Xinhua News Agency Beijing September 22 Title: Building a beautiful home with blue sky, green land, clear water - Commentary on promoting ecological civilization construction since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Xinhua News Agency reporters Gao Jing and Huang Yao
"We must actively respond to what the people think, hope and worry, Vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, provide more high-quality ecological products, and continuously meet the people's growing needs for beautiful ecological environment." ”
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has been focusing on ecological civilization construction with unprecedented efforts. The awareness and initiative of the whole party and the whole country to promote green development have been significantly enhanced. The construction of beautiful China has taken major steps, and the land of China is showing a bright new scene of blue sky, green land and clear water.
"The environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beauty, and blue sky is happiness"
Looking at the distance, looking at the green mountains, and seeing the rippling waves close up... Cangshan Erhai in autumn makes people linger. Erhai is the "mother lake" of people in Dali, Yunnan. It has also caused the lake water to be eutrophied due to long-term pollution.
In 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Erhai Lake to carefully inspect the ecological protection wetlands, listened to the introduction of Erhai Lake protection, and emphasized that Erhai Lake must be protected well so that the natural beauty of "Cangshan is not ink and painting for thousands of years, Erhai Lake has no strings and ten thousand Guqin " will always stay in the world.
After systematic management, in the first half of this year, the transparency of Erhai Lake water body reached the best level in the past 10 years. "When Erhai Lake becomes clearer day by day, we can understand the importance of protecting the ecological environment." He Licheng, a villager in Gusheng Village, Dali, was once closed for rectification and improvement, and welcomed tourists from all directions after the business resumed.
This is the landscape of Erhai Lake and surrounding villages in Dali, Yunnan (photo taken on May 26, 2022, drone photos). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo
The prosperity of ecology will bring prosperity to civilization. On the new road to taking the exam, ecological civilization construction has become a must-answer question.
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated ecological civilization construction into socialism with Chinese characteristics and the overall layout of "five-in-one" , and "Beautiful China" has become the long-term goal of ecological civilization construction. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China listed the "polizing battle against pollution prevention and control" as one of the three major battles to win the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
A good ecological environment is the most universal welfare for people's livelihood. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beauty, and blue sky is happiness."
The landscape of Tongmu Village, a hinterland in Wuyishan National Park, Fujian Province surrounded by mountains and surrounded by mist (photo taken on May 17, 2021, drone photos). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Kehong
Implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. All localities and departments have adopted a series of practical measures to help fight the battle against pollution.
Industry improvement, comprehensively rectify scattered and polluting enterprises and clusters, and accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity; make up for shortcomings, the construction of urban sewage pipelines is rapidly advancing, and sewage treatment capacity is continuously improved; energy transformation, clean heating transformation reduces scattered coal pollution, and renewable energy develops rapidly...
The sky once shrouded in haze is gradually being polished. The average concentration of fine particulate matter in cities at the prefecture level and above nationwide dropped from 46 micrograms/cubic meter in 2015 to 30 micrograms/cubic meter in 2021, and the ratio of days with good air quality reached 87.5%.
The water environment quality has undergone a turning point. In 2021, the proportion of sections with excellent surface water quality in the country reached 84.9%, which is close to the level of developed countries.
"Scenery, forests, fields and lakes are a community of life", General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "it is very necessary to carry out unified protection and repair of mountains, rivers, forests, fields and lakes." Afterwards, the General Secretary included "grass" and "sand" in it: promoting the integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sand, and improving the stability and sustainability of the ecosystem.
This is a mixed group of green headed duck and white eyed duck taken in Baiyangdiandian District, Hebei (photo taken on July 22, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xing Guangli
Today, more than 25% of my country's land area is classified as ecological protection red line , a natural protection area system with national parks as the main body has been established, and the first batch of 5 national parks such as Sanjiangyuan have been established, providing effective protection for 90% of the terrestrial ecosystem types and 74% of the national key protected wildlife population. The national forest coverage rate has increased to 24.02%, the area of desertified and desertified land has decreased, and green decorates the mountains, rivers and land.
