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into the conscious actions of all people.” This confirms the important position of the
mass line in building an ecological civilization.
In short, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the CPC has
creatively used the mass line in building an ecological civilization and established
it as an important principle of and the main path towards a socialist ecological
civilization in China.
2 The Mass Line in Ecological Civilization Development
Since 1949, under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people, who have turned
themselves into the masters of the country, have demonstrated high enthusiasm
in socialist construction and creatively carried out many ecological civilization
development activities with Chinese characteristics.
Resource conservation. China is a country with a large population and a low per
capita share of resources. Resource conservation is a must. In the early days of the
People’s Republic of China, to fight corruption, waste and bureaucracy, the CPC
Central Committee issued instructions to launch struggles against the “three evils.”
Mao Zedong claimed corruption and waste to be the biggest crimes so it was pointed
out that the broad masses, including members of democratic parties and people from
all walks of life must all be mobilized for the struggles. On January 4, 1952, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the Instructions on
Mobilizing the Masses to Start Struggles Against the “Three Evils” within a Time
Limit, requiring all institutions to mobilize the masses to fight within a time limit. On
this basis, on June 3, 1957, Instructions of the State Council on Further Promoting
the Campaign to Increase Production and Save Resources stated that in economic
construction, we should rely on the people to save natural resources. After 1978,
China took resource conservation as a basic national policy, and clearly set building
a resource-saving society as an important goal of ecological civilization development.
After the 18th National Congress of the CPC, in response to the serious problems of
formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, the Party launched activities
to see members command and act on the Party’s mass line and issued the eight-point
decision on improving work conduct. In this process, the broad masses of the people
carried forward the tradition of diligence and thrift of the Chinese nation, carried
out a series of resource-saving activities, changed the social atmosphere and saved
natural resources.
Patriotic health campaign. Themed on ensuring the health of the people, the Chinese
government launched the patriotic health campaign. In 1953, it was proposed to
combine health work with mass movement and incorporate the patriotic health
campaign centered on the elimination of the “four pests” into socialist construction. As Mao Zedong pointed out, “the elimination of the four pests is a big clean
and sanitation campaign… If all the people are mobilized and achievements can
be made, I believe people’s attitude will change, and the morale of our Chinese
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into the conscious actions of all people.” This confirms the important position of the
mass line in building an ecological civilization.
In short, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the CPC has
creatively used the mass line in building an ecological civilization and established
it as an important principle of and the main path towards a socialist ecological
civilization in China.
2 The Mass Line in Ecological Civilization Development
Since 1949, under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people, who have turned
themselves into the masters of the country, have demonstrated high enthusiasm
in socialist construction and creatively carried out many ecological civilization
development activities with Chinese characteristics.
Resource conservation. China is a country with a large population and a low per
capita share of resources. Resource conservation is a must. In the early days of the
People’s Republic of China, to fight corruption, waste and bureaucracy, the CPC
Central Committee issued instructions to launch struggles against the “three evils.”
Mao Zedong claimed corruption and waste to be the biggest crimes so it was pointed
out that the broad masses, including members of democratic parties and people from
all walks of life must all be mobilized for the struggles. On January 4, 1952, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the Instructions on
Mobilizing the Masses to Start Struggles Against the “Three Evils” within a Time
Limit, requiring all institutions to mobilize the masses to fight within a time limit. On
this basis, on June 3, 1957, Instructions of the State Council on Further Promoting
the Campaign to Increase Production and Save Resources stated that in economic
construction, we should rely on the people to save natural resources. After 1978,
China took resource conservation as a basic national policy, and clearly set building
a resource-saving society as an important goal of ecological civilization development.
After the 18th National Congress of the CPC, in response to the serious problems of
formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, the Party launched activities
to see members command and act on the Party’s mass line and issued the eight-point
decision on improving work conduct. In this process, the broad masses of the people
carried forward the tradition of diligence and thrift of the Chinese nation, carried
out a series of resource-saving activities, changed the social atmosphere and saved
natural resources.
Patriotic health campaign. Themed on ensuring the health of the people, the Chinese
government launched the patriotic health campaign. In 1953, it was proposed to
combine health work with mass movement and incorporate the patriotic health
campaign centered on the elimination of the “four pests” into socialist construction. As Mao Zedong pointed out, “the elimination of the four pests is a big clean
and sanitation campaign… If all the people are mobilized and achievements can
be made, I believe people’s attitude will change, and the morale of our Chinese