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people.” Under the leadership of the CPC, Chinese people from all ethnic groups
across the country have been working together towards the Chinese Dream and an
ecological civilization. Fundamentally, to enhance happiness of the whole society, it
is necessary to consider both material and non-material factors. As Xi Jinping pointed
out, “money has an important impact on most people’s lives, but a good environment
is also an important part of a happy life, and money cannot buy it. Even if you have
a lot of money, you won’t be happy if the quality of the air and drinking water is
poor.” China is still at a critical stage of industrialization. Under the leadership of
the CPC, Chinese people are moving towards a socialist ecological civilization. This
is not only a historical opportunity but also an irreversible trend of the times.
3. Ecological civilization development has been or is being integrated into all
aspects and the whole process of economic, political, cultural, and social
development of China
China is integrating the its pursuit of an ecological civilization into economic development. Xi Jinping pointed out: “We want not only clean water and green mountains, but also mountains of gold and silver. It is better to have clean water and green
mountains than mountains of gold and silver. Green is gold. We must not promote
economic development at a price of environmental degradation.” In modern society,
green science and technologies such as ecological technology, recycling technology,
system management science, complex systems engineering, clean energy and environmental protection technology are advancing and have become a decisive factor
in productivity improvement and the transformation of production methods, which
is a direct driving force for the rise of the green industry. Now, the green industry
and green economy have become an important part of the new normal of China’s
economic development and presented an important opportunity for China to grow
into a major economic power.
China is integrating ecological civilization building into its political development. Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must completely change our concept - that is,
we should no longer talk about development in terms of GDP growth rate. We must
put the environment in a prominent position in the evaluation system of economic
and social development.” “The most important thing is to improve the evaluation
system of economic and social development, and to incorporate indicators such as
resource consumption, environmental damage, and ecological benefits that reflect
the status of ecological civilization construction into the evaluation system.” From
an institutional point of view, we must establish a sound resource and environmental
management system, move faster towards the establishment of a land development
and protection system, a system for paid use of resources, an ecological compensation system, an environmental accountability system, and an environmental damage
compensation system. These systems can reflect market supply and demand, the
scarcity of resources, the value of the environment, and intergenerational fairness.
China is integrating ecological civilization building into its cultural development,
Xi Jinping pointed out that the excellent traditional Chinese culture, such as the ideas
of “unification of nature and man (tian ren he yi)” and “following the laws of nature
(dao fa zi ran)” offers inspirations on how to solve the problems faced by human
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people.” Under the leadership of the CPC, Chinese people from all ethnic groups
across the country have been working together towards the Chinese Dream and an
ecological civilization. Fundamentally, to enhance happiness of the whole society, it
is necessary to consider both material and non-material factors. As Xi Jinping pointed
out, “money has an important impact on most people’s lives, but a good environment
is also an important part of a happy life, and money cannot buy it. Even if you have
a lot of money, you won’t be happy if the quality of the air and drinking water is
poor.” China is still at a critical stage of industrialization. Under the leadership of
the CPC, Chinese people are moving towards a socialist ecological civilization. This
is not only a historical opportunity but also an irreversible trend of the times.
3. Ecological civilization development has been or is being integrated into all
aspects and the whole process of economic, political, cultural, and social
development of China
China is integrating the its pursuit of an ecological civilization into economic development. Xi Jinping pointed out: “We want not only clean water and green mountains, but also mountains of gold and silver. It is better to have clean water and green
mountains than mountains of gold and silver. Green is gold. We must not promote
economic development at a price of environmental degradation.” In modern society,
green science and technologies such as ecological technology, recycling technology,
system management science, complex systems engineering, clean energy and environmental protection technology are advancing and have become a decisive factor
in productivity improvement and the transformation of production methods, which
is a direct driving force for the rise of the green industry. Now, the green industry
and green economy have become an important part of the new normal of China’s
economic development and presented an important opportunity for China to grow
into a major economic power.
China is integrating ecological civilization building into its political development. Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must completely change our concept - that is,
we should no longer talk about development in terms of GDP growth rate. We must
put the environment in a prominent position in the evaluation system of economic
and social development.” “The most important thing is to improve the evaluation
system of economic and social development, and to incorporate indicators such as
resource consumption, environmental damage, and ecological benefits that reflect
the status of ecological civilization construction into the evaluation system.” From
an institutional point of view, we must establish a sound resource and environmental
management system, move faster towards the establishment of a land development
and protection system, a system for paid use of resources, an ecological compensation system, an environmental accountability system, and an environmental damage
compensation system. These systems can reflect market supply and demand, the
scarcity of resources, the value of the environment, and intergenerational fairness.
China is integrating ecological civilization building into its cultural development,
Xi Jinping pointed out that the excellent traditional Chinese culture, such as the ideas
of “unification of nature and man (tian ren he yi)” and “following the laws of nature
(dao fa zi ran)” offers inspirations on how to solve the problems faced by human