Lancang River flows through the Angsai Grand Canyon in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai (photo taken on June 29, 2022, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Xiaofei
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's ecological environment protection has undergone historic, turning point and overall changes, and the beauty of harmony between man and nature has been vividly displayed.
"Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains "
The bamboo sea stretches, the lotus fragrance is quiet, and there are scenery everywhere... This is the scenery tourists see in Yu Village, Anji County, Zhejiang Province.
Aerial view of Yu Village, Tianhuangping Town, Anji County, Zhejiang Province (photo taken on July 28, 2020, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi
"Green waters and green mountains have become gold and silver mountains here, and also become our real happiness." said Pan Chunlin, the owner of the farmhouse Chunlin Villa.
To have a "money bag" or "green leaves", it was also a problem that troubled 5 people in more than villages. In August 2005, Comrade Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, came to Yucun for inspection and put forward the important conclusion that "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains."
Yucun re-green and remediate mines, control sewage and garbage, develop rural tourism, develop white tea and other specialty agricultural products, achieving a gorgeous turn from "selling stones" to "selling scenery".
On March 30, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Yu Village again. The General Secretary emphasized: "Practice has proved that economic development cannot be at the cost of destroying the ecology. Ecology itself is the economy, and protecting the ecology is to develop productivity."
This is true for a small mountain village, and so for a country.
There is no substitute for the ecological environment, and it is difficult to save if you use it without realizing it. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" has become a consensus and action of the whole party and society. All localities adhere to green development and explore ways of coordinated and symbiosis of development and protection.
A river is clear and green mountains on both sides of the river. The beautiful Guilin landscape is a treasure land given to the Chinese nation by nature.
This is the Yangshuo section of the Lijiang River Guangxi (drone photo) taken on April 25, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yiming
April 2021, on the shore of Lijiang . General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was inspecting Guangxi, said to the local responsible person: "This time I come, what I pay most attention to is your best landscape in the world. What can be better than the ecology here? Protecting Guilin's landscape is your primary responsibility."
Guilin's landscape has also faced ecological crises caused by illegal quarrying and sand mining. In recent years, Guilin City has vigorously managed the Li River and its ecological environment has been improved.
Green waters and green mountains are both natural and ecological wealth, as well as social and economic wealth. How to stimulate the ecological, economic and social benefits of green waters and green mountains?
Henan Province has tasted the "sweetness" of protecting green waters and green mountains - in early July this year, the Shandong Provincial Department of Finance announced that it would pay 126 million yuan of ecological compensation to Henan Province. Since the establishment of the inter-provincial horizontal ecological compensation mechanism by Shandong and Henan provinces last year, the water quality of the Yellow River from Henan to Shandong has always remained above Class II. As a beneficiary, Shandong Province has cashed in on this ecological compensation fund to the upstream Henan Province.
In recent years, 18 provinces including Anhui and Zhejiang have explored and carried out horizontal ecological protection compensation in the upstream and downstream of cross-provincial river basins.People realize that good mountains and rivers and good ecology are also "value treasures".
Guarding the green waters and green mountains, we must also clarify the bottom line and red line.
For some incidents that seriously damage the ecological environment, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions and instructions, requiring serious investigation and punishment, hold on to it, and never let go if it is solved thoroughly.
This is a beautiful scenery of the pilot area of the Qilian Mountain National Park system taken on August 11, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fan Peishen
The central ecological environment protection inspection personally planned, deployed and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping has solved a large number of prominent ecological and environmental problems: from "disorderly development" to "orderly exit"; Qilian Mountains have changed from the former "ripped holes" to the mountains full of green; the second largest tributary of the Yellow River Fenhe from severe pollution to the reappearance of the beautiful scenery of "Fenhe Late Crossing"...
Coehai Saihanba Central Park, Daliuta Town, Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province (photo taken on August 3, 2022, drone photos). This was once a coal mining subsidence area for coal mines. Now, with water conservation ecological construction as the main body, combined with greening and beautification, it has initially formed a model of coal mining subsidence area governance integrating leisure, entertainment, science and education. The park has lush vegetation, colorful colors, and complete infrastructure functions. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Ming
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has led hundreds of millions of people to more consciously promote green development, circular development, and low-carbon development, and adhere to the path of civilized development with production development, prosperous life and good ecology. Green has become a more solid, heavier and brighter background for a beautiful China.
