Theoretical Character and Practical Guidance of Xi Jinping …
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1. Green development is the new guideline that leads China’s ecological
progress
Green development is one of China’s five development concepts. At the National
Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, General Secretary Xi Jinping
described green development as the imperative need for building a high-quality
modern economic system and the fundamental measure to address pollution. It is an
important path for the Chinese economy to switch to the stage of high-quality development. Given the fact that Chinese economy has entered a new normal, we, on the
front of production, have implemented the innovation-driven development strategy,
supply-side structural reform and tighter control of excess production capacity. We
have also promoted tech innovation, optimized industrial structure, and developed
green industry and circular economy, in order to establish a resource-saving and
environment-friendly industrial system and a green productive mode. On the front of
living, China advocates a consumption concept characterized by civility, thrift, green
and low carbon. It urges the people to shift their lifestyle and consumption mode by
promoting green travel and garbage sorting, and objects luxury and waste, trying to
shape a green lifestyle across the society. Green development has been embedded in
every aspect of our economic and social development and become the new path of
ecological progress.
2. Ecological restoration and pollution governance mark a new journey
toward a beautiful China
Eco-civilization development should be people-centric. A beautiful environment of
“blue sky, green land and clear water” is the most direct feeling of the people and the
goal of the beautiful China initiative. To restore clean water and green mountains,
China has put the eco-civilization thought into practice and set about ecological
restoration and environmental pollution control by applying targeted measures and
solutions. Priority is given to the solution of outstanding eco-environmental problems
to achieve the most inclusive public wellbeing. Determined to win the tough battle
of pollution prevention and control, China has implemented action plans respectively targeting air, water and soil pollution. It has issued the Action Plan for Air
Pollution Prevention and Control to address pollution of PM 2.5 and PM 10; the
Action Plan for Water Pollution Prevention and Control to ensure safe drinking
water; and the Action Plan for Soil Pollution Prevention and Control that targets
rural land pollution to ensure the quality of agricultural products and the security
of living environment. China has comprehensively deepened the forestry reform to
increase forest coverage rate and carbon sink. By actively adjusting the energy mix,
China now has the world’s largest installed capacity of hydropower, wind power and
solar power, with the ratio of clean energy consumption being on the rise, and it
has effectively controlled greenhouse gas emission. Moreover, the governments of
provinces, cities, districts and lower-level localities across the country have all rolled
out targeted eco-environmental actions, including preventing and curbing desertification and protecting biodiversity. A better eco-environment has substantively
improved the people’s living quality and sense of gain.
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1. Green development is the new guideline that leads China’s ecological
progress
Green development is one of China’s five development concepts. At the National
Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, General Secretary Xi Jinping
described green development as the imperative need for building a high-quality
modern economic system and the fundamental measure to address pollution. It is an
important path for the Chinese economy to switch to the stage of high-quality development. Given the fact that Chinese economy has entered a new normal, we, on the
front of production, have implemented the innovation-driven development strategy,
supply-side structural reform and tighter control of excess production capacity. We
have also promoted tech innovation, optimized industrial structure, and developed
green industry and circular economy, in order to establish a resource-saving and
environment-friendly industrial system and a green productive mode. On the front of
living, China advocates a consumption concept characterized by civility, thrift, green
and low carbon. It urges the people to shift their lifestyle and consumption mode by
promoting green travel and garbage sorting, and objects luxury and waste, trying to
shape a green lifestyle across the society. Green development has been embedded in
every aspect of our economic and social development and become the new path of
ecological progress.
2. Ecological restoration and pollution governance mark a new journey
toward a beautiful China
Eco-civilization development should be people-centric. A beautiful environment of
“blue sky, green land and clear water” is the most direct feeling of the people and the
goal of the beautiful China initiative. To restore clean water and green mountains,
China has put the eco-civilization thought into practice and set about ecological
restoration and environmental pollution control by applying targeted measures and
solutions. Priority is given to the solution of outstanding eco-environmental problems
to achieve the most inclusive public wellbeing. Determined to win the tough battle
of pollution prevention and control, China has implemented action plans respectively targeting air, water and soil pollution. It has issued the Action Plan for Air
Pollution Prevention and Control to address pollution of PM 2.5 and PM 10; the
Action Plan for Water Pollution Prevention and Control to ensure safe drinking
water; and the Action Plan for Soil Pollution Prevention and Control that targets
rural land pollution to ensure the quality of agricultural products and the security
of living environment. China has comprehensively deepened the forestry reform to
increase forest coverage rate and carbon sink. By actively adjusting the energy mix,
China now has the world’s largest installed capacity of hydropower, wind power and
solar power, with the ratio of clean energy consumption being on the rise, and it
has effectively controlled greenhouse gas emission. Moreover, the governments of
provinces, cities, districts and lower-level localities across the country have all rolled
out targeted eco-environmental actions, including preventing and curbing desertification and protecting biodiversity. A better eco-environment has substantively
improved the people’s living quality and sense of gain.