Shanghai's Ecological Civilization Construction Delivers Brilliant "Transcript" Ecological | Chongming | Brilliant
On August 15th, the first National Ecological Day Shanghai home event was held in Chongming. The reporter learned from the event that Shanghai has initially established a carbon peak and carbon neutrality policy system. The annual average concentration of PM2.5 has decreased to the lowest value since monitoring records, and the water quality of the main water bodies has reached the best historical level. Yingdong Village, which hosts the Shanghai home event of the National Ecological Day, is located at the southeast end of Chongming Island. This fishing village, which used to be a vast expanse of white water when the tide came and a reed marsh when the tide receded, has relied on the development opportunity of building a world-class ecological island in Chongming in recent years. With the construction of beautiful countryside as the starting point, it has promoted the coordinated development of ecological breeding, ecological agriculture, and ecological tourism, creating a good ecological environment while increasing the income of villagers and increasing the value of village collective assets, and has embarked on a unique path of sustainable development. "In recent years, many birds have returned." At the Chongming Dongtan Bird National Nature Reserve, the guide explained, "There are only over 60 little swans who have wintered in 7 years, and more than 2900 at the beginning of this year." The East Asia Australia bird migration route passing through China is the most crowded among the 9 bird migration routes in the world, and Chongming Dongtan is the midpoint of this route and an important relay station for migratory birds. Due to the deterioration of wetland ecology, the number of birds passing through Dongtan has significantly decreased. In recent years, under the goal of building a world-class ecological island in Chongming, the protected area has continuously increased the construction of management and protection infrastructure, cooperated with scientific research institutions and universities, improved precision management level, and promoted major ecological restoration projects. As one of the important indicators of wetland biodiversity, the increase in bird numbers and species has witnessed significant achievements in the construction of Chongming's world-class ecological island. Not only in Chongming, but also since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the concept of "green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as gold and silver" has permeated the entire development process of Shanghai, and the city's ecological civilization construction has achieved significant results in stages. Solid progress has been made in promoting green, low-carbon, and circular development. Preliminary construction of a "1+1+N" policy system for carbon peak and carbon neutrality, continuous optimization of energy and industrial structure, with green electricity accounting for 36% of the total electricity consumption in society. Since 2010, Shanghai's unit GDP energy consumption and unit GDP carbon dioxide emissions have both decreased by more than 50%. As of now, about 1.2 million new energy vehicles have been promoted, and the total operating mileage of rail transit has reached 831 kilometers, ranking first in both indicators among cities in the world. Continuous improvement of urban environmental quality. The sense of happiness in the blue sky has significantly increased, with an average annual concentration of PM2.5 reaching 25 micrograms/cubic meter in 2022, the lowest value since monitoring records began; The "Battle of Blue Water Defense" has won consecutive victories. In 2018, black and odorous rivers were basically eliminated, and in 2020, inferior Class V water bodies were basically eliminated. In 2022, the water quality of the main water bodies was 95.6% better than Class III, which is the best level in history. The quality and stability of the ecosystem are constantly improving. Promote the construction of a world-class ecological island in Chongming with high standards, continuously protect the