"Building a home of earth where man and nature coexist in harmony"
On April 21 this year, primary school students of Francis Holland School in the UK received a precious gift - a reply from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Xi Jinping said in his letter: "The earth is a big family, mankind is a community, and climate change is a common challenge facing all mankind, and mankind must cooperate to respond."
To jointly build the earth's home, China's contribution and China's responsibility to take the initiative.
"We must have a deep sense of awe for nature, respect nature, adapt to nature, protect nature, and build a homeland for harmonious coexistence between man and nature." In October 2021, President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the Leaders' Summit of the 15th Conference of the Parties for the " Convention on Biological Diversity " aroused widespread resonance among all parties attending the meeting.
In the past 10 years, the national carbon dioxide emissions of GDP per unit of GDP have dropped by 34.4%, and the proportion of coal in primary energy consumption has also dropped from 68.5% to 56%. The scale of renewable energy development and utilization and the production and sales of new energy vehicles are firmly ranked first in the world.
More than 1,000 acres of fishing and light complementary farm built around Hudong Village, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province (photo taken on May 24, 2022, drone photos). Photo by Zhu Zheng, Xinhua News Agency reporter
my country is one of the countries with the fastest reduction in energy consumption intensity and the country with the largest growth in forest resources in the world. The implementation of biodiversity conservation goals is better than the global average. We will carry out in-depth construction of green "Belt and Road" to help developing countries improve their environmental governance... In recent years, my country has become an important participant, contributor and leader in the construction of global ecological civilization.
On September 22, 2020, China solemnly declared to the world that carbon dioxide emissions will strive to peak before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality of by 2060.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "It is not something that others ask us to do to achieve the 'dual carbon' goal, but that we must do it ourselves."
China promises to achieve the time from carbon peak to carbon neutrality, which is much shorter than the time taken by developed countries, and requires hard work.
my country has included carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the overall layout of ecological civilization construction, and has successively issued the "1+N" policies under the "dual carbon" goal, accelerated the development of new energy such as wind power, , photovoltaics, and strove to promote a green and low-carbon production and lifestyle to become the conscious pursuit of the whole society.
taken in Naomaohu Town, Yiwu County, Xinjiang, Hami 50 MW molten salt tower photothermal power station (photo taken on August 22, 2021, drone photo). As the first photothermal power plant in Xinjiang, Hami 50 MW molten salt tower photothermal power plant not only emits zero pollutants, but also achieves continuous power generation for 24 hours by storing thermal energy. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Han
In recent years, the concept of green and low-carbon has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. The public transportation cities, mainly buses and subways, travel more than 200 million people on a daily basis. 297 cities at or above the prefecture level implemented garbage classification, covering 150 million households. From the "Clean Plate Action", water, paper, electricity and energy saving, to environmentally friendly decoration, rejecting excessive packaging, and saying goodbye to disposable products, the "green, low-carbon, frugal style" has blown into thousands of households, and a simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle has become a new trend in society.
The new development stage has put forward higher requirements for the construction of ecological civilization. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, my country's ecological civilization construction has entered a critical period of focusing on carbon reduction, promoting coordinated efficiency improvement of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, promoting comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and achieving improvement of ecological environment quality from quantitative change to qualitative change.
January 17, 2022, at the 2022 World Economic Forum video conference, President Xi Jinping used three "going all out", once again demonstrating China's determination and actions to unswervingly promote the construction of ecological civilization and achieve sustainable development:
"China adheres to the concept that green waters and green mountains are gold and silver mountains, promotes the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, and makes every effort to promote ecological civilization construction, do everything to strengthen pollution prevention and control, and make every effort to improve people's production and living environment."
people live up to the green mountains, and green mountains will definitely live up to the people.
On the new journey, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, we work together and work tirelessly, and will surely write a brilliant new chapter of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
source: Xinhua News Agency
edited by: Ma Pengli
producer: Xu Zhepu
