Developing Socialist Ecological
Civilization with Chinese Characteristics
Yue Pan
As the world is going through profound changes never seen in a century, the human
civilization is also switching from industrial civilization to ecological civilization.
Upholding the basic governance philosophy of ecological civilization and guided
by the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New
Era, especially the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, the CPC Central
Committee with Xi Jinping at the core has materialized historic, epochal and allround changes in China’s ecological civilization by promoting the green initiative
of building a beautiful China. They have laid a solid ecological foundation for the
great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, made ecological practices for building
a community with a shared future for mankind, and provided a Chinese plan for
developing countries’ leapfrog during transformation.
1 Theoretical Sources for Ecological Civilization
with Chinese Characteristics
The first theoretical source is Marxist ecological outlook. General Secretary Xi
Jinping called for “studying and practicing the Marxist thought on the relation
between man and nature.” According to Marxism, man-nature harmony can only
be achieved after man-society relations fundamentally change. The human-centered
capitalist industrial development pursues maximal profits as the ultimate goal through
uninhibited capital expansion, which is bound to cause tension between man and
nature, alienate interpersonal relation, drive the global transfer of ecological environmental cost, and eventually lead to regional and global wars, which is how colonists
and imperialists plunder resources. According to Marxism, “This communism, as
fully developed naturalism, equals humanism, and as fully developed humanism,
Y. Pan (B)
The Central Institute of Socialism, Beijing, 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_39
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Civilization with Chinese Characteristics
Yue Pan
As the world is going through profound changes never seen in a century, the human
civilization is also switching from industrial civilization to ecological civilization.
Upholding the basic governance philosophy of ecological civilization and guided
by the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New
Era, especially the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, the CPC Central
Committee with Xi Jinping at the core has materialized historic, epochal and allround changes in China’s ecological civilization by promoting the green initiative
of building a beautiful China. They have laid a solid ecological foundation for the
great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, made ecological practices for building
a community with a shared future for mankind, and provided a Chinese plan for
developing countries’ leapfrog during transformation.
1 Theoretical Sources for Ecological Civilization
with Chinese Characteristics
The first theoretical source is Marxist ecological outlook. General Secretary Xi
Jinping called for “studying and practicing the Marxist thought on the relation
between man and nature.” According to Marxism, man-nature harmony can only
be achieved after man-society relations fundamentally change. The human-centered
capitalist industrial development pursues maximal profits as the ultimate goal through
uninhibited capital expansion, which is bound to cause tension between man and
nature, alienate interpersonal relation, drive the global transfer of ecological environmental cost, and eventually lead to regional and global wars, which is how colonists
and imperialists plunder resources. According to Marxism, “This communism, as
fully developed naturalism, equals humanism, and as fully developed humanism,
Y. Pan (B)
The Central Institute of Socialism, Beijing, 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_39
399