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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) - A major shift from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Binbin
The National Conference on Ecological Environment Protection was held in Beijing from the 17th to the 18th. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has closely followed the times, looked at the world, assumed the responsibility of a major country, demonstrated the responsibility of a major country, and achieved a significant transformation from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader.
The Earth is the only home on which humanity relies for survival, and protecting the ecological environment and promoting sustainable development is the common responsibility of all countries. China upholds the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, actively participates in global environmental governance, strengthens international cooperation in areas such as climate change, marine pollution control, and biodiversity conservation, and contributes Chinese wisdom and strength to the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promoting global sustainable development, and jointly building a clean and beautiful world.
China's green development has expanded the global green landscape, benefiting both China and the world. The Chinese nation has been thriving and developing in respecting and protecting nature since ancient times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has regarded the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and has carried out a series of pioneering work. The determination, intensity, and effectiveness of ecological civilization construction have been unprecedented. From theory to practice, there have been historic, turning points, and global changes in ecological civilization construction, and a significant step has been taken in the construction of a beautiful China. The country with the largest growth of global forest resources and the largest artificial afforestation area, the country with the fastest improvement rate of global air quality, and the country with the fastest reduction of global energy consumption intensity... A series of "world's greatest" reflects China's determination to promote environmental governance and build ecological civilization, and also proves to the world that high-quality development and high-level protection can go hand in hand.
Through unremitting efforts, China's green practices have yielded fruitful results, and have shown the world through facts that humans and nature can coexist harmoniously. The Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Mongolian Journalists Association, Uganbayar, said, "While promoting sustainable development, China also emphasizes environmental protection and has made significant contributions to global environmental governance, which is worth learning from."
In the face of nature, humanity is a community with a shared future of prosperity and loss. As a responsible major country, China deeply participates in global environmental governance, plays a leading and exemplary role as a major power, and continuously consolidates international consensus. In recent years, climate change, loss of biodiversity, intensification of desertification, and frequent extreme weather events have posed serious challenges to human survival and development. At an urgent moment when humanity is facing common challenges, China actively participates in building a global ecological governance pattern of shared interests, rights, and responsibilities. China has made historic contributions to the achievement and rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement; Take the lead in releasing the Country Plan for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in China; Fully implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Enhancing national independent contribution will achieve the highest global carbon emission intensity reduction and achieve carbon peak to carbon neutrality in the shortest time in global history; Successfully held the first phase of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands, playing a leading role in the adoption of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; Initiate a global development initiative, calling on the international community to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and promote stronger, greener, and healthier global development... Standing at the height of responsibility for human civilization, China dares to take on responsibilities and continuously contributes its strength to sustainable human development.
"China has shown leadership in international cooperation in environmental protection," commented Inge Anosen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. Leonardo de Arted, Director of the Sustainable Development Department of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that China is becoming an important environmental guardian in the world.
"If all efforts are combined, there is no room for improvement." China provides support and assistance to developing countries to the best of its ability, actively promoting international cooperation in resource conservation and ecological environment protection. Launch 10 low-carbon demonstration zones, 100 climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, and implement over 200 foreign aid projects to address climate change in developing countries; Initiate the establishment of the "the Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance, build the "the Belt and Road" ecological and environmental protection big data service platform, and train 3000 green development talents for more than 120 countries; Implementing global development initiatives and promoting the establishment of global clean energy partnerships; Promote relevant United Nations agencies, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the New Development Bank, and other international organizations to carry out green and low-carbon technology assistance, capacity building, and pilot projects in key areas such as industry, agriculture, and energy... China actively promotes green international cooperation and works with countries around the world to build a beautiful Earth home.
The construction of ecological civilization is related to the future of humanity. On the new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, China will work together with the international community to build the foundation of ecological civilization, follow the path of green development, safeguard the green earth homeland, and build a cleaner and more beautiful world.