Idiom reading｜Building a community of life on earth together

Editor's note: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has published a series of important speeches and important articles. They are distinctive in style, profound in thought, and profound in connotation. They use history to reflect reality and look into the future, shining with the truth of Marxism. The charming language in these important speeches and articles is a true portrayal of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s governing philosophy and a vivid reflection of his personality charm. The "Daily Learning" column launches the "Reading of Idioms" series, which takes the form of "Reading of News and Comics Texts" to help you understand the charm of General Secretary Xi Jinping's language from different dimensions.

On Earth, all aspects of human life such as clothing, food, shelter, and transportation are closely related to biological diversity. Various organisms have complex dependence and restriction relationships to jointly maintain the balance of the ecosystem and ensure human survival and development.

In 2021, at the 15th Leaders' Summit of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, President Xi Jinping called on the international community to strengthen cooperation, think in one place, and work hard to build a community of life on earth.

At the meeting, President Xi announced that my country has officially established the first batch of national parks including Sanjiangyuan, Giant Panda, Siberian Tiger and Leopard, Hainan Tropical Rainforest, and Wuyi Mountain, with a protected area of ​​230,000 square kilometers, covering nearly 30% of the land areas under national key protection. Wildlife species.

The responsibility of a major country to safeguard our planet and promote sustainable development of mankind has aroused enthusiastic response from the international community. Some experts praised: "Ecological civilization and ecological security are important foundations for China's high-quality development." Others said: "The international community should take concrete actions. This is in the interest of all of us."

"Harmonious coexistence between man and nature" is one of the five characteristics of Chinese modernization. Strengthening biodiversity protection is an inevitable choice to maintain the earth's ecological balance, protect the human living environment and promote sustainable development. It is also the basis for achieving harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has elaborated on many occasions on different occasions the principle that "all things thrive together without harming each other, and the ways run in parallel without conflicting", emphasizing that ecological governance must follow laws, scientifically plan, adapt to local conditions, make overall plans, and create a diverse and symbiotic ecosystem.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our country has incorporated "ecological civilization construction" into the "five-in-one" overall layout, continued to promote legislation and revision work including ecological environment, wild animals and plants, and thoroughly implemented the prevention and control of air, water, and soil pollution. The big action plan mobilizes everyone to become a green messenger and an ecological pioneer... A series of comprehensive measures provide a good systematic guarantee for biodiversity protection.

Today, green waters and green mountains can be seen everywhere in my country, blue skies and white clouds have gradually become the norm, the quality of the ecological environment continues to improve, and biodiversity is increasingly abundant.

From 2020 to 2021, the heart-warming story of the "Short-nosed Family" of wild Asian elephants in Yunnan traveling north and back south has spread all over the world. The heart-warming scene of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature has attracted the likes and attention of netizens from all over the world.

On June 7, 2021, aerial photography showed a herd of Asian elephants sleeping and resting in the forestland of Xiyang Township, Jinning District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province.

At the 15th Leaders’ Summit of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, President Xi Jinping said with joy: “The journey of Yunnan elephants northward and back allows us to see the results of China’s wildlife protection.”

To strengthen biodiversity protection, China has done more than that.

With the continuous implementation of a series of major measures to protect biodiversity, the integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand in my country has now completed more than 100 million acres; the area of ​​mangroves has increased to 438,000 acres, making it one of the few mangrove forests in the world. One of the countries with a net increase in forest area; 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 74% of nationally protected wild animal and plant populations have been effectively protected...

At the beginning of 2024, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of my country released the "China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan", deploying 27 priority actions around four priority areas to further increase the intensity, breadth and depth of biodiversity protection.

The earth is the common home of mankind, and it is also the only home of mankind so far.

In September 2020, President Xi Jinping pointed out at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit that the global species extinction rate is accelerating, and biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation pose major risks to human survival and development. Facing global environmental risks and challenges, all countries are in the same boat and are a community with a shared future.

From announcing the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries, to taking the lead in launching the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" implementation initiative, to promoting the issuance of a joint statement on climate change with many countries, and collaboratively addressing climate change Changes, biodiversity loss and other global challenges... China has always actively promoted the joint building of a community of life on earth and safeguarding our planet.

With the earth as our habitat, man and nature are integrated and share a common destiny. As President Xi Jinping said: "In the foreseeable future, human beings will live on the earth. This is an unchangeable fact. We should jointly protect our home planet, for ourselves and for future generations."

Proofreading丨Liu Zhen, Sun Jie, Song Chunyan, Li Yingzhuo, Lou Hao