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4. Eco-civilization demonstrates the unremitting human pursuit for sustainable development
General Secretary Xi Jinping views the issue of eco-civilization from the development perspective. He has summarized the historical experience and lessons gained
through human civilization development, and proposed new thoughts for the future.
He has deeply realized that “the eco-environmental contradiction in China hasn’t
appeared overnight, but has been accumulated over a long period.” In the face of
severe eco-environmental problems, he asked, “the Chinese civilization has lasted
for more than 5000 years. Can we sustain it for another 5000 years and beyond?”
Eyeing the continuation of human civilization, General Secretary Xi said “What we
are doing today on eco-environmental protection will benefit generations to come. It
is a long-term campaign that requires unremitting efforts,” and “the Party members
should have the mind and will” to promote eco-civilization. He has revealed with
vision that the eco-civilization campaign is not a phased task, but an eternal mission
that concerns and accompanies mankind’s sustainable development. With the continuous advancement of our ecological initiative, General Secretary Xi has deepened
his understanding of how to succeed in it. The 18th CPC National Congress included
ecological progress as part of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for the first time,
and the 3rd and 4th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee elevated
it to the institutional level, vowing to “deepen the reform of eco-civilization institution, quickly set up its pillars, and put ecological work on the institutional and
law-based track.” Later the 5th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee
proposed green development, and the 19th CPC National Congress urged the accelerated reform of eco-civilization institution. The constantly enhanced perception of
ecological progress and the innovation of this thought are leading the Chinese people
toward the new era of socialist eco-civilization.
2 Practical Guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological
Civilization
As China’s ecological campaign has come to a critical window period of tackling tough problems, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, under
the guidance of the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, have made a
series of major decisions and deployments on ecological work since the 18th CPC
National Congress. The top-level design, institutional framework and policy system
for ecological progress have been established for the present and beyond, and strong
and effective environmental governance initiatives have been carried out with clear
priorities, in a bid to systematically advance the eco-civilization institutions. Leading
the whole nation in a new and great cause of building a sound eco-environment, the
Party and the country have gradually fostered a social movement of “protecting the
eco-environment as we protect our eyes, and cherish it as we cherish our lives.”
M. Huang
4. Eco-civilization demonstrates the unremitting human pursuit for sustainable development
General Secretary Xi Jinping views the issue of eco-civilization from the development perspective. He has summarized the historical experience and lessons gained
through human civilization development, and proposed new thoughts for the future.
He has deeply realized that “the eco-environmental contradiction in China hasn’t
appeared overnight, but has been accumulated over a long period.” In the face of
severe eco-environmental problems, he asked, “the Chinese civilization has lasted
for more than 5000 years. Can we sustain it for another 5000 years and beyond?”
Eyeing the continuation of human civilization, General Secretary Xi said “What we
are doing today on eco-environmental protection will benefit generations to come. It
is a long-term campaign that requires unremitting efforts,” and “the Party members
should have the mind and will” to promote eco-civilization. He has revealed with
vision that the eco-civilization campaign is not a phased task, but an eternal mission
that concerns and accompanies mankind’s sustainable development. With the continuous advancement of our ecological initiative, General Secretary Xi has deepened
his understanding of how to succeed in it. The 18th CPC National Congress included
ecological progress as part of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for the first time,
and the 3rd and 4th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee elevated
it to the institutional level, vowing to “deepen the reform of eco-civilization institution, quickly set up its pillars, and put ecological work on the institutional and
law-based track.” Later the 5th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee
proposed green development, and the 19th CPC National Congress urged the accelerated reform of eco-civilization institution. The constantly enhanced perception of
ecological progress and the innovation of this thought are leading the Chinese people
toward the new era of socialist eco-civilization.
2 Practical Guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological
Civilization
As China’s ecological campaign has come to a critical window period of tackling tough problems, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, under
the guidance of the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, have made a
series of major decisions and deployments on ecological work since the 18th CPC
National Congress. The top-level design, institutional framework and policy system
for ecological progress have been established for the present and beyond, and strong
and effective environmental governance initiatives have been carried out with clear
priorities, in a bid to systematically advance the eco-civilization institutions. Leading
the whole nation in a new and great cause of building a sound eco-environment, the
Party and the country have gradually fostered a social movement of “protecting the
eco-environment as we protect our eyes, and cherish it as we cherish our lives.”