General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "the construction of ecological civilization is an important feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Strengthening ecological civilization construction is an inevitable requirement for implementing

90,000 miles of wind are rising, and the new era is lush green. The appearance of China is a historical heritage of thousands of years, a guardian passed down from generation to generation, and an element of the modernization process. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "the construction of ecological civilization is an important feature of the socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Strengthening ecological civilization construction is an inevitable requirement for implementing the new development concept of and promoting the high-quality development of the economy and society. It is also the consensus and voice of the people for pursuing high-quality life." Only by taking green as ink and ecology as the brush and striving to paint a magnificent picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature in the new era can we jointly build an ecological green landscape of integration, coexistence and promotion.

"A rich country is the foundation of a strong country, and resources and environment are the foundation of a rich country." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has profoundly summarized the laws of human civilization development, incorporated ecological civilization construction into the overall layout of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and “five in one” and “four comprehensive” strategic layouts. It has unswervingly implemented the concept of green ecological protection, comprehensively strengthened the construction of ecological civilization, promoted the greening of land and resources vertically, and vigorously improved the urban and rural living environment, which has promoted historic, turning point and overall changes in my country's ecological environment protection. Beautiful China is accelerating to become a reality, and has also added a green background and quality color to the comprehensive realization of the "ecological dream" and "happy dream" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beauty, and blue sky is happiness. Not long ago, at the series of thematic press conferences on "The Ten Years of China", the Ministry of Ecology and Environment introduced the tremendous changes in my country's air, water environment and soil environment quality over the past decade, and the related achievements are inspiring. Data shows that from 2012 to 2021, in the past ten years, the ratio of days with good air quality in cities at the prefecture level and above in the country reached 87.5%, and my country has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world; the proportion of excellent water sections of surface water I-III has reached 84.9%, which is close to the level of developed countries; the national soil environment monitoring network covering 80,000 points has been built, and the trend of aggravated soil pollution has been effectively curbed... After ten years of long-term efforts and development, the ecological heritage of "green mountains are always there, green water flows forever, and the air is always new" is becoming increasingly rich. One by one, the Chinese stories of protecting nature and protecting the ecological environment have written a moving chapter of "people do not let down the green mountains, green mountains do not let down the people", and also demonstrates the unremitting efforts of the whole society to promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

With the continuous improvement of economic and social development and people's living standards, the development concept of making the sky bluer, the mountains greener, the water clearer, and the ecological environment better has become increasingly important in the happiness index of the people's lives. We are delighted to see: in the past ten years, from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the coast of the East China Sea, the "ten-year fishing ban" Wanli Yangtze River is becoming increasingly rich in biodiversity; in the past ten years, from the Yunnan elephant heading north and south to the Tibetan antelope to reproduce and migrate across railway roads, and humans and animals live in harmony have become beautiful scenery; in the past ten years, from the Saihanba Forest Farm where the wasteland turns into forests to the Kubuqi Desert where the sand turns into fertile fields, the "green map" continues to expand around people, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security in the ecological environment are constantly improving.

But at the same time, the global natural disasters occur frequently, which warns us that ecosystem protection and restoration and fundamental improvement of the ecological environment cannot be achieved overnight. It still requires long-term hard work, and we must persevere and persevere.Under the current new era, on the one hand, we must further increase the efforts in ecological and environmental protection, strengthen forest protection measures, improve the total and quality of forest and grass resources, consolidate and enhance the carbon sink capacity of the ecosystem, and make greater contributions to promoting global environmental and climate governance and building a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature; on the other hand, we must take innovative green and low-carbon technologies as the core point of development, efficiently promote energy-saving industries, establish and improve the resource recycling industry system, and promote the rapid growth of the new energy and environmental protection industry. At the same time, relying on ecological asset development, we can promote the development of emerging technology industries such as tourism industry, environmental industry, and ecological fields, health industries, health and leisure, and help the development of green and low-carbon advantageous industries, continuously improve the "green content" and ensure the "gold content", and ignite the green "engine" for the construction of a beautiful China.

"The heaven does not speak but the four seasons move, and the earth does not speak but all things are born." After an extraordinary decade, the green development melody of China's ecological advantages plays between mountains and seas is becoming a loud and powerful voice of the era for the high-quality development of economic strength and comprehensive national strength. Looking forward to the new decade, we will adhere to people-oriented approach, establish green concepts, improve green mechanisms, transform development methods, unite our hearts and minds, practice them in person, promote the beauty of the city and rural areas and share the beauty, and create an "upgraded version" and "enhanced version" of ecological civilization construction. Only by writing a "green new volume" with clear water, green shores and beautiful scenery, we will surely move towards the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and leave a sustainable " green bank " for future generations.

Manuscript source: Jingchu.com

Author: Fu Yun (Xiangyang, Xiangzhou)

Photography: Wang Li (Xiangyang, Hubei)

Editor: Zhan Qiang