In Huangshan City, Anhui Province, the landscape is as beautiful as a painting. The clear water of the Xin’an River originating here turns thousands of times, flowing eastward into Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang and finally into the Qiantang River.
Driving a small boat, Luo Laifa, a fisherman from She County who has lived on the upper reaches of the river for generations, became a “river protector” and carefully salvaged garbage from the water surface 30 kilometers away from Jiekou Pier. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and tourists are everywhere. Lao Luo feels happy: “The ecological compensation mechanism has changed our way of life. The river water is clear, the environment is beautiful, the income is more, and the days are becoming more comfortable as time goes by.”
From “pilot” to “model”, from financial compensation to industrial collaboration, from collaborative governance to common development, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces continue to innovate the cross-provincial watershed ecological compensation mechanism and strive to move from “one water protection” to “One region brings prosperity together.”
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has stood at the strategic height of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and creatively proposed a series of new concepts, new thoughts and new strategies, forming Xi Jinping’s Thought on Ecological Civilization, which has profoundly changed China’s earth. The construction of ecological civilization has been integrated into the “five-in-one” overall layout of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and Beautiful China has become the governing concept.
Looking at the long history and planning a future in which “people live up to the mountains, and mountains will live up to the people”, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference held last year that “the construction of a beautiful China should be placed in the construction of a strong country and the development of the nation.” “The prominent position of rejuvenation” “support high-quality development with high-quality ecological environment and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.”
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Ecological Civilization, all regions and departments have worked hard to take on their responsibilities and strive to write a new chapter in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era.
“Only by implementing the strictest system and the strictest rule of law can we provide reliable guarantee for the construction of ecological civilization”
If “one river with clean water flows out of Xin’an” is an exploration and practice in Zhejiang and Anhui, the “Ecological Protection Compensation Regulations” that came into effect on June 1 this year have further strengthened the ecological protection compensation system in the form of legislation. The power of the rule of law protects the beauty of ecology, and the institutional foundation for protecting green waters and green mountains is stronger.
To protect the ecological environment, we must rely on systems and the rule of law.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “Only by implementing the strictest system and the strictest rule of law can we provide reliable guarantee for the construction of ecological civilization.”
This is a clear understanding and profound judgment of the construction of ecological civilization – most of the outstanding problems existing in my country’s ecological and environmental protection are related to imperfect institutions, loose systems, loose rule of law, inadequate implementation, and ineffective punishments .
This is an important experience and solid support for the century-old party’s governance – the system is a fundamental, overall, stable and long-term issue related to the development of the party and the country’s cause. Law is an important tool for governing the country, and the rule of law is the basic way of governing the country.
The light of thought illuminates the way forward.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of ChinaIn recent years, my country’s ecological and environmental laws and institutional construction have entered a period of the strongest legislation, the most intensive introduction of systems, and the most stringent supervision and enforcement standards, providing institutional guarantees for promoting historic, transitional, and overall changes in ecological and environmental protection.
——The rule of law protects beautiful China and promotes the construction of ecological civilization with the concept and method of the rule of law.
Not long ago, Jiayang Duojie, an ecological ranger of Yellow River Township in the Yellow River Source Park of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration, photographed a snow leopard running in the wilderness during a patrol. “Snow leopards are the flagship species of alpine mountain ecosystems. Only a healthy ecosystem can support the long-term existence and stable breeding population of snow leopards,” said Liu Yanlin, associate professor at Qinghai Normal University. On September 1 last year, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law was officially implemented, providing a more solid legal guarantee for protecting the living creatures, vegetation, mountains, rivers and rivers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Entering a new era, my country’s ecological and environmental legislation has achieved comprehensive improvements from quantity to quality.
Writing ecological civilization into the constitution established the constitutional status of ecological civilization. Implement the “most stringent environmental protection law in history” and formulate and revise more than 20 laws related to the ecological environment, covering areas such as atmosphere, water, soil, noise, etc.: formulate a wetland protection law, amend the forest law and grassland law, accelerate land greening, and protect the green mountains and green mountains. Green; formulate the Yangtze River Protection Law and the Yellow River Protection Law to escort the great rivers rushing forward…
According to experts, at present, my country has more than 30 ecological and environmental protection laws, more than 100 administrative regulations, and more than 1,000 local regulations, initially forming a comprehensive, pragmatic, effective, and strict ecological and environmental protection legal system.
