Create a Strategic System for Ecological
Civilization Development
in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area
Xiuyu Zhang
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the significance of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (hereinafter referred
to as the Greater Bay Area) in creating a new model of all-round opening up in China.
As specified in the Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), a basic principle for the development of the Greater Bay Area is to pursue green development and ecological
conservation. The plan requires that efforts be made to “vigorously push forward
ecological conservation, establish the approach of green development, uphold state
policies on saving resources and protecting the environment, implement the most
rigorous ecological protection system, adhere to the most rigorous farmland protection system and the most economical land use system, promote the adoption of green
and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles as well as models of urban development and operation, provide a good ecological environment for residents, and
facilitate sustainable development of the Greater Bay Area.”
As pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping, human beings are a community with shared future, and it is the common aspiration of mankind to build a green
home. Ecological and environmental crises are common challenges for the world. All
members of the international community should work together to build an ecosystem
that puts mother nature and green development first and build a sound global environment. A strategic system for ecological civilization development in the Greater Bay
Area will facilitate the Belt and Road Initiative and sustainable development of the
Greater Bay Area. It will also enable further implementation of Xi Jinping Thought
on Ecological Civilization, therefore it is highly relevant to upholding harmony
between man and nature, building a socialist ecological civilization, and finding
China’s approach towards global governance.
X. Zhang (B)
Ecological Civilization Research Center, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou, 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_37
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Civilization Development
in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area
Xiuyu Zhang
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the significance of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (hereinafter referred
to as the Greater Bay Area) in creating a new model of all-round opening up in China.
As specified in the Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), a basic principle for the development of the Greater Bay Area is to pursue green development and ecological
conservation. The plan requires that efforts be made to “vigorously push forward
ecological conservation, establish the approach of green development, uphold state
policies on saving resources and protecting the environment, implement the most
rigorous ecological protection system, adhere to the most rigorous farmland protection system and the most economical land use system, promote the adoption of green
and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles as well as models of urban development and operation, provide a good ecological environment for residents, and
facilitate sustainable development of the Greater Bay Area.”
As pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping, human beings are a community with shared future, and it is the common aspiration of mankind to build a green
home. Ecological and environmental crises are common challenges for the world. All
members of the international community should work together to build an ecosystem
that puts mother nature and green development first and build a sound global environment. A strategic system for ecological civilization development in the Greater Bay
Area will facilitate the Belt and Road Initiative and sustainable development of the
Greater Bay Area. It will also enable further implementation of Xi Jinping Thought
on Ecological Civilization, therefore it is highly relevant to upholding harmony
between man and nature, building a socialist ecological civilization, and finding
China’s approach towards global governance.
X. Zhang (B)
Ecological Civilization Research Center, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou, 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_37
379