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Plan period, it’s put forward to build a resource-conserving and environment-friendly
society. In this way, the connotations of green development have been continuously
enriched. However, ecological protection had not yet become the bottom line for
economic and social development. After the 18th CPC National Congress, the principle of giving priority to ecological protection has been established in major regional
development strategies such as the Yangtze Economic Belt Initiative, Beijing-TianjinHebei Integration Initiative, and Xiong’an New Area Initiative. The Yangtze River
Economic Belt Initiative, with ecological conservation and green development at
the core, constitutes an integral part of the CPC Central Committee’s new ideas,
thinking and strategies for national governance. In January 2016, at a symposium on
promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in Chongqing,
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that to promote the development of the
Yangtze River Economic Belt, we must take the long-term interests of the Chinese
nation into consideration and take the path of ecological conservation and green
development. In April 2018, at the symposium on further promoting of the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized again
to properly handle the relationship between environmental protection and economic
development, explore new ways to coordinately promote ecological conservation and
green development. To explore new ways for prioritizing ecological conservation and
green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the key is to properly handle
the relationship between lucid waters and lush mountains and invaluable assets. On
March 5th, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to
explore new ways of high-quality development that prioritizes ecological conservation and green development. Prioritizing ecological conservation as the principle and
prerequisite of a major regional development strategy fully reflects the integration of
prioritized ecological conservation with decisions for socioeconomic development.
4 The Spatial Planning System Based on Main Functions Is
an Important Means to Reshape the Spatial Pattern
of Green Development
Green space is a prerequisite and an important dimension for green development.
To achieve green development, it is necessary to determine the pace and areas of
development based on the main functions of different types of areas, while giving
full play to the important roles of space planning and space utilization control in
promoting balanced development of space.
1. Development direction based on the main functions of the region
If the master plan for national economic and social development could be likened
to the commander of the national development planning system, then the plan for
developing functional zones would be the general of the national land and space
S. Wu
Plan period, it’s put forward to build a resource-conserving and environment-friendly
society. In this way, the connotations of green development have been continuously
enriched. However, ecological protection had not yet become the bottom line for
economic and social development. After the 18th CPC National Congress, the principle of giving priority to ecological protection has been established in major regional
development strategies such as the Yangtze Economic Belt Initiative, Beijing-TianjinHebei Integration Initiative, and Xiong’an New Area Initiative. The Yangtze River
Economic Belt Initiative, with ecological conservation and green development at
the core, constitutes an integral part of the CPC Central Committee’s new ideas,
thinking and strategies for national governance. In January 2016, at a symposium on
promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in Chongqing,
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that to promote the development of the
Yangtze River Economic Belt, we must take the long-term interests of the Chinese
nation into consideration and take the path of ecological conservation and green
development. In April 2018, at the symposium on further promoting of the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized again
to properly handle the relationship between environmental protection and economic
development, explore new ways to coordinately promote ecological conservation and
green development. To explore new ways for prioritizing ecological conservation and
green development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the key is to properly handle
the relationship between lucid waters and lush mountains and invaluable assets. On
March 5th, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to
explore new ways of high-quality development that prioritizes ecological conservation and green development. Prioritizing ecological conservation as the principle and
prerequisite of a major regional development strategy fully reflects the integration of
prioritized ecological conservation with decisions for socioeconomic development.
4 The Spatial Planning System Based on Main Functions Is
an Important Means to Reshape the Spatial Pattern
of Green Development
Green space is a prerequisite and an important dimension for green development.
To achieve green development, it is necessary to determine the pace and areas of
development based on the main functions of different types of areas, while giving
full play to the important roles of space planning and space utilization control in
promoting balanced development of space.
1. Development direction based on the main functions of the region
If the master plan for national economic and social development could be likened
to the commander of the national development planning system, then the plan for
developing functional zones would be the general of the national land and space