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1 Promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
Through Party Schools at Various Levels
Party schools at all levels can serve as a main platform for promoting Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization. Party schools provide education and training
for Party members. They are tasked with improving students’ abilities to observe
and solve problems with the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and methodology through
well-planned training and enhancing their political and cultural quality and Party
spirit in the new circumstances, thus enabling them to be vanguards and role models.
Party schools should leverage their strengths to promote Xi Jinping Thought on
Ecological Civilization, so that every Party member can get hold of its profound
connotations. Facilitators should give a comprehensive account of the thought, with
a focus on Xi’s important discourses on ecological progress and the concept that
lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, among others.
First, ecological progress should be promoted in combination with reports since
the 17th CPC National Congress. The report to the 17th CPC National Congress,
which took place from October 15 to 21, 2007, for the first time proposed “conservation culture.” It vowed to “promote a conservation culture,” regarding it as one of the
new requirements for attaining the goal of building a moderately prosperous society
in all respects. As stated in the report, “We will promote a conservation culture
by basically forming an energy- and resource-efficient and environment-friendly
structure of industries, pattern of growth and mode of consumption. We will have a
large-scale circular economy and considerably increase the proportion of renewable
energy sources in total energy consumption. The discharge of major pollutants will
be brought under effective control and the ecological and environmental quality will
improve notably. Awareness of conservation will be firmly established in the whole
of society.”
The 18th CPC National Congress that opened on November 8, 2012 further
enriched the theory of “ecological progress.” The report to the 18th CPC National
Congress incorporated ecological progress in the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan, saying
that “We must give high priority to making ecological progress and incorporate it
into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic, political, cultural,
and social progress, work hard to build a beautiful country, and achieve lasting
and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” It not only elevated ecological
progress to the same height as cultural and ethical progress and material progress but
also put forward several new concepts such as ecological value and new objectives.
The report represents a major theoretical breakthrough and practical innovation and
holds great realistic significance and profound historical significance.
The 19th CPC National Congress from October 18 to 24, 2017 further elaborated
on the concept of “ecological civilization.” Based on the ecological progress theories and practices since the 18th CPC National Congress, the report to the 19th CPC
National Congress put forward a series of new ideas, requirements, objectives, and
plans for development of an ecological civilization and environmental protection. It
C. Shi
1 Promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
Through Party Schools at Various Levels
Party schools at all levels can serve as a main platform for promoting Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization. Party schools provide education and training
for Party members. They are tasked with improving students’ abilities to observe
and solve problems with the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and methodology through
well-planned training and enhancing their political and cultural quality and Party
spirit in the new circumstances, thus enabling them to be vanguards and role models.
Party schools should leverage their strengths to promote Xi Jinping Thought on
Ecological Civilization, so that every Party member can get hold of its profound
connotations. Facilitators should give a comprehensive account of the thought, with
a focus on Xi’s important discourses on ecological progress and the concept that
lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, among others.
First, ecological progress should be promoted in combination with reports since
the 17th CPC National Congress. The report to the 17th CPC National Congress,
which took place from October 15 to 21, 2007, for the first time proposed “conservation culture.” It vowed to “promote a conservation culture,” regarding it as one of the
new requirements for attaining the goal of building a moderately prosperous society
in all respects. As stated in the report, “We will promote a conservation culture
by basically forming an energy- and resource-efficient and environment-friendly
structure of industries, pattern of growth and mode of consumption. We will have a
large-scale circular economy and considerably increase the proportion of renewable
energy sources in total energy consumption. The discharge of major pollutants will
be brought under effective control and the ecological and environmental quality will
improve notably. Awareness of conservation will be firmly established in the whole
of society.”
The 18th CPC National Congress that opened on November 8, 2012 further
enriched the theory of “ecological progress.” The report to the 18th CPC National
Congress incorporated ecological progress in the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan, saying
that “We must give high priority to making ecological progress and incorporate it
into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic, political, cultural,
and social progress, work hard to build a beautiful country, and achieve lasting
and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” It not only elevated ecological
progress to the same height as cultural and ethical progress and material progress but
also put forward several new concepts such as ecological value and new objectives.
The report represents a major theoretical breakthrough and practical innovation and
holds great realistic significance and profound historical significance.
The 19th CPC National Congress from October 18 to 24, 2017 further elaborated
on the concept of “ecological civilization.” Based on the ecological progress theories and practices since the 18th CPC National Congress, the report to the 19th CPC
National Congress put forward a series of new ideas, requirements, objectives, and
plans for development of an ecological civilization and environmental protection. It