With the construction of a beautiful China, we will comprehensively promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
Sun Jinlong
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at the Central Economic Work Conference: "We must take the promotion of Chinese-style modernization as the biggest politics, unite the broadest masses of the people under the unified leadership of the Party, focus on the central task of economic construction and the primary task of high-quality development, and turn the grand blueprint of Chinese-style modernization into a beautiful reality step by step." The ecological environment system should firmly support the "two establishments" and resolutely achieve the "two maintenances", thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully implement the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference and the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, and resolutely be the vanguard and main force of the construction of a beautiful China, support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment, and comprehensively promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature with the construction of a beautiful China.
Perseverance and deep understanding of Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization
In July 2023, the CPC Central Committee once again convened the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, which is a new and important milestone in the field of ecological civilization construction in the new era and new journey. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, comprehensively summarizing the world-renowned achievements in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era, especially the "four major changes", profoundly expounding the "five major relationships" that need to be handled well in promoting the construction of ecological civilization on the new journey, systematically deploying the "six major tasks" to comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China, and clearly putting forward "a major requirement" for adhering to and strengthening the party's overall leadership It has realized the innovative development of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization on the basis of practice, and provided a fundamental compliance and action guide for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China and accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The ecological environment system should consolidate and expand the achievements of theme education, unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to forge the soul, further study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, deepen the internalization of the party's innovative theory into a powerful ideological weapon to guide the comprehensive promotion of the construction of a beautiful China, and consciously be a firm believer, active communicator, and faithful practitioner of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, and always move forward courageously in the direction guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee. It is necessary to closely link the vivid practice and great achievements of ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection in the new era, deeply understand the truth and practical power of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, deeply grasp the world view, methodology and positions, views and methods contained in this thought, further strengthen historical self-confidence, enhance historical initiative, deepen the understanding of laws, and make the ideas, methods and measures of comprehensively promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature with the construction of a beautiful China more complete, more scientific and more solid. It is necessary to unswervingly adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership over the construction of ecological civilization, give full play to the political advantages of the party's leadership, plan and promote the ecological and environmental protection of the new journey with a higher position, a wider vision and greater efforts, and fundamentally ensure that the blueprint for a beautiful China becomes a reality step by step.
Perseverance in undertaking the major mission of building a beautiful China
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, and under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the ecological environment system has fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, conscientiously studied and implemented the spirit of the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, better coordinated development and protection, and fought the tough battle of pollution prevention and control。 In 2023, the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in cities at and above the prefecture level will be 30 micrograms per cubic meter, nearly 3 micrograms per cubic meter better than the annual target set in the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the national rate of good days will be 85.5%, 86.8% after deducting abnormal sand and dust days, 0.6 percentage points better than the annual target. The proportion of surface water quality in the whole country was 89.4 percent, up 1.5 percentage points year-on-year, the water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River remained stable and maintained Class II, and the proportion of the area with excellent sea water quality in the coastal waters of the country was 85.0 percent, up 3.1 percentage points year-on-year. The safe use of polluted cultivated land and key construction land has been effectively guaranteed, and the national rural domestic sewage treatment (control) rate has reached more than 40%. The overall ecological quality of the country is good, nuclear and radiation safety is stable and controllable, and environmental risks are effectively controlled. These achievements have been hard-won and have laid a good foundation for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China.
At the same time, we are also soberly aware that the construction of ecological civilization in the mainland is still in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy burden, the green and low-carbon transformation of the development mode has a long way to go, the structural, root cause and trend pressure of ecological environmental protection has not been fundamentally alleviated, the contradiction between the limited environmental capacity and the total amount of pollutant emissions is still high, the foundation for the stability and improvement of the ecological environment quality is not solid, the pressure on ecological environment security continues to increase, the modern environmental governance system is not sound enough, and the global environmental governance situation is becoming more complex. History and reality show that modernization will not fall from the sky, and a beautiful China will by no means be achieved easily, and it is necessary to maintain strategic sobriety and strategic determination, make long-term and arduous efforts, and persevere.