Focusing on bringing the construction of ecological civilization into the track of legalization and institutionalization, our country has built a scientific, rigorous, systematic and complete legal system for ecological environment protection, and promotes the construction of ecological civilization with the concept and method of the rule of law.
——Strengthen top-level design, and the “four beams and eight pillars” of the ecological civilization system have basically been formed.
To build an ecological civilization, the key is to establish rules and regulations. Institutional construction must be regarded as the top priority in promoting the construction of ecological civilization.
In order to better protect green waters and green mountains, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our country has accelerated institutional innovation, increased institutional supply, improved institutional supporting facilities, strengthened institutional implementation, and made the system a rigid constraint and an untouchable high-voltage line. The “Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization” and the “Overall Plan for the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System” have been promulgated one after another. Systems such as “equal responsibilities of the party and government” and “dual responsibilities for one post” for environmental protection have been established and improved. Dozens of reform plans have been implemented successively, building a The “four beams and eight pillars” of the ecological civilization system will be established. The construction of the ecological civilization system has embarked on a new and effective path from laying foundations and building pillars to advancing as a whole and building momentum, to comprehensive coordination, coordination and efficiency.
——Using the role of a sharp sword, the central ecological and environmental protection inspectorate keeps a close eye on the problem and does not relax.
Chaoyang, Shantou City, Guangdong ProvinceDistrict, the blue waves of Lianjiang River are rippling, and the green trees on both sides of the river are swaying. “The ‘Mozhi River’ has become clearer, and everyone feels full of gain.” Chen Chujuan, a villager in Fenghu Village, has witnessed the changes in Lianjiang over the years. In June 2018, the central environmental protection inspector “looking back” pointed out the problems existing in the Lianjiang rectification work, and Shantou City was determined to advance the rectification with extraordinary measures. Industrial transformation and upgrading, sewage treatment, and the beautiful scenery of Lianjiang have been restored.
General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, deployed and promoted the central ecological and environmental protection inspection to help solve the “stubborn problems” of the ecological environment in some places for many years and became a hard-hitting method to urge local governments to implement their ecological and environmental protection responsibilities.
On May 7 this year, the third round of the second batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspections was fully launched. The inspection teams were stationed in 7 provinces and cities including Shanghai and Zhejiang, focusing on the protection of the Yangtze River, and coordinating river basin inspections and provincial inspections.
——The mountains are managed, the greenery is protected, the water is managed, and the responsibilities are shouldered, so as to realize the “long-term governance” of the mountains and rivers.
“Every day we go up the mountain to inspect and protect this ‘green property’ for everyone.” Yang Xianguo, Party branch secretary of Shangzhuang Village, Leikou Township, Yindu District, Anyang City, Henan Province, said that since the establishment of the “village-level forest chief” With the title, his participation in green protection work mechanism becomes smoother.
In recent years, our country has comprehensively implemented the river chief system, lake chief system, and forest chief system, gradually forming an institutional system with strong guarantees and effective operation. Provinces, cities, counties and townships across the country have established more than 300,000 fourth-level river and lake chiefs, more than 900,000 village-level river and lake chiefs (including patrolmen and river guards), and nearly 1.2 million forest chiefs to guard the vast forests to “control “Promote “governance” and achieve “long-term governance” of the landscape.
“Firmly establish and practice the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development”
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It is a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the “14th Five-Year Plan”.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 11th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on January 31 that “green development is the foundation for high-quality development” and “we must accelerate the green transformation of development methods to help reach carbon peak and become carbon neutral.” . Firmly establish and practice the concept that clear waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development.”
Thoughts set the course. Material civilization and ecological civilization go hand in hand, and Chinese-style modernization has a green background.
In the Guixi Economic Development Zone, Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, in the production workshop of Kangshuo (Jiangxi) Intelligent Manufacturing Company, the staff pressed the operating button, and a car engine model was slowly generated in the huge sand 3D printing equipment. The high temperature, dust, and sweating in traditional foundry workshops are completely absent here. Wang Dezheng, general manager of the company, said that the company has integrated the concept of green development into the entire production chain, using new technologies and new equipment to achieve green and intelligent upgrading of the casting process.
