Embrace the Philosophy of Ecological
Civilization and Promote Socioeconomic
Development in Line with Resources
and Environment Carrying Capacity
Tan Zhu
For a long time, China’s socioeconomic development has largely followed the model
during the traditional industrial civilization. Due to the inadequate consideration for
resources and environmental factors, the scarcity of natural resources and the limit
of environmental capacity have not been well reflected in the allocation of various
factors and resources. As a result, the economic development has been at the cost of
resources and environment to a certain extent. From a comprehensive and strategic
perspective, the 18th CPC National Congress gave high priority to make ecological progress and incorporate it into all aspects and the whole process of advancing
economic, political, cultural, and social progress, as well as the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan. According to the philosophy of ecological civilization to respect, accommodate to and protect nature, we need to develop a regional socioeconomic development model based on the carrying capacity of resources and environment. This
has become an important topic under the “new normal” in China and a major task to
boost ecological progress.
1 The Significance of Ecological Civilization Philosophy
for Socioeconomic Development
The ecological progress constitutes a vital solution for China to address the problems arising from rapid industrialization and urbanization, such as environmental
pollution, ecological imbalance and resource scarcity, in a bid to achieve sustainable
development. From primitive civilization to industrial civilization, the relationship
between man and nature has shifted from human dependence on nature, fear of nature
to triumph over nature. During the period of industrial civilization in particular, the
T. Zhu (B)
China Renewable Resources Research Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_28
293
Civilization and Promote Socioeconomic
Development in Line with Resources
and Environment Carrying Capacity
Tan Zhu
For a long time, China’s socioeconomic development has largely followed the model
during the traditional industrial civilization. Due to the inadequate consideration for
resources and environmental factors, the scarcity of natural resources and the limit
of environmental capacity have not been well reflected in the allocation of various
factors and resources. As a result, the economic development has been at the cost of
resources and environment to a certain extent. From a comprehensive and strategic
perspective, the 18th CPC National Congress gave high priority to make ecological progress and incorporate it into all aspects and the whole process of advancing
economic, political, cultural, and social progress, as well as the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan. According to the philosophy of ecological civilization to respect, accommodate to and protect nature, we need to develop a regional socioeconomic development model based on the carrying capacity of resources and environment. This
has become an important topic under the “new normal” in China and a major task to
boost ecological progress.
1 The Significance of Ecological Civilization Philosophy
for Socioeconomic Development
The ecological progress constitutes a vital solution for China to address the problems arising from rapid industrialization and urbanization, such as environmental
pollution, ecological imbalance and resource scarcity, in a bid to achieve sustainable
development. From primitive civilization to industrial civilization, the relationship
between man and nature has shifted from human dependence on nature, fear of nature
to triumph over nature. During the period of industrial civilization in particular, the
T. Zhu (B)
China Renewable Resources Research Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_28
293