In December 2023, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China" was issued, which further clarified the overall requirements, key tasks and major measures for comprehensively promoting the construction of a Beautiful China, and is a programmatic document for systematically deploying and guiding the comprehensive promotion of the construction of a Beautiful China. The ecological environment system should continue to improve political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution, bear in mind the "great man of the country", conscientiously benchmark against the table, accurately grasp the situation and tasks facing the construction of a beautiful China, anchor the basic realization of the goal of a beautiful China by 2035, adhere to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability with progress, establishing first and then breaking down, coordinate industrial structure adjustment, pollution control, ecological protection, and response to climate change, and coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and green expansion. growth, accelerate the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment from quantitative to qualitative change, and accelerate the formation of a new pattern of building a beautiful China oriented to the realization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Give full play to the functional role of overall planning and coordination, establish and improve the implementation system and promotion mechanism for the construction of a beautiful China, strengthen departmental coordination, deepen local practice, and form a strong synergy to jointly build and share a beautiful China. Focusing on the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone, we will promote the creation of a demonstration model for the construction of a Beautiful China, focus on major regional strategies to create a green development highland, build beautiful cities and beautiful villages according to local conditions, continue to do a good job in the construction of beautiful rivers, lakes and bays, and cultivate beautiful cells such as ecological communities. With the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment as the core, we will continue to fight the battle to defend the blue sky, clear water and pure land, implement a number of landmark actions and innovative measures with higher standards, promote new breakthroughs in pollution prevention and control in key areas, key areas and key indicators, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security in the ecological environment.
Perseverance, support and high-quality development with high-level protection
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "In the whole process of Chinese-style modernization, we must grasp the dialectical unity between high-quality development and high-level protection. "High-quality development and high-level protection are complementary and mutually reinforcing, high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and green development has become a universal form, high-level protection is the due meaning and important support of high-quality development, and high-quality development with ecological priority and green and low-carbon development can only be achieved by relying on high-level protection. On the new journey, we must keep in mind that high-quality development is the last word in the new era, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, take the overall planning of high-quality development and high-level protection as the guide, continuously shape the new momentum and new advantages of development through high-level protection, build a green and low-carbon circular economic system, promote the accelerated development of new quality productivity, plant a green background for high-quality development, and continue to enhance the potential and stamina of development.
The ecological environment system should focus on the central task of economic construction and the primary task of high-quality development, consciously integrate ecological environmental protection into the overall situation of economic and social development, deepen the policies and measures for the ecological environment to serve the economic recovery and support high-quality development, strengthen the environmental impact assessment guarantee of major investment projects on the basis of keeping the bottom line of ecological and environmental protection, and promote environmental protection and finance, currency, employment, industry, regional, Coordinate science and technology policies, form policy synergies and market-oriented mechanisms to support green and low-carbon development, cultivate and expand ecological and environmental protection industries, create a new engine for green growth, and fully serve and support the continuous improvement of economic operation. Maintain the strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, give full play to the supporting and guaranteeing role of high-level protection, and promote the green transformation of industrial structure, energy structure, transportation structure, and urban-rural construction and development by improving the quality of the ecological environment, carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and forcing total emission reduction, source emission reduction, and structural emission reduction, so as to strengthen the zoning control of the ecological environment and optimize the pattern of land space development and protection, so as to "clear the bottom line", "draw the border" and "add greenery and gold" to high-quality development, and realize the benign interaction of high-level protection, high-quality environment, and high-quality development. Coordinate development and security, strictly prevent and control ecological and environmental risks, earnestly safeguard ecological security, ensure nuclear and radiation safety, ensure that the natural environment and conditions on which we rely for survival and development are not threatened or destroyed, and resolutely adhere to the bottom line of safety in building a beautiful China.
Persistently implement the policy of precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "we must adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law", which provides an important methodology and fundamental policy for further promoting pollution prevention and control, and also provides an action guide for the ecological environment department to better serve economic and social development based on its functions and responsibilities. At present, with the continuous deepening of pollution prevention and control, the contradictions touched are deeper in level, wider in scope and higher in requirements. On the new journey, to plan and promote ecological environmental protection with higher standards, we must fully and accurately implement the policies of precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law, and comprehensively improve the modernization level of ecological and environmental governance.
Strengthen precise thinking. "The big things in the world must be done in detail. "Ecological environment governance should strengthen precise thinking, and do the work solidly and in place with embroidery skills. Analyze and identify the main contradictions and secondary contradictions that affect the quality of the ecological environment, as well as the main and secondary aspects of the contradictions, so that they know and know clearly, clarify the main direction of attack, grasp the "big head", create conditions, and implement precise policies. Be good at using numbers to speak and make decisions, make efforts to do investigation and research, make detailed argumentation and evaluation, and measure the expected emission reduction and actual improvement of environmental quality of each pollution control measure as carefully as possible, and make every measure, every step and every link solid and refined, so as to achieve the best governance effect. According to the environmental quality improvement objectives and tasks and timing progress requirements, combined with meteorological conditions, human activities and other factors, grasp the relationship between the usual governance and the key period of governance, put more effort into peacetime, and strive for the initiative and leave room for the completion of the annual goals and tasks.