New productivity itself is green productivity. Follow the “green” and move toward the “green””New” She tried hard to hold back her tears, but she couldn’t stop them. She could only wipe away the tears that kept falling from the corners of her eyes, and apologized to him hoarsely. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what happened to the noble concubine. Work hard to make the economy and society green and low-carbon.” Transformation continues to advance, and high-quality development momentum is surging.
Build the world’s largest, most complete and most competitive clean energy industry chain; the production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for nine consecutive years, and more than half of the world’s new energy vehicles are driving in China; the world’s top 10 installed vehicles Among the famous power battery companies, Chinese companies occupy 6 seats. Compared with 2012, my country’s energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 26.8% in 2023, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will drop by more than 35%.
Handling the relationship between development and protection is a global problem and an eternal issue facing the development of human society.
Summarizing the practical experience since the new era, analyzing the new situations and new problems currently faced, and continuing to promote the construction of ecological civilization, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that several major relationships must be correctly handled, with the first priority being “high-quality development and high-level protective relationship.” The general secretary emphasized, “Husband, you…what are you looking at?” Lan Yuhua’s face turned red, and she couldn’t stand his unabashedly fiery gaze. “In the entire process of Chinese-style modernization, we must grasp the dialectical and unified relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection.”
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “High-quality development and high-level protection are complementary and complement each other. High-level protection is an important support for high-quality development. High-quality development that prioritizes ecology, green and low carbon can only be achieved by relying on high-level protection. “We must plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, take the carrying capacity of resources and the environment as the premise and foundation, and consciously limit economic activities and human behavior to the limits that natural resources and the ecological environment can bear.”
Stepping into a new journey, coordinating high-quality development and high-level protection, and correctly handling the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection, we are constantly shaping new momentum and new advantages for development, and continuing to enhance the potential and stamina of development.
In Fengjie County, Chongqing City, the construction site of the Rapeseedba Pumped Storage Power Station is busy.
“We introduced in advance that Mother Pei frowned, always feeling that her son was a little strange today, because in the past, as long as it was something she disagreed with, her son would listen to her and would not go against her wishes, but now? Enter, use The ecological environment zoning control results provide full guidance services for project access and site selection,” Zhang Zhongkun, chief of the administrative approval section of Fengjie County Ecological Environment Bureau, said that the local area avoided environmentally sensitive areas such as nature reserves and drinking water source reserves, and the final decision was made. the current location. As of the end of March this year, my country has designated nearly 45,000 ecological and environmental management and control units, and the “one unit, one strategy” formulates differentiated and refined ecological environment. Lan Yuhua’s skin is very white, her eyes are bright, her teeth are bright, and her hair is Black and soft, with dignified and beautiful appearance, but because of her love for beauty, she always dresses luxuriously and gorgeously. It concealed her original list and “cleared the bottom line” and “drawn borders” for development.
In a pear orchard in Jinjiang Village, Roer Township, Jinchuan County, Sichuan Province, Liu Weijian, a big grower, is busy thinning the fruits. “Reducing the pressure on the branches will make the fruits bigger, better-looking, and taste better.” Liu Weijian said that the more than 20 acres of pear trees planted last year produced more than 30,000 kilograms, and products such as pear wine and snow pear cream were all sold. For a good price, clear water and green mountains become gold and silver mountains that bring happiness.
Clear waters and lush mountains are valuable assets, and improving the ecological environment is developing productivity. High-level protection brings green prosperity, and various regions continue to explore the path to transform the value of ecological products, innovate mechanisms, and change concepts. Green agriculture, green energy, green tourism and other industries allow the masses to eat “ecological rice”, and ecological advantages are continuously transformed into Advantages.
By protecting during development and developing during protection, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will become more colorful.
There is more blue sky above our heads.
China has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world. In 2023, the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in cities at prefecture level and above across the country will be 30 micrograms/cubic meter, which is nearly 3 micrograms/cubic meter better than the annual target set by the “14th Five-Year Plan” and has been lower than the level for four consecutive years. 35 micrograms/cubic meter. In the first quarter of this year, ambient air quality continued to improve, with the average concentration of PM2.5 in cities at prefecture level and above nationwide falling by 6.5% year-on-year.
