Jointly Building a Beautiful Home with Blue Sky, Green Ground, Clear Water - Perspective of China's High Quality Development Highlights - Part 5

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 22 (Xinhua) - Building a Beautiful Home with Blue Sky, Green Ground, Clear Water - Perspective of China's High Quality Development Highlights - Part 5

Xinhua News Agency reporter

August 15th is the first National Ecological Day. At the ecological product exhibition market in Changkou Village, Jiangle County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, a company from Shanghai signed a 20000 ton forestry carbon bill worth 300000 yuan with Jiangle County.

Green mountains and clear waters are not only natural and ecological wealth, but also social and economic wealth. In recent years, China has collaborated to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth. Through profound changes in green development and lifestyle, it has driven significant changes in the ecological environment and taken solid steps towards high-quality development. The beautiful home with blue sky, green ground, and clear water is being depicted in our hands.

The Change in Development Mode: Accelerating the Development of Green and Low Carbon Economy

Above ground garden, underground coalfield.

At the turn of summer and autumn, walking into the Heidaigou open-pit coal mine of Ordos Zhuneng Group, the hills and valleys with staggered heights were filled with green grass and flowers. Mining leads to the absence of minerals, and loess is covered in green.

Coal is the fundamental energy source in China. In recent years, the coal industry has continuously promoted the construction of green mines, strengthened ecological restoration and environmental governance in mining areas, and taken solid steps towards green transformation. Especially with the rapid development of large-scale intelligent open-pit coal mines, the production capacity has increased rapidly, and the level of green mining has significantly improved.

More and more coal enterprises are embarking on the path of efficient and clean utilization, while on another track, new energy is rapidly developing. The proportion of clean energy consumption has significantly increased, and the construction of a new energy system is accelerating.

On July 19th, the world's first 16 megawatt ultra large capacity offshore wind turbine was connected to the Fujian offshore wind farm for power generation. The center height of the wheel hub reaches 152 meters, and the swept area of the impeller is equivalent to the size of 7 football fields. The annual power generation exceeds 66 million kilowatt hours, which can meet the annual electricity consumption of 36000 households of three.

The latest data from the National Energy Administration shows that as of the end of June, China's installed capacity of renewable energy has exceeded 1.3 billion kilowatts, historically surpassing coal-fired power. Among them, the installed capacity of wind power is 389 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for 13 consecutive years; The installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation is 470 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world for 8 consecutive years.

Du Zhongming, President of the Electric Power Planning and Design Institute, said that more and more "global firsts" are becoming a shining label for China's clean energy, providing an inexhaustible source of green energy for China's economic development.

From the northwest desert to the coast of the East China Sea, from high mountains and canyons to low plains, rows of photovoltaic panels and a wind turbine continue to be connected to the grid for power generation... According to the plan, by 2030, the total installed capacity of large-scale wind and solar power bases focusing on deserts, Gobi, and desert areas will reach 455 million kilowatts, and China's economic development momentum will be more "new" and "green" and sufficient.

Ecological Environment Change: Supporting High Quality Development with High Quality Ecological Environment

Manage a river and transform a city. At the Lianzhou Lake Scenic Area on the banks of the Hutuo River in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, a picturesque ecological landscape with clear waves and colorful flowers is full of poetry, attracting many tourists to come and admire.

The Hutuo River is the "mother river" of Shijiazhuang. Once upon a time, barren sand was exposed, garbage piled up, and sewage flowed horizontally. People passing by covered their noses and took a detour.

Shen Pengfei, Technical Director of China Railway Water Group, who participated in the ecological restoration project of the Hutuo River, said that in recent years, with the joint efforts of local governments and group companies, the Hutuo River has been revitalized through measures such as soil improvement, landscape greening, and aquatic ecological restoration.

"Nowadays, this place is not only a place for local people to take walks and rest, but also an ecological tourism corridor. As the carrier river of the South to North Water Diversion Project, cleaner water sources have added development potential to the city.".

Through high-level environmental protection, continuously shaping new driving forces and advantages for development has become an important path for promoting high-quality development in various regions.

Chishui City, with a forest coverage rate of 82.51%, has established the first forest carbon sink management bureau in Guizhou this year. Li Yangbing, Director of the Forestry Bureau of Chishui City, said that relying on the abundant bamboo resources in the local area, the management bureau has organized forestry carbon sequestration and accumulation work to enhance the carbon sequestration capacity and increment of the forest ecosystem.

Ecological environment protection relies on institutions and the rule of law. On September 1st, the Qinghai Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law will be officially implemented, which is another important achievement in the construction of China's ecological and environmental protection legal system.

On August 19th, good news came from the second National Park Forum - following the official establishment of the first batch of national parks, new national parks such as Huanghekou, Qianjiangyuan Baishanzu, etc. will be established. China has taken solid steps towards building the world's largest national park system.

"By formulating and amending multiple laws and regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law and the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, we continuously weave and strengthen the 'institutional network' of ecological environment protection, and solidly promote a series of fundamental, pioneering, and long-term green development institutional innovations, providing fundamental guarantees for the continuous improvement of the ecological environment." said Yang Chaoxia, director of the Beijing Forestry University Ecological Law Research Center.

Lifestyle changes: Everyone is the guardian of a beautiful home

During the Chengdu Universiade, walking into the Athlete Village Life Service Center, although there is no air conditioning, one can feel the coolness.

"The building adopts the technique of 'cold alleys'. When the airflow passes through an area that becomes wider and narrower, the flow rate accelerates to form negative pressure, bringing more outdoor airflow and taking away more indoor hot air and moisture, creating a natural ventilation effect." Lu Yixiu, a construction designer at China Southwest Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., said that this can save about 70000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

The effectiveness of green development is closely related to everyone's lifestyle. Nowadays, green is integrating into multiple details of people's lives.

More and more households are opening carbon accounts. On Wuke East Road in Wuhou District, Chengdu City, there is a construction of garbage sorting and carbon neutrality huts in the area. Nearby community residents classify recyclable waste, weigh it using a carbon neutrality "meter", convert it into carbon credits and deposit them into a carbon account for cash rewards or daily necessities, and obtain an exclusive "carbon neutrality certificate".

Since the launch of the low-carbon electricity application "Carbon Inclusive" for Shenzhen residents one year ago, 805000 households have opened carbon accounts, resulting in a cumulative carbon reduction of about 12000 tons.

The ubiquitous new energy transportation vehicles are vivid annotations of people's practice of "green travel". In Zhejiang, new energy vehicles are accelerating their deployment in rural areas, and new energy ships are expanding their application. In 2022, the proportion of electricity consumption in Zhejiang's terminal energy will exceed 38%.

Less use of a tissue, disposable chopsticks, more bus rides, more cycling trips... More greenery, lighting up people's lives.

Recently, Liu Youbin, spokesperson for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated that the Ministry is accelerating preparations and striving to launch the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market as early as this year. This will motivate a wider range of industries and enterprises to participate in greenhouse gas emission reduction actions, promoting the achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

Experts say that promoting the formation of green lifestyles throughout society can help protect the environment, reduce carbon emissions, and promote sustainable social development. By cultivating green consumption habits such as the use of biodegradable materials, the application of green energy, and environmentally friendly diets, residents will better protect our home environment and jointly create a cleaner and healthier future.