Understanding the General Secretary's systemic concept, at first sight, from this major ecological engineering governance | systemic concept | General Secretary

The theme of the meeting is to strengthen the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promote the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three North".

"We must adhere to the system concept, and solidly promote the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand", "We must highlight the key points of governance and make every effort to fight the three landmark battles" ...... Starting from the system concept, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a comprehensive deployment for the "Three North" project.

"Adhering to the concept of system" is the epistemology and methodology of sand prevention and control in the new era, and it is also one of the standpoints and methods that run through Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

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On the morning of the 6th, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the state-owned Xinhua Forest Farm in Bayannaoer Linhe District, Inner Mongolia to learn about the construction of the "Three Norths" shelterbelt system.

The ecology of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, and sands is a unified natural system, an organic chain that is interdependent and closely linked.

The important discourse of "community of life" reflects the scientific method of systematic thinking.

Afterwards, he incorporated "grass" and "sand" into it.

The increase in word count from "mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes" to "mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sands" reflects a process of gradually deepening understanding of systematic governance and continuously enriching its connotation.

Adhering to the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sands, General Secretary emphasized at this symposium that "we should coordinate the ecological protection and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, and deserts, strengthen the coordination and management of all elements of sand control, water control, and mountain control, and focus on cultivating healthy, stable, and fully functional forest, grassland, wetland, and desert ecosystems.".

"Community of Life" means that mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, and sands are inseparable ecosystems. "Usage control and ecological restoration must follow natural laws. If only tree planting, water management, and simple field protection are used, it is easy to neglect one aspect and ultimately cause systematic ecological damage."

The General Secretary requested that "in accordance with the inherent laws of the ecosystem, all elements of natural ecology should be comprehensively considered, in order to achieve the goal of enhancing the circular capacity of the ecosystem and maintaining ecological balance.".

The general secretary also reminded that we must calculate big accounts, long-term accounts, overall accounts, and comprehensive accounts. If we lose the big because of the small, we will eventually cause systematic and long-term damage to the ecological environment.

National "One Chess Game"

The "Three North" project, stretching from Xinjiang in the west to Heilongjiang in the east, is a green Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles.

The "Three North" project plays a crucial role in building a more solid green barrier of thousands of miles in northern Xinjiang, China, in the national "one game" of ecological civilization construction.

To fight a tough battle for the "Three Norths" project, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at this symposium that "it is necessary to strengthen regional joint defense and joint governance and break the boundaries of administrative regions".

Those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a specific area. The governance of the two mother rivers also runs through the systematic concept of "one game of chess" throughout the country.

On September 18, 2019, at the symposium on ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, General Secretary warned the leaders present that "the development along the Yellow River must have a sense of the overall situation, consider from the perspective of the country and the overall situation, and firmly establish the concept of 'one game of chess'.".

On November 14, 2020, at the symposium on comprehensively promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, General Secretary emphasized the need to "promote interaction and cooperation between upstream, midstream and downstream regions, and enhance the correlation and coupling of various measures.".

Based on the overall perspective and the collaborative perspective, it provides a scientific thinking method for forward-looking thinking, global planning, and overall promotion of China's ecological civilization construction.

We need to seek new ways of governance from a systems engineering and global perspective, and no longer rely solely on treating headaches and foot pain, each with its own responsibilities and mutual constraints.

Highlighting governance priorities

The Wuliangsuhai, located at the top of the "Jizi Bend" of the Yellow River, is a natural ecological barrier that controls the sources of wind and sand in Beijing and Tianjin, and is a convergence area of multiple ecological functions in northern China.

The General Secretary attaches great importance to the governance of the Wuliangsuhai River Basin.On this inspection site, General Secretary once again requested "to govern with care and care, consistently and for a long time, to protect this' pearl outside the Great Wall '.".

Highlighting the key points, driving the overall situation, and grasping the relationship between the main and secondary contradictions is also the inherent meaning of a systematic concept.

For example, to do a good job in the battle of pollution prevention and control, the general secretary stressed that "we should fight several landmark major battles and concentrate our efforts on overcoming the outstanding ecological and environmental problems around the people".

Speaking of sand prevention and control, General Secretary emphasized at this symposium that "we must highlight the key points of governance and make every effort to win the three iconic battles.".

Make every effort to fight the battle of the Yellow River's "several bends", make every effort to fight the annihilation battle of the two major sandy areas of Horqin and Hunshandak, and make every effort to fight the blockade battle on the edge of the Hexi Corridor Taklamakan Desert.

Adhering to a systemic concept, grasping the relationships between the overall and local, current and long-term, macro and micro, major and minor contradictions, and special and general, has led China's ecological civilization construction to undergo a broad and profound systemic transformation.

Author: Pan Junqiang

Checked by: Zhu Li

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