The rivers and lakes around me are clearer.
Compared with 2012, the proportion of sections with excellent surface water quality across the country will increase by 27.8 percentage points in 2023, which is close to the level of developed countries. The water quality along the main branches of the Yangtze River and Yellow River remains stable and maintains Category II. The water environment quality has undergone a turning change. In the first quarter of this year, among the national surface water assessment sections, the proportion of sections with excellent water quality increased by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year.
The ground beneath my feet is greener.
Last year, my country completed afforestation, grass planting and improvement of 125 million acres, and controlled 28.57 million acres of desertification land, exceeding the annual target. Against the background of the continuous decline of global forest resources, forest area and forest stock have achieved “double growth” for 40 consecutive years. The three major landmark campaigns of the “Three North” project were fully launched, and 18 million acres of afforestation and grass planting were completed.
The “green” content and “gold” content of economic and social development have increased simultaneously. “China’s economic and social development indicators and environmental indicators are gradually moving towards a win-win situation.” said He Kebin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Carbon Neutrality Research Institute of Tsinghua University.
“Support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature”
The Hetao Plain in May is full of life. At the “bends” of the Yellow River, sandy plants grow tenaciously.
From “sands advance and people retreat” to “greens advance and sand recedes”, three generations of sand control people have worked hard in relays. The Xinhua Forest Farm in Linhe District, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has afforestation of a total of 39,000 acres.The coverage rate reached 65%.
On June 6, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to learn about the construction status of the “Three North” protective forest system project. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Preventing and controlling desertification is a long-term historical task. We must continue to do a good job in this work and be worthy of our ancestors and future generations.”
The restoration and improvement of the ecological environment is a process that requires long-term and arduous efforts. It cannot be achieved overnight and requires perseverance and hard work.
From the strategic height of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has always maintained a clear understanding and strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “The structural, root-cause, and trend pressures on my country’s ecological and environmental protection have not been fundamentally relieved. my country’s economic and social development has entered a stage of high-quality development that accelerates greening and low-carbonization, and the construction of ecological civilization is still under pressure. A critical period for overlapping and carrying forward.”
The Chinese-style modernization path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is clearly visible – “green development that conforms to nature and protects ecology indicates the future.” Respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature are the inherent requirements for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. .
In the new era and new journey, General Secretary Xi Jinping has drawn up a grand blueprint for Beautiful China: “Place the construction of Beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, promote the significant improvement of urban and rural living environment, and achieve remarkable results in the construction of Beautiful China, so as to A high-quality ecological environment supports high-quality development and accelerates the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.”
In Beijing in May, the sky is clear and blue. Chaoyang Park is shaded by green trees, with birds singing and flowers fragrant. Zhou Xiaoqiu, a resident who lives nearby, is playing Frisbee on the grass with her children: “As the air quality in Beijing has improved, it has become normal to look up at the blue sky, and our family spends more and more time outdoors.”
The environment is people’s livelihood, green mountains are beautiful, and blue skies are happiness. Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that this year we will focus on precise, scientific, and law-based pollution control, fight to defend blue skies, clear water, and pure land with higher standards, strengthen the management of solid waste and new pollutants, and actively promote the construction of the Beautiful China Pioneer Zone.
For blue skies, white clouds and twinkling stars – earnestly implement the “Action Plan for Continuous Improvement of Air Quality”, take PM2.5 control as the main line, strengthen source control, multi-pollutant collaborative control and regional pollution collaborative governance.
In order to have clear water, green banks, and fish “what do you know?” swim in the shallow bottom—coordinate the management of water resources, water environment, and water ecology, organize and implement actions to improve key sewage outlets, and continue to promote the comprehensive management of key sea areas.
For the sake of singing birds, fragrant flowers, and pastoral scenery – implement soil pollution source prevention and control actions and accelerate the construction of major source control projects. We will further promote rural environmental improvement.
Focus on improving ecosystem diversity, stability, and sustainability.
