On the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, a colorful butterfly flaps its wings. Overlooking, she soars at the mouth of the Yangtze River, shining brightly; up close, she wanders in the sea of flowers, dreaming. This beautiful "big butterfly" is The East China Sea Yingzhou - Chongming.
In the past five years, Chongming's world-class ecological island construction has ridden the wind and waves, accelerated forward, and achieved leapfrog improvement. In the next five years, Chongming will strive to make breakthroughs in the development of a larger pattern, a wider field, a deeper level and a higher level, and take a more solid step towards building a world-class ecological island with demonstration and leading effects.
Thickly plant the ecological foundation to create core competitiveness
Ecology is the core competitiveness of Chongming, and the confidence of "butterfly change" lies in this. In the past five years, Chongming has worked hard to improve the quality of the ecological environment, eliminating 100% of the inferior Class V water bodies in the whole region, the forest coverage rate exceeding 30%, the compliance rate of the surface water environmental functional area reaching 100%, the excellent rate of ambient air quality reaching 91.9%, and the quality of ecological elements such as water, soil and forest gas have been comprehensively improved, becoming one of the areas with the best ecological environment in Shanghai.
Whether the ecological environment is good or not depends on where the wings of the bird fly and where the tail of the fish swims. With the continuous improvement of the ecological environment and the continuous increase in bird protection, many rare birds in the past have settled in Chongming, or Chongming as a stop for migration, Dongtan Wetland has more than 130 kinds of birds in transit every year, more than 2 million birds; among them, the number of waterbird species accounting for more than 1% of the global population has reached 14 species, and Dongtan Wetland has become a bird paradise.
At the same time, Chongming has carried out in-depth ecological protection of the Yangtze River, the dismantling of fishing vessels on the Yangtze River has been completed first, the ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River has been implemented first, and the demonstration construction of green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has achieved remarkable results. Long before the "ten-year fishing ban" on the Yangtze River was fully launched, Chongming had already begun to withdraw from fishing and ban fishing. In 2018, Chongming District began to study and deploy fishing vessels to withdraw from fishing, and since August 2018, it has stopped processing the Yangtze River fishing vessel certificate, and all 179 Yangtze River fishing vessels have withdrawn from production in the Yangtze River waters, and at the end of 2018, it has taken the lead in the country to achieve global withdrawal.
In March, when staff from the Academy of Fisheries Sciences were monitoring fish in the Yangtze River waters under Chongming's jurisdiction, they caught nearly 200 kilograms of knifefish in a net, which was unlikely in previous years. The researchers could not help but sigh: "The implementation of the comprehensive ban on fishing is in place, giving the Yangtze River fish the opportunity to recuperate, and after ten years, I am afraid that the big fish will jump into the cabin after the boat drives!" ”
Green is the brightest color in Chongming, Chongming not only has a pleasant environment, but also the concept of green production and life is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people - "two no" agricultural products continue to build a brand, and the automated, informatized and intelligent modern agricultural production system helps to prevent and control pollution. Chongming also launched the first domestic negative list of agriculture, strictly controlled agricultural inputs, and fully implemented green agricultural production. Domestic waste classification and reduction, agricultural and forestry waste resource utilization, new energy buses and taxis to achieve full coverage, new energy power generation accounted for 26%, rural domestic sewage treatment fully reached the first level A standard.
Their own homes are loved by themselves, and their own homes are built by themselves. The river and lake chief system, the forest chief system, the road chief system, etc. are implemented throughout Chongming, from the "chiefs" at the district level to the "chiefs" at the town and village level, all of which do their duty and protect the environment in the streets and alleys of Chongming, the fields, and the forests and trees of rivers and lakes. At the same time, the people of the whole district have worked together to create a landscape of "flower village, flower stream, flower road, flower house, flower field, garden", build a "five-beauty community", the ecological environment quality of Chongming, the beautiful rural appearance has been improved again, and the golden signboard of the national civilized urban area is shining.
Chongming District actively implements the deployment of Shanghai's "double carbon" action, adheres to the simultaneous implementation of emission reduction, source control, carbon sequestration, and foreign exchange increase, and formulates energy conservation, emission reduction and consumption reduction action plans in the fields of energy, transportation, construction, agriculture, manufacturing and people's lives. In March this year, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment and the Chongming District Government signed a cooperation framework agreement on jointly building a world-class ecological island "carbon neutrality" demonstration zone, in which the two sides cooperated to investigate and analyze the carbon emission characteristics of Chongming's world-class ecological island, study and formulate an action plan for the "carbon neutral" demonstration area that is in line with the positioning of a world-class ecological island, explore replicable and scalable "carbon neutral" demonstration projects that fit Chongming's actual situation, and plan a practical technical roadmap and implementation path for the "carbon neutrality" demonstration area.