Strengthen scientific thinking. Ecological and environmental governance is a science, and we must insist on seeking truth from facts, seeking truth and pragmatism, and consciously act in accordance with objective laws. It is necessary to scientifically analyze the deep-seated root causes behind the problems of the ecological environment, focus the objects of treatment on the problems of environmental pollution and ecological damage caused by man-made activities such as industry, energy, and transportation, rather than on the problems caused by natural factors, and then adopt targeted measures that combine the treatment of the symptoms with the treatment of the root causes, so as to promote the fundamental solution of the problems. Understand and apply scientific laws, be good at judging the composition and contribution of pollution emission sources from environmental monitoring and traceability results, analyze and discover the characteristics of regional environmental pollution, industrial structure and energy structure, and use this as a scientific basis to treat symptoms and improve the effectiveness of pollution control. The system concept runs through the whole process of ecological protection and environmental governance, and the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction is the traction, strengthening system governance, source management, and comprehensive treatment, and enhancing the relevance and consistency of various measures. Adhere to local conditions, classified policies, according to the natural resource endowment and ecological environment capacity of different regions, reasonably set governance evaluation standards, adopt different governance methods, while taking engineering measures, but also make good use of "nature-based solutions", can not blindly pursue high standards, full coverage.
Strengthen the rule of law thinking. "If those who follow the law are strong, the country will be strong, and if those who follow the law are weak, the country will be weak. "Abiding by and strictly enforcing the law is the bottom line for state officials, and it is also unconditional, and it must not be implemented if it is agreeable, and it must not be implemented if it is not agreeable, and the law cannot be regarded as a soft constraint or a dead letter on the shelf. Ecological and environmental protection work is very political, people-oriented, and law-based, and must respect the rule of law, revere the law, administer according to law, perform duties according to law, and be good at using rule of law thinking and rule of law methods to carry out work. Persist in taking the facts as the basis and the law as the criterion, properly handle the relationship between ends and means, strictly regulate law enforcement procedures, strictly abide by the legally prescribed time limits for handling, further improve the quality of law enforcement, and cannot use unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, and resolutely prevent the emergence of simple and crude law enforcement, arbitrary law enforcement, and capricious punishment.
Persistently improve the ability to grasp implementation
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized advocating hard work and paying close attention to implementation, and taking implementation as one of the basic abilities that party members and cadres must have. At the Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again emphasized the extreme importance of implementation, requiring us to grasp the implementation to the letter, vigorously and resolutely, seek truth and pragmatic implementation, and dare to do good to grasp the implementation. At present, the blueprint for a beautiful China has been drawn, the goals and tasks have been clear, and the key is to work hard and overcome difficulties to ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented and effective.
The ecological environment system should further improve its political position, put the construction of a beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, strengthen political consciousness, know the heavy burden, know the difficulties and overcome difficulties, and know the responsibilities, with a full mental state and pragmatic work style, one task at a time, one link at a time. Adhere to goal-oriented and problem-oriented, in view of the characteristics of ecological and environmental governance, which are multifaceted and wide-ranging, intertwined with new and old contradictions, and accumulated and superimposed pressures, further strengthen investigation and research, deepen reform and innovation, and constantly make new breakthroughs in key areas, key links and shortcomings, solve the deep-seated contradictions and frequent problems faced by the development of ecological and environmental protection, and strive to build an ecological civilization system and mechanism conducive to promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Adhere to the people-centered development philosophy and high-quality development orientation, vigorously promote the style of pragmatism, resolutely rectify formalist problems that violate the laws of nature, engage in surprises, simplification, and "one-size-fits-all", and continue to win the trust of the people with the actual effect of improving the quality of the ecological environment. Comprehensively strengthen ideological tempering, political training, practical training, and professional training, vigorously carry forward the Marxist study style of integrating theory with practice, make up for shortcomings, strengths and weaknesses in a targeted manner, practice basic skills in a solid manner, firmly grasp the ability to take care of the house, constantly improve the ability to solve practical problems, and show new responsibilities and new deeds with excellent skills.
(The author is Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment)
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