Foreword II
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to build ecological civilization and introduces strategic measures, methodology, and
practice adopted to promote the development of ecological civilization. It must be
noted that building ecological civilization is an important action plan of China’s
ruling party, the CPC.
III. Community of Shared Future for Mankind as Summation of Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization in Global Context
The community with a shared future is a vision of global governance proposed by
General Secretary Xi Jinping. Xi is a compassionate, global-minded Chinese leader.
His philosophy on ecological civilization reflects the Chinese wisdom. Xi calls for
global actions to build a global ecological civilization by promoting the development
of a community with a shared future and common interests for mankind. China is an
increasingly important participant, contributor, and leader in this process.
China is an increasingly important participant in the development of a global
ecological civilization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of
China, the development of China’s ecological civilization has become an important
driving force for the development of a community with a shared future for mankind.
China has actively undertaken its due international responsibilities, made enormous
inroads in addressing climate change, participated in international exchanges and
cooperation in the fields of ecological civilization, energy and resource security, and
disaster relief. China’s energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of
GDP have dropped significantly. China has announced the establishment of an RMB
20 billion South–South cooperation fund to help other developing countries tackle
climate change. International cooperation in fields such as clean energy, disaster
prevention and relief, environment protection, adaption of agriculture to climate
change, and low-carbon smart cities continues to advance. China has also strengthened the protection of wild animals and their habitats and severely cracked down
on the illegal trade of wild animals and ivory and other animal products. It attaches
great importance to and has made significant inroads in desertification prevention
and control, providing a Chinese model for the international community in managing
the ecological environment. From General Secretary Xi Jinping’s attendance at the
Paris Conference on Climate Change where the Paris Agreement was signed to the
Katowice Global Climate Change Conference in Poland, from the United Nations’
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the G20 Hangzhou Summit, China
has played an important role in advancing the Paris Agreement, helping developing
countries tackle climate change, and pursuing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
China is an increasingly important contributor to the development of a global
ecological civilization. Since the onset of the twenty-first century, environmental
problems have arisen on a global scale never seen before and have seriously affected
the development of the increasingly interconnected global village. With a population
of nearly 1.4 billion, China accounts for one-fifth of the world’s population and onefourth of the land area of Asia. China’s solutions to its own environmental problems
are a great contribution to the world. For example, General Secretary Xi Jinping has
repeatedly emphasized the need to protect the Lancang River, which is the seventh
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to build ecological civilization and introduces strategic measures, methodology, and
practice adopted to promote the development of ecological civilization. It must be
noted that building ecological civilization is an important action plan of China’s
ruling party, the CPC.
III. Community of Shared Future for Mankind as Summation of Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization in Global Context
The community with a shared future is a vision of global governance proposed by
General Secretary Xi Jinping. Xi is a compassionate, global-minded Chinese leader.
His philosophy on ecological civilization reflects the Chinese wisdom. Xi calls for
global actions to build a global ecological civilization by promoting the development
of a community with a shared future and common interests for mankind. China is an
increasingly important participant, contributor, and leader in this process.
China is an increasingly important participant in the development of a global
ecological civilization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of
China, the development of China’s ecological civilization has become an important
driving force for the development of a community with a shared future for mankind.
China has actively undertaken its due international responsibilities, made enormous
inroads in addressing climate change, participated in international exchanges and
cooperation in the fields of ecological civilization, energy and resource security, and
disaster relief. China’s energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of
GDP have dropped significantly. China has announced the establishment of an RMB
20 billion South–South cooperation fund to help other developing countries tackle
climate change. International cooperation in fields such as clean energy, disaster
prevention and relief, environment protection, adaption of agriculture to climate
change, and low-carbon smart cities continues to advance. China has also strengthened the protection of wild animals and their habitats and severely cracked down
on the illegal trade of wild animals and ivory and other animal products. It attaches
great importance to and has made significant inroads in desertification prevention
and control, providing a Chinese model for the international community in managing
the ecological environment. From General Secretary Xi Jinping’s attendance at the
Paris Conference on Climate Change where the Paris Agreement was signed to the
Katowice Global Climate Change Conference in Poland, from the United Nations’
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the G20 Hangzhou Summit, China
has played an important role in advancing the Paris Agreement, helping developing
countries tackle climate change, and pursuing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
China is an increasingly important contributor to the development of a global
ecological civilization. Since the onset of the twenty-first century, environmental
problems have arisen on a global scale never seen before and have seriously affected
the development of the increasingly interconnected global village. With a population
of nearly 1.4 billion, China accounts for one-fifth of the world’s population and onefourth of the land area of Asia. China’s solutions to its own environmental problems
are a great contribution to the world. For example, General Secretary Xi Jinping has
repeatedly emphasized the need to protect the Lancang River, which is the seventh