"Let us join hands, uphold the concept of ecological civilization, stand at the height of responsibility for future generations, jointly build a community of life on earth, and jointly build a clean and beautiful world!" On October 12, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Leaders' Summit. President Xi's speech profoundly pointed out the great significance of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, scientifically explained the dialectical relationship between development and protection, and clearly proposed an action plan to open a new journey of high-quality development of mankind, which will surely inject new impetus into global biodiversity governance and jointly build a community of life on earth.
Since the Industrial Revolution, human social and economic development has grown by leaps and bounds in just over 200 years. However, the irrational exploitation and gross plunder of human beings have accelerated the extinction of species, biodiversity loss and serious degradation of ecosystems on a global scale, and human society has paid a huge price. Biodiversity is the basis for the survival and development of human beings, is the blood and foundation of the community of life on the earth, and all kinds of lessons and facts warn mankind: we must have a deep reverence for nature, respect nature, conform to nature, protect nature, and build a harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
China attaches great importance to biodiversity conservation, from the endangered species rescue project to the world's largest ecological restoration project, from the construction of national parks, to the promotion of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals... Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has vigorously promoted the top-level design and institutional system construction of ecological civilization, and the concept of "green water and green mountains is golden mountains and silver mountains" has become the consensus and action guide of the whole party and society, and the beautiful China of "sky blue, green earth, green mountains and clean water" is accelerating its progress, making great contributions to improving the global ecological environment and protecting biodiversity.
"All things have their own sum and life, and each has its own nourishment." At this conference, President Xi Jinping put forward the "four-point initiative" from the perspective of sustainable human development - taking the construction of ecological civilization as the guide and coordinating the relationship between man and nature; taking the green transformation as the driving force to help global sustainable development; taking the people's well-being as the center to promote social fairness and justice; and maintaining a fair and reasonable international governance system based on international law. This heavy initiative has a long-term perspective, takes into account the concerns of all parties, and provides an important reference for the international community to cope with ecological and environmental challenges.
People do not live up to Qingshan, and Qingshan will certainly not live up to people. All countries should further transform the mode of development, strengthen green cooperation, share the fruits of green development, enhance the stamina of development, jointly build a home for the economy and the environment to work together, jointly safeguard biodiversity, make the earth more vibrant, and make the fruits of development and good ecology more and more equitable to benefit the people of all countries.
CCTV commentator
Source: CCTV