On the Dissemination Channels of Xi Jinping Thought …
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community. Just as humans need the fields for food, the fields need the rivers, the
rivers need the mountains, the mountains need the soils, and the soils need the forests
and grasslands. This biotic community is the material basis for humanity’s subsistence and development. We must take all of the ways that we impact nature into
account from a broad and long-term perspective, and avoid being penny-wise and
pound-foolish, biting off more than we can chew or emphasizing one thing while
neglecting another, for this would ultimately cause long-term environmental damage
on a system-wide scale.
The fifth principle is that the strictest regulations and laws must be applied in
protecting the environment. As emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping, environmental protection must have legal and regulatory backing. We must accelerate
innovation of regulations, ensuring that they offer more, have adequate peripheral
support, and that they are rigorously enforced. By doing so, we will turn our regulations into rigid and inviolable constraints. We must use our regulations to check the
use of power, protect blue skies and increase green coverage, and ensure accountability, thus guaranteeing that the CPC Central Committee’s decisions and arrangements on building an ecological civilization are firmly implemented and produce real
results.
The sixth principle is that joint efforts must be made in building a global ecological civilization. Ecological conservation and progress cross borders and require
concerted efforts from the international community. General Secretary Xi Jinping
has stressed that development of an ecological civilization concerns the future of
humanity, and building a green living environment is humanity’s common aspiration. The whole world must work together to protect the environment and respond
to climate change. No country can ignore these issues, and no country will fare well
by going it alone. China has already become a major participant, contributor, and
champion in the movement to build a global ecological civilization, advocating the
cultivation of ecosystems in which Mother Nature and green development come first,
and promoting joint efforts toward making the world cleaner and more beautiful.
2 Promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
at Schools
Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization should reach out to schools and
children. Kindergartens and elementary schools can use vivid images to illustrate
concepts such as “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” according
to the characteristics of different age groups. Middle schools are advised to systematically impart Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and expound on it with
specific examples. They may provide training for its own faculty in this regard and
invite experts to give lectures so that students can get a big picture of Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization.
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community. Just as humans need the fields for food, the fields need the rivers, the
rivers need the mountains, the mountains need the soils, and the soils need the forests
and grasslands. This biotic community is the material basis for humanity’s subsistence and development. We must take all of the ways that we impact nature into
account from a broad and long-term perspective, and avoid being penny-wise and
pound-foolish, biting off more than we can chew or emphasizing one thing while
neglecting another, for this would ultimately cause long-term environmental damage
on a system-wide scale.
The fifth principle is that the strictest regulations and laws must be applied in
protecting the environment. As emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping, environmental protection must have legal and regulatory backing. We must accelerate
innovation of regulations, ensuring that they offer more, have adequate peripheral
support, and that they are rigorously enforced. By doing so, we will turn our regulations into rigid and inviolable constraints. We must use our regulations to check the
use of power, protect blue skies and increase green coverage, and ensure accountability, thus guaranteeing that the CPC Central Committee’s decisions and arrangements on building an ecological civilization are firmly implemented and produce real
results.
The sixth principle is that joint efforts must be made in building a global ecological civilization. Ecological conservation and progress cross borders and require
concerted efforts from the international community. General Secretary Xi Jinping
has stressed that development of an ecological civilization concerns the future of
humanity, and building a green living environment is humanity’s common aspiration. The whole world must work together to protect the environment and respond
to climate change. No country can ignore these issues, and no country will fare well
by going it alone. China has already become a major participant, contributor, and
champion in the movement to build a global ecological civilization, advocating the
cultivation of ecosystems in which Mother Nature and green development come first,
and promoting joint efforts toward making the world cleaner and more beautiful.
2 Promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
at Schools
Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization should reach out to schools and
children. Kindergartens and elementary schools can use vivid images to illustrate
concepts such as “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” according
to the characteristics of different age groups. Middle schools are advised to systematically impart Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and expound on it with
specific examples. They may provide training for its own faculty in this regard and
invite experts to give lectures so that students can get a big picture of Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization.