Continuously Advancing China’s Development of an Ecological …
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effective way to achieve the global governance led by China. Through active engagement in global environmental governance, China will continue to increase its voice
and influence in international affairs, lead countries and regions along the Belt and
Road in establishing the concept of ecological civilization that respects nature and
green development, guide the formation of an international order and international
cooperation that protects the environment and promotes sustainable development,
and allow the concept and practice of ecological civilization to benefit the people of
all countries along the routes.
2 Remarkable Progress in Building an Ecological
Civilization
In recent years, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, mechanisms and institutions for ecological civilization have been gradually established,
related systems have been continuously improved, and ecological conservation and
environmental governance have been advanced steadily, yielding remarkable results.
1. Continuous improvement of institutional mechanism and institutional
design
(1) Establishing the guiding ideology of building an ecological civilization.
Building an ecological civilization has been incorporated into the FiveSphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy. It
has been written into the newly revised Constitution of the Communist
Party of China as an important element. It has become the unified will and
goal of the entire Party and the people of China. This is also a fundamental,
global and historic strategic deployment by the CPC Central Committee
for ecological civilization and socio-economic development at this critical
moment of comprehensive success in building a moderately prosperous
society.
(2) Putting in place the institutional mechanism for building an ecological
civilization. The new round of institutional reform has resulted in the
unified management of natural resource assets, the use of national land
and space, and ecological protection and restoration. The reform has
integrated the supervision and management of forests, grasslands and
wetlands, accelerated the construction of national parks and other reserves,
combined the responsibilities of departments involved in the supervision
of environmental protection, and realized an effective mechanism for the
“integration of multiple regulations” on the use of land, the unified supervision of pollution emissions, and the unified coordination of ecological
protection and restoration, thus providing an institutional mechanism for
the development of an ecological civilization.
(3) Improving the top-level institutional design for developing an ecological civilization. The Chinese government has promulgated such major
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effective way to achieve the global governance led by China. Through active engagement in global environmental governance, China will continue to increase its voice
and influence in international affairs, lead countries and regions along the Belt and
Road in establishing the concept of ecological civilization that respects nature and
green development, guide the formation of an international order and international
cooperation that protects the environment and promotes sustainable development,
and allow the concept and practice of ecological civilization to benefit the people of
all countries along the routes.
2 Remarkable Progress in Building an Ecological
Civilization
In recent years, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, mechanisms and institutions for ecological civilization have been gradually established,
related systems have been continuously improved, and ecological conservation and
environmental governance have been advanced steadily, yielding remarkable results.
1. Continuous improvement of institutional mechanism and institutional
design
(1) Establishing the guiding ideology of building an ecological civilization.
Building an ecological civilization has been incorporated into the FiveSphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy. It
has been written into the newly revised Constitution of the Communist
Party of China as an important element. It has become the unified will and
goal of the entire Party and the people of China. This is also a fundamental,
global and historic strategic deployment by the CPC Central Committee
for ecological civilization and socio-economic development at this critical
moment of comprehensive success in building a moderately prosperous
society.
(2) Putting in place the institutional mechanism for building an ecological
civilization. The new round of institutional reform has resulted in the
unified management of natural resource assets, the use of national land
and space, and ecological protection and restoration. The reform has
integrated the supervision and management of forests, grasslands and
wetlands, accelerated the construction of national parks and other reserves,
combined the responsibilities of departments involved in the supervision
of environmental protection, and realized an effective mechanism for the
“integration of multiple regulations” on the use of land, the unified supervision of pollution emissions, and the unified coordination of ecological
protection and restoration, thus providing an institutional mechanism for
the development of an ecological civilization.
(3) Improving the top-level institutional design for developing an ecological civilization. The Chinese government has promulgated such major