At present, in Chongming Chenjia Town, Luhua Town and other places, the "Fishing-Light Complementary" project is accelerating. Chenjia Town "Fishing Light Complementary" project covers an area of nearly 3400 acres, through the use of the original fish pond resources, photovoltaic power generation above the fish pond, fishery aquaculture in the waters below, the construction of "fishing light complementary" energy economic system, to create a set of science education, sightseeing tourism, leisure fishery in one of the integrated industrial park. Shanghai Huadian Chongming Luhua 44 MW "Fishing-Light Complementary" photovoltaic power generation demonstration project was built on the water surface of Huaxing Village Fishery Farm in Luhua Town, and will optimize the energy structure of the ecological island in the future and provide more green energy for the construction of Chongming's world-class ecological island.
Nowadays, Chongming's ecological soft power has been significantly enhanced, the ecological radiation effect continues to enlarge, and it has become a shining symbol of Chongming to see the starry sky, green water, flowers, and birdsong.
Enhance ecological value and switch to new tracks for development
Planting a thick ecological foundation does not mean "not developing". On the contrary, ecology itself is development, and it is an advanced form of development. In the past five years, Chongming has based on its excellent ecological background and embarked on a new path of development of "+ ecology" and "ecology +".
Chongming is firmly grasping strategic opportunities such as the ecological protection of the Yangtze River, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, rural revitalization, post-flower Expo, and rail transit high-speed rail on the island, accelerating the transformation of ecological assets into development capital, ecological elements into development factors, and ecological advantages into development advantages, and accelerating the rise of green.
On July 2 this year, the 10th China Flower Expo with the theme of "Blossoming Chinese Dream" was successfully concluded in Chongming, Shanghai. After 326 days of full bidding and 1140 days of meticulous preparation, the flower expo sprouted and grew like a vibrant green plant, and finally ushered in a 43-day delicate "flowering period" in Shanghai at the turn of spring and summer, presenting a flower feast full of ecological characteristics, modern level and style of a big country.
As the "Olympics" of China's flower industry, the Flower Expo has always been an "accelerator" to promote urban development. The beauty of flowers is not only in the park, but also outside the park and beautiful in people's hearts. A flower expo with art gathering, cultural integration, intellectual convergence and rushing traffic has greatly promoted the process of building a world-class ecological island in Chongming, concentrated on the achievements of Shanghai's ecological civilization construction, and also raised the people's yearning for a better life to a higher level.
Huabo has brought not only the "popularity" of the public attention, but also added the "kinetic energy" of leapfrog development. Riding on this east wind, Chongming promotes the comprehensive upgrading and development of infrastructure, beautiful villages, tourism services, and flower industries. The whole region has successfully introduced 8 high-quality flower leading enterprises, with a total investment of nearly 2.5 billion yuan in landed enterprise projects; the total planting area of commercial flowers in the region is nearly 30,000 mu, and the annual sales volume exceeds 100 million yuan; by 2025, Chongming will build a prototype of an international flower industry highland.
Urban modern green agriculture, boutique homestays, and tourism industries have also ushered in new development opportunities with the help of Huabo Dongfeng.
During this year's "Eleventh" Golden Week, Chongming, which has "unlimited scenery", has become an excellent place for tourists to travel. The occupancy rate of mid-to-high-end hotels and 150 five-star and four-star high-end homestays in Chongming District is 99.8%, and the overall occupancy rate of 23,674 accommodation rooms and nearly 42,000 beds in chongming district is 96.6%. The scene of "one room is difficult to find" allows everyone to see the explosive power of Chongming Homestay in the post-Flower Expo era.
Chongming is the largest rural area in Shanghai, with 1/4 of the city's woodland, 1/3 of the basic farmland, the largest number of rural areas and the largest agricultural population in the city, is an important "vegetable basket" and "rice bag" in Shanghai, and is also the largest green agricultural development space in Shanghai. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Chongming District was selected as the first batch of national agricultural green development pilot zones, continued to adhere to the green as the background color, characterized by two non-existents, and closely focused on the development goal of "high-tech, high quality and high added value" of agriculture, and created an urban modern green agricultural highland and a "golden signboard" of Chongming green agriculture. At present, Chongming district has 8 geographical indication certification trademarks, 2 geographical indication protection products, 4 geographical indications of agricultural products, regional public brand unified logo "Shanshui" trademark covers Chongming rice, Chongming and Qing water crab and other 6 "Chongming excellent product" characteristic brands, large supermarkets, e-commerce "Chongming" logo agricultural products brand is well received by customers.
In recent years, Chongming has vigorously promoted the creation and management of scenic spots, and there are currently 24 national A-class tourist attractions, of which 7 are 4A-level scenic spots. With the help of the east wind of world-class ecological island construction, Chongming tourism industry has developed rapidly, and in 2020, Chongming received 7.607 million tourists and achieved direct tourism revenue of 1.61 billion yuan, an increase of 19.68% and 21.8% respectively year-on-year. In the first half of this year, Chongming received 9.907 million tourists and achieved a direct tourism income of 2.842 billion yuan, which has exceeded the level of last year.
The momentum of green development is strong, the high-quality ecological industry system is continuously optimized, and the "good ecology" is constantly spawning, empowering and activating the "new economy" in Chongming. In the future, Chongming will continue to make every effort to develop modern new agriculture, gather and develop new marine intelligent manufacturing, innovate and develop ecological new cultural tourism, accelerate the development of vitality and new health, cultivate and develop green new technologies, and constantly enlarge the "flower Bo effect" and bloom "beautiful economy".
