AI Current Affairs Illustrated｜Koi Changqingxi
Learn every day: "Turning around a scene is like closing a house, thinking about a scene is like turning over a dream, meeting a scene is like reading a letter, and revisiting a scene is like meeting an old friend." These ancient people describe the process of changing sceneries with each step. The beautiful article is a vivid portrayal of Shangqing River.
On May 22nd, International Biodiversity Day, "AI Current Affairs Illustrated" will take you to relive a heart-warming story that happened in Shangqingxi 27 years ago...
Hidden between deep mountains and deep valleys, Shangqing River is located in the northeast of Taining County, Sanming City, Fujian Province. It is a deep meandering canyon formed by geological movements. It is rich in biodiversity and has many rare animals and plants.
On April 10, 1997, Xi Jinping, then deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, came to Taining County and went deep into Shangqing River to investigate ecological environment protection and resource development projects.
Xi Jinping and everyone rode on bamboo rafts and walked along the stream. When we reached the middle reaches, a red carp jumped from the water onto the bamboo raft and landed right at Xi Jinping's feet.
Xiao Kewen, a rower who was punting the boat, joked: "You guys are in for a treat, you can add another dish tonight." However, Xi Jinping smiled and said nothing, took off the plastic shoe covers from his feet, put the carp in them, and used his hands to He scooped in the stream water one by one to temporarily protect the carp.
When the bamboo raft landed deep in the downstream water, he carefully put the carp back into the stream and watched it swim away happily. Xi Jinping urged everyone: "We must protect the environment."
Protecting wild animals and maintaining the harmonious coexistence between man and nature are vivid manifestations of protecting biological diversity.
As an ecological complex formed by animals, plants, microorganisms and the environment, as well as the sum of various ecological processes related to it, biodiversity is not only a condition for human survival, but also the basis for sustainable economic and social development, and ecological security. and ensuring food security.
"Green mountains and clear waters are worthless now, but in the long run they are priceless treasures, and their future value will be even more immeasurable." During his work in Fujian Province, Xi Jinping emphasized many times that the construction of ecological civilization should be the most labor-intensive construction in Fujian. He advocated the construction of an ecological province throughout the province, laying a solid foundation for Fujian to adhere to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature and protect biodiversity.
Protect biological diversity, draw ecological "landscape paintings", and let koi carps swim in clear streams. Today, Sanming City, where Shangqingxi is located, is honored as the greenest city in China's greenest province and enjoys the reputation of "China's Green City". Sanming City is also home to 45 species of nationally protected plants. There are more than 400 species of birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles that inhabit or migrate through the Sanming forest area. It is one of the areas with the richest biodiversity in Fujian Province.
The mountains are high and the marshes are long. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and biodiversity protection, promoting historic, transitional and overall changes in the ecological environment, leading my country's biodiversity protection into a new historical period.
As one of the first parties to sign and ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity, my country has made remarkable achievements in biodiversity conservation. my country took the lead in proposing and implementing the ecological protection red line system. The terrestrial ecological protection red line area accounts for more than 30% of the land area, effectively protecting 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 74% of the national key protected wild animal and plant populations.
Through continuous large-scale land greening, my country has contributed about a quarter of the world's new greening area in the past 20 years. Due to the effective protection and restoration of wetlands, my country's collection and preservation of biological genetic resources ranks among the top in the world.
President Xi Jinping has also made China’s voice heard at many international conferences such as the United Nations Biodiversity Summit, telling the world about China’s proposition of jointly building a community of life on earth, and explaining the Chinese wisdom of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Mountains, rivers, thousands of vegetation, rare birds and animals, these biodiversity conservation achievements not only show the ecological beauty of China in the new era, but also enhance the quality of high-quality development.
Proofreading | Li Dan, Sun Xiaoyuan, Song Chunyan, Li Yingzhuo and Lou Hao
