Commentator on Qiushi Network: A Beautiful Answer Book Written in the Green Mountains and Rivers | Construction | Qiushi
In the prime of summer, all things are beautiful together. Boating on the Li River, the green mountains are like Dai, white egrets dance, and fish soar at the shallow bottom.
Entering the depths of the Qinling Mountains, a gentle breeze comes, dense forests towering above the sky, and cascading waterfalls resembling curtains.
The picturesque landscape reflects the solid pace of China's ecological civilization construction in the new era. Looking back, one can better understand the historical responsibilities of leaders of major parties and countries.
"I have always attached great importance to the work of the ecological environment." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has regarded the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. He has repeatedly emphasized that "ecological prosperity will be civilized", and he has devoted great efforts to the construction of ecological civilization. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core puts the construction of ecological civilization in a prominent position in the overall work, and has carried out a series of pioneering work in terms of ideology, law, system, organization, and style, and has carried out a series of pioneering work, with great determination and strength. The results are unprecedented. The construction of ecological civilization has undergone historic, turning, and overall changes from theory to practice, and major steps have been taken in China's beautiful construction.
From tackling the "tough issues" and eliminating the "old difficulties", focusing on tackling prominent ecological and environmental problems that are strongly reflected by the people, resolutely investigating and punishing major typical cases that damage the ecological environment, to adhering to the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sands, and building a protection and governance pattern from the mountaintop to the ocean, we pay attention to the combination of points and surfaces, addressing both symptoms and root causes, and achieving a significant transformation from key remediation to systematic governance.
From vigorously promoting the socialist ecological civilization concept, promoting the formation of green production and lifestyle, to focusing on building a systematic and complete ecological civilization system, and coordinating the revision of relevant legal systems, we insist on changing our concepts, consolidating our responsibilities, continuously enhancing the consciousness and initiative of the entire party and the whole country in promoting ecological civilization construction, and achieving a significant transformation from passive response to proactive action.
From the builder of the Saihanba Forest Farm in Hebei Province and the "Thousand Village Demonstration and Ten Thousand Village Renovation" project in Zhejiang Province, which successively won the highest environmental honor of the United Nations, the "Earth Guardian Award", to China's commitment to achieving carbon peak to carbon neutrality in the shortest time in global history, we keep up with the times, look at the world, assume the responsibility of a great country, demonstrate the responsibility of a great country, and achieve a significant transformation from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader.
Starting from the objective reality and rich practice of China's ecological civilization construction, our party has systematically answered major theories such as why to build ecological civilization, what kind of ecological civilization to build, and how to build ecological civilization with a new vision, new understanding, and new ideas. And practical questions, constantly deepening the understanding of the laws of ecological civilization construction, forming Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and bring about a major shift from practical exploration to guidance from scientific theory.
After ten years of trekking through mountains and rivers, walking non-stop, the beautiful China has revealed a new face, and a magnificent "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" of the new era. The sky has turned bluer, with a 57% decrease in PM2.5 concentration, achieving ten consecutive decreases. In 2022, the proportion of days with good air quality in prefecture level and above cities nationwide reached 86.5%, and the proportion of days with heavy pollution decreased to less than 1% for the first time. The land has become greener, with a total of over 1 billion acres of afforestation completed, accounting for 1/4 of the world's artificial afforestation. The water has become clearer. In 2022, the proportion of high-quality surface water bodies in China reached 87.9%, and the black and odorous water bodies in cities at or above the prefecture level have been basically eliminated. At the same time, China has supported an annual economic growth rate of 6.2% with an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 3%, resulting in a cumulative decrease of 26.4% in energy intensity, making it one of the countries with the fastest reduction in energy intensity in the world.
Profound change in China and profound impact on the world. In the new era, China has handed over a beautiful answer sheet written among the green mountains and waters, and even more written in the hearts of the people.