Looking forward to a better future, we will build an ecological new Chongming
On July 22, 2016, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Government held the "Chongming County And DistrictIng" work conference, marking that the county-level administrative structure has become history in Shanghai. At the end of that year, the Shanghai Municipal Government issued the "13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Chongming World-class Ecological Island", which clearly promoted the construction of a world-class ecological island with the strength of the whole city.
Over the past five years, Chongming has deeply practiced the important concept of people's cities, actively responded to the people's urgent difficulties and expectations, paid more attention to fineness, quality and temperature, vigorously improved the well-being of the ecological people, continuously enhanced the happiness of the people, and let the ecological dividend benefit the whole region.
Since 2018, Chongming District has actively communicated and coordinated with the municipal business authorities, and established township ecological conservation cooperatives as employment assistance bases in the whole district to absorb the employment of people with employment difficulties, and at the same time encourage and guide practitioners to achieve ecological employment by participating in ecological conservation and ecological services.
In view of the large base of ecological employment personnel, the variety of posts, the dispersion of work locations, and the difficulty of manual management to fully grasp the situation, Chongming District has fully implemented the intelligent management mode of ecological employment, and clearly grasped the attendance and work of employees through intelligent management modes such as "fingerprint plus face recognition check-in, work grid area designation, and GPS full trajectory tracking". The original loose team gradually became an elite team. At present, there are about 13,000 ecological workers in Chongming District, who have become the spokespersons for participating in the construction of ecological islands at their doorstep.
In the past five years, Chongming has built 9 municipal and 34 district-level rural revitalization demonstration villages, and 11,000 peasant families have been included in relatively concentrated residences. Rolling implementation of major ecological project construction, the first phase of the Yangtze River embankment around the island, the relocation of four sluice gates along the north, the tailwater drainage of qingcaosha reservoir, the hengsha anti-imperialist polder pump gate and other projects were completed and put into use, and Wanda Plaza was successfully opened, ending the history of Chongming without a large-scale comprehensive commercial body. At the same time, a number of cooperative school-running projects such as Shanghai Experimental Dongtan School were completed and put into use, the project of The International College of Agriculture and Ecology of Shanghai Jiaotong University was successfully landed, taking the lead in building a compact regional medical association, and the new hospital of the Third People's Hospital of the district and the Changxing People's Hospital were completed and put into operation, ending the history of no large-scale comprehensive hospital in Changheng area.
Facing the future, Chongming's development potential is envisaged. After five years of traffic transformation, Chongming's water and land transportation is in all directions, green travel has gradually become fashionable, and the pace of transportation development continues to accelerate. The Chongming Line project of Shanghai Rail Transit, which has long been concerned by the people of Chongming, is in full swing, and the signing of the entrustment agreement for the implementation of the preliminary work of the Chongming Line (Pudong Section) has been completed recently, and the preliminary land vacation work of the Chongming Line (Pudong Section) has been fully launched. After the completion of the Chongming Line, through the rail transit network, the time from Chongming to Pudong and even the city center will be greatly shortened. In addition, the North Yanjiang high-speed rail project is also steadily advancing.
This is the epitome of Chongming's transportation development, and more like the epitome of Chongming's economic and social development. The change of transportation mode has never been just a question of whether travel is convenient, but also determines the way people live and produce. After completely switching to a different development model, after experiencing the initial doubts, wandering, and facing the initial doubts and complaints, now Chongming's development has long been on the right track, and the speed has been pulled up, it is "the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed through the ten thousand heavy mountains."
Struggle casts brilliance, hardship shows courage. In the past five years, Chongming has enhanced the core competitiveness of ecological development, forged and forged the Chongming spiritual character of "Chongde Mingli, dare to be the first, and continue to expand", and created a new realm for the construction of a world-class ecological island. The tide should be stepped on, and the wind can raise the sails. At present, Chongming coincides with the superposition period of important strategic opportunities, the release of ecological potential, and the acceleration period of beautiful butterfly transformation, and in the next five years, the new Chongming, which is ecologically beautiful and happy, livable and suitable for work and travel, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature, will gradually rise.
Looking back at history, the sons and daughters of Chongming have the ambition of "daring to teach the sun and the moon for a new day"; facing the future, on the new journey of reform and opening up, Chongming will firmly develop the direction of ecological development, become the benchmark and model of the ecological protection of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and compose more Chongming examples for practicing "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains".
From a grain of sand to an island, it is a miracle created by nature; from a desert beach to a beautiful home, it is a miracle created by Chongming people; and the construction of a new Chongming will be another new miracle created by Chongming people. In the future, Chongming will unswervingly adhere to the ecological island, with the enthusiasm of hearing the war and rejoicing, the hard work of catching up with the learning, and the momentum of bravely moving forward, strive to take the long march of ecological civilization construction in the new era, and strive to promote the construction of a world-class ecological island to achieve a new historical leap.
(Source: Liberation Daily)
Editor: Li Lin