Reporters of this newspaper, Li Yan, Yang Yi
President Xi Jinping recently attended the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China in beijing and delivered an important speech: "All countries in the world should take practical actions to guard the security border for nature, encourage green recovery, green production and green consumption, promote the formation of a civilized and healthy lifestyle, form a pattern of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and make a good ecological environment an inexhaustible source of sustainable development." ”
When ecology prospers, civilization prospers. Over the past 50 years, China and the United Nations have cooperated in depth in combating desertification, environmental protection and biodiversity governance, with remarkable results. China adheres to the concept of ecological civilization to guide development, puts the construction of ecological civilization in a prominent position, and integrates it into all aspects and the whole process of China's economic and social development. China will unswervingly follow the path of green, low-carbon and sustainable development, will continue to lead the global ecological environment governance, and make new and greater contributions to the protection of the earth's homeland.
Paint a new picture of green development
The ecological and environmental problems are ultimately the problems of development methods and lifestyles. To protect the ecological environment is to protect the productive forces, and to improve the ecological environment is to develop the productive forces.
"Let the green water and green mountains give full play to the economic and social benefits, not to destroy it, but to protect it better" "The good ecology itself contains infinite economic value, which can continuously create comprehensive benefits and achieve sustainable economic and social development" "Green waters and green mountains are both natural wealth and economic wealth"... President Xi Jinping profoundly explained the relationship between economic development and ecological environmental protection, and pointed out a new path for realizing the coordinated coexistence of development and protection.
Thought leads to action, and philosophy guides practice. China has accelerated the top-level design and institutional system construction of ecological civilization, and laid a solid institutional foundation for ecological environmental protection. Today, China's green territory is constantly expanding: generation after generation of Saihanba people have been racing and working for a long time, creating an ecological miracle of changing the wasteland into a forest sea; after decades of scientific governance, Kubuqi has achieved a historical change from "sand into people retreating" to "green into the sand retreat", with a sand control area of more than 6,000 square kilometers, driving the local people out of poverty by more than 100,000 people; satellite observation data found that more than 1/4 of the new green space area added in the world from 2000 to 2017 came from China. China's contribution to the global greening increment ranks first in the world. With solid actions and unprecedented intensity, China has greened the earth, added color to nature, and sought the well-being of mankind.
China's green development concept resonates with the world: in 2013, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme passed a draft decision promoting China's ecological civilization concept; in 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme released the report "Green Water and Green Mountains are Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains: China's Ecological Civilization Strategy and Action"; "Green Water and Green Mountains are Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains", which has become the motto of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Laos.
Deqin Tsering, director of the Asia-Pacific region of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that China has written the construction of ecological civilization into its constitution and integrated it into its national development policies. "This sets a good example and can serve as a model for guiding the direction of global strategy." UN Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner commented: "In the field of ecological civilization, China is not only giving itself, but also the world an opportunity to better understand the transition to a green economy. ”
Actively protect biodiversity
"Biodiversity makes the earth full of life and is the foundation of human survival and development. Protecting biodiversity contributes to the preservation of the earth's home and promotes the sustainable development of mankind. At the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Leaders' Summit, President Xi Jinping began his keynote speech, pointing out the great significance of biodiversity conservation for the survival and development of mankind.
In recent years, global climate change has intensified, natural disasters have been frequent, and the situation of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation has been severe. Humanity stands at the crossroads of biodiversity conservation and global sustainable development. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity is the first global meeting of a United Nations agency on the theme of ecological civilization, which reflects the confidence and determination of China and the international community to work together to curb biodiversity loss and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
China is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. In promoting the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, realizing the mutual promotion of ecological protection and economic and social development, China has both advanced value concepts and pragmatic action measures. China's nature reserve system system has gradually improved, with nearly 10,000 natural protected areas of various types in the country; the implementation of the ecological protection redline system, the definition of priority areas for biodiversity conservation, 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 71% of the national key protected wild animal and plant species have been effectively protected, and the wild population of some rare and endangered species is gradually recovering; the first batch of national parks have been officially established; China announced that it has taken the lead in investing 1.5 billion yuan to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund...
China's biodiversity conservation work has been widely recognized by the international community. "China's successful experience in biodiversity conservation has contributed Chinese wisdom to global environmental governance.' ”
"I have been to many parts of China, from the northwest desert to the water towns of Jiangnan, and the richness of China's biodiversity is touching. I can also feel that China's environmental indicators are constantly improving. Arthur Hansen, a special consultant of the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada, said.
Nigel Toppin, high-level advocate for climate action at the 26th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said China's concept of ecological civilization will play a vital role in promoting multilateralism in global biodiversity conservation and environmental protection.
Build a community of human and natural life
President Xi Jinping has repeatedly issued China's initiative to protect the earth's homeland on the international stage, providing China's plan to improve global ecological governance. At the side meeting on the theme of "Protecting the Earth" at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Riyadh, he called on the international community to work together to meet the challenges in the field of climate and environment and protect the blue planet; at the "Leaders' Climate Summit", he called on the international community to be brave and work together to build a community of human and natural life; at the general debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, he proposed to improve global environmental governance, actively respond to climate change, and build a community of human and natural life...
China firmly upholds multilateralism and actively participates in global environmental governance. China has continued to increase its contributions to the Global Environment Facility and has become the largest donor to the core budget of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols; under the framework of "South-South cooperation", China has actively provided support for the conservation of biodiversity in developing countries, benefiting more than 80 countries around the world; and China will jointly establish the "Nature-Based Solutions" Asian Center with the World Union for Conservation of Nature to build an international exchange window platform in the field of ecological protection and restoration.
In the process of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", China has made cooperation in the field of ecological civilization a key content, launched a series of green action initiatives, and adopted a series of measures such as green infrastructure, green energy, green transportation and green finance.
In Mauritania, Chinese experts brought the experience of Taklamakan Desert governance to the country and neighboring countries and trained these areas in the detection and assessment of agricultural, forestry and pastoral ecosystems, sustainable land management and green economy; in Uzbekistan, they assisted in the construction of automatic weather station demonstration stations and provided technical support and personnel training to improve the level of local meteorological observation; in Mongolia, the implementation of the Gobi bear habitat management technical assistance project to help Mongolia's "national bear" get rid of the endangerment crisis... Munir Akram, President of the Un Economic and Social Council, said that in the process of promoting the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", China has gradually introduced the concept of ecological civilization and green economy, benefiting countries along the route. "This is an initiative that is very welcome not only for developing countries, but for the whole world."
The earth is the home where human beings live and guard together, and mankind is a community of common destiny. China will work hand in hand with the world to seek the road of global ecological civilization construction, jointly build a beautiful home in harmony with all things, and create a better future for mankind.
Source: People's Daily