integration and mechanism innovation, and support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment. Beautiful China’s construction will continue to take new steps, and the new chapter of modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously will continue to present new excitement.