Write a new chapter in beautiful China

Source: People's Daily

"Heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me", man and nature are a community of life. In his 2022 New Year message, President Xi Jinping said with deep affection: "Whether it is the 'Mother River' of the Yellow River yangtze River, or the turquoise Qinghai Lake, the majestic Brahmaputra River; whether it is the century project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project or the 'green map' of the Saihanba Forest Farm; whether it is the yunnan elephant returning from the north to the south, or the Breeding and Migration of Tibetan Antelope... All this shows that people do not live up to Qingshan, and Qingshan will certainly live up to people. ”

The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. A good ecology itself contains infinite economic value, which can continuously create comprehensive benefits and achieve sustainable economic and social development. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has grasped the construction of ecological civilization with unprecedented strength, the consciousness and initiative of the whole party and the whole country to promote green development have been significantly enhanced, major steps have been taken in the construction of a beautiful China, and historical, turning and overall changes have taken place in the protection of the ecological environment on the mainland. Not long ago, the 2022 National Eco-environmental Protection Work Conference was held. According to reports, in 2021, 8 binding indicators in the field of ecological environment on the mainland will be successfully completed, pollutant emissions will continue to decline, and the quality of the ecological environment will be significantly improved. This is a vivid footnote to fundamental changes and historic achievements in the field of ecology.

The change of ecology lies fundamentally in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. From advocating that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains to emphasizing the comprehensive management of grass and sand in landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, and lakes, from exhorting to be a good ecological guardian of the Qinling Mountains to requiring the qilian mountains to always exist, from promoting the Yangtze River Economic Belt to "jointly grasp great protection and not engage in large-scale development" to promoting the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin to become a major national strategy... There are not only scientific concepts, but also blueprint planning and specific paths; both strategic epistemology and tactical methodology; both a long-term vision based on China and a broad global vision. Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization provides theoretical guidance for promoting the construction of ecological civilization and establishes a value beacon for the joint construction of a beautiful China.

Ecological changes are inseparable from institutional escort. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a distinctive feature of promoting the construction of ecological civilization is to pay attention to the role of the system in managing the fundamental and long-term. Establish and improve the property rights system for natural resource assets, the system for the protection of land and space development, the evaluation and assessment system for the goals of ecological civilization construction and the system for pursuing responsibility, the system of ecological compensation, the system of river and lake chiefs, the system of forest chiefs, the system of "the party and the government share the responsibility" and "one post and double responsibility" for environmental protection. Using institutional civilization to escort ecological civilization has gradually become a consensus, and the more densely woven ecological civilization system has made beautiful China gradually approaching. The "four beams and eight pillars" of the ecological civilization system have been formed, and the advantages of the system have increasingly been transformed into the governance efficiency of coping with risks and challenges, consolidating the foundation for protecting green waters and green mountains and ensuring ecological security.

The change of ecology reflects the change of development mode, and it is also a profound change in ideology and concept. In Anji, Zhejiang Province, the change from "selling stones" to "selling scenery" has fulfilled the dream of ecological well-off among the villagers; in Aksu, Xinjiang, a "green Great Wall" was built on the ancient wasteland in the past, turning the source of wind and sand into a source of happiness; in Youyu, Shanxi, after unremitting afforestation, sand prevention and control, the barren land was transformed into an oasis, so that the peasants' "money bags" bulged... Practice has proved that economic development and ecological environmental protection are not contradictory and antagonistic relations, but are organically unified and complementary. Today, the concept of green water and green mountains is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the construction of ecological civilization has been integrated into all aspects and the whole process of economic and social development, and has become a cause shared by the people to participate in common construction.

The environment is the people's livelihood, the green mountains are beautiful, and the blue sky is also happiness. On the new journey, if we strengthen the strategic determination of ecological civilization construction, overcome difficulties and make long-term achievements, and more consciously promote green development, circular development and low-carbon development, we will certainly be able to write a new chapter in beautiful China. (Zou Xiang)

People's Daily ( January 19, 2022, Edition 04)