In recent years, our country has promoted the establishment of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, integrated and optimized more than 9,000 natural protected areas, and strictly protected the most precious natural assets and the most beautiful land. By 2035, my country will basically build the world’s largest national park system, leaving a beautiful ecological space for future generations.
From the top of the mountain to the ocean, from the plateau to the plain, from the country to the local area, the ecological protection and restoration of land and space has achieved remarkable results. A total of 52 “landscape projects” across the country have completed ecological protection, restoration and management of an area of more than 100 million acres, building a solid national ecological security barrier.
Accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of development methods.
Walking into the Hongshi Cement Factory in Xiangyun Zero Carbon Park in Dali, Yunnan Province, the photovoltaic panels with a total area of 75,000 square meters have an annual power generation of more than 24 million kilowatt hours, saving 7,200 tons of standard coal every year. Through the extensive application of green electricity, traditional cement factories have been transformed and upgraded into enterprises integrating intelligent production and low carbon emissions, achieving green development.
Using the “green content” of industries to enhance the “gold content” of development, various regions and departments have taken active actions to show new atmosphere and new achievements, and write new “green answers” for high-quality development: Hubei Province implements energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformations in key industries, etc. Ten major green transformation projects; Liaoning Province is making every effort to promote a “lighter” industrial structure and a “greener” economic form; Zhejiang Province insists on “vacating the cage and changing the bird”, continuing to eliminate “scattered pollution” and cultivate “high-end, sophisticated”…
The energy field is the main battlefield for actively and steadily promoting carbon peak and carbon neutrality. In recent years, my country’s energy green and low-carbon transformation has been steadily advancing. As of the end of March, the country’s renewable energy installed capacity reached 1.585 billion kilowatts, accounting for approximately 52.9% of my country’s total installed capacity.
The person in charge of relevant departments and bureaus of the National Energy Administration stated that this year will vigorously develop non-fossil energy and promote the clean and efficient use of fossil energy. It is expected that the newly installed wind power and photovoltaic capacity will be about 200 million kilowatts, and 4 new nuclear power plants will be put into operation, with an installed capacity of about 5 million kilowatts.
Stimulate the endogenous motivation of the whole society to jointly protect the ecological environment.
Garbage sorting has become a new fashion – in the second phase of Ruihong New City Community in Hongkou District, Shanghai, the “intelligent garbage bin room” has been put into operation, making garbage classification more precise and placing it more conveniently. “Residents of the community are involved in every aspect from the design to the optimization of functions.” said Lei Guoxing, secretary of the Party branch of Anqiu Residential District, Jiaxing Road Street, Hongkou District.
Comprehensive garbage treatment requires the participation of all people. Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province has established a volunteer service team of 750,000 people for garbage sorting and carried out more than 7 million door-to-door publicity campaigns to guide residents from being “unwilling to sort or unable to sort” to “actively sorting and wisely sorting”.
Everyone is a protector, builder and beneficiary of the ecological environment. Last year, the “Internet + National Voluntary Tree Planting” launched more than 24,000 various types of responsible activities, and the online platform received nearly 440 million visits; the newly revised “Citizens’ Livelihoods””Ten Codes of Conduct for the Ecological Environment” was released to enhance citizens’ awareness of practicing green and low-carbon behaviors. After entering the room, Pei Yi began to put on his travel clothes. Lan Yuhua stayed aside and checked the contents of his bag for the last time. thing, and explained to him softly: “The clothes you changed are dynamic.
“Beautiful China, I am an activist!” At present, a series of activities carried out by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in conjunction with relevant departments are ongoing to promote the formation of a social atmosphere in which everyone, everything, always and everywhere advocates ecological civilization.
History and experience have proven that modernization will not fall from the sky, and a beautiful China will not be achieved easily. It requires long-term hard work, perseverance, and long-term success.
Anchor the goal and stick to it. Adhering to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought and unswervingly following the path of civilized development of production development, affluent life, and good ecology will surely build a solid ecological foundation for Chinese modernization, so that the land of China will always have blue skies, green mountains, and clear waters. Changliu paints a beautiful picture of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
(Our reporters Li Hongmei, Pan Shaojun, and Li Junjie participated in the interview)
“People’s Daily” (Page 01, June 5, 2024)