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The fundamental principle for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China
Commentator for Qiushi Magazine
"Through tenacious efforts, China's sky has become bluer, the ground greener, the water clearer, and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains more colorful."
"We must plan and promote the new journey of ecological and environmental protection with a higher position, broader vision, and greater efforts, and write a new chapter in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era."
From July 17 to 18, 2023, the National Ecological Environment Protection Conference was held in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, comprehensively summarizing the great achievements of my country's ecological civilization construction, especially the historical, turning, and overall Sexual changes, in-depth analysis of the current situation facing the construction of ecological civilization, profoundly expounding the major relationships that need to be handled in the new journey to promote the construction of ecological civilization, and systematically deploying strategic tasks and major measures to comprehensively promote the construction of beautiful China. The important speech of the general secretary is based on the present and focuses on the future. It has profound thoughts and rich connotations. It has raised our party's understanding of ecological civilization to a new level. It is a new interpretation and development of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and is to further strengthen the protection of the ecological environment and promote The construction of ecological civilization provides direction guidance and fundamental follow.
Deeply understand the tremendous achievements and significant changes in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era. 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.
We must firmly grasp the significant relationships that need to be handled well in promoting ecological civilization construction on the new journey. The restoration and improvement of the ecological environment require long-term and arduous efforts, and it is impossible to achieve a single goal. At present, the structural, root cause, and trend pressures on ecological environment protection in China have not been fundamentally alleviated, and the construction of ecological civilization is still in a critical period of pressure accumulation and heavy burden. How to climb hills and overcome difficulties tests courage and determination, as well as wisdom and foresight.
Changting County in Fujian Province was once one of the areas with the most severe soil erosion in the red soil region of southern China.Remember the instructions and work hard for a long time. Today, Changting has embarked on a high-quality development path that benefits both ecological improvement and economic development.
The important discourse on the "Five Major Relationships" is not only a summary of practical experience, but also a theoretical summary, containing rich values and methodologies, as well as profound principles and philosophies. It marks the further deepening and development of our party's understanding of the regularity of ecological civilization construction.
Planting plants and trees is the wealth of a country. China's economic and social development has entered a stage of accelerating green and low-carbon high-quality development. High level protection is an important support for high-quality development, and high-quality development can only be achieved through high-level protection. We must always plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, continuously shape new driving forces and advantages of development through high-level environmental protection, and continuously enhance the potential and momentum of development. Ecology is a unified natural system, an organic chain that is interdependent and closely connected. We must adhere to a systemic concept, grasp the main contradictions and their main aspects, take effective measures to address prominent ecological and environmental issues, and continuously enhance the systematicity, integrity, and synergy of various work. The development and changes of ecosystems have inherent objective laws, which must respect and conform to nature, adhere to the priority of protection and natural restoration, but also actively exert human subjective initiative, comprehensively use natural restoration and artificial restoration methods, and implement policies according to local conditions and zoning classification, striving to find the best solution for ecological protection and restoration. To promote the construction of ecological civilization, we must always adhere to the strictest system and strictest rule of law to protect the ecological environment, maintain normal external pressure, and at the same time, stimulate the internal driving force of the whole society to jointly protect the ecological environment. To achieve carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 is our solemn commitment to the international community and an inherent requirement for promoting high-quality development. We must firmly achieve this goal, but the path, methods, pace, and intensity should and must be determined by ourselves and not influenced by others.
Firmly anchor the strategic tasks and major measures to comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China. From the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang in the west to the Songnen Plain in Heilongjiang in the east, there is a wind sand belt of ten thousand miles, where yellow and green are intertwined, forests compete with sand, and witness the power of people and time. Since 1978, the "three north" shelter forest system construction project has kicked off. One after another, generations and billions of people have built the "Green Great Wall" that stretches for thousands of miles.
The powerful words are the firm determination and will of the people of the CPC in the new era to be responsible for history and the people, and constantly push forward the construction of ecological civilization.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China outlined a grand blueprint for comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, with the important goal of building a beautiful China.
Anchor new tasks and forge ahead on a new journey. To comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China, we must continue to deepen the battle against pollution prevention and control, and continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment; Accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of development mode, and cultivate a green background for high-quality development; Efforts will be made to enhance the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems, and to increase efforts in ecosystem protection; Actively and prudently promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system; Adhere to the bottom line of building a beautiful China and ensure that the natural environment and conditions on which we rely for survival and development are not threatened or damaged; Establish a sound guarantee system for the construction of a beautiful China, coordinate resources in various fields, gather forces from all sides, strengthen legal protection, improve green and low-carbon economic development policies, promote better integration of effective markets and promising governments, strengthen technological support, and play a good combination of the rule of law, market, technology, and policy.
Comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China is a big, tough, and arduous battle, and we must adhere to and strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Party.
