Promoting Ecological Progress with Big
Vision, Broad Coordination
and Continued Efforts
Guangyao Zhu
Promoting ecological progress concerns the people’s well-being and China’s future.
On the strategic height of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for socialism with
Chinese characteristics, the 18th CPC National Congress made strategic deployments regarding ecological civilization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese
nation. Since then, the new generation of central leadership with Xi Jinping at the
core has earnestly advanced ecological progress with firmer resolve and more pragmatic measures. They have given new connotations to and made new requirements
on the cause of pushing the Chinese nation to the new era of ecological civilization
and realizing the dream of a beautiful China.
Developing ecological civilization is a great undertaking that requires both theoretical and practical innovations. In the process, we must form the concept of “big
vision, broad coordination and continued efforts” and actively practice and promote
this undertaking, so as to well play our role as a think tank, service provider and
bond in pushing our ecological progress forward.
1 We Must Have a Big Vision in Exploring Ecological
Civilization
Ecological civilization is the ecological manifestation of social civilization. It is not
only a complex social program, but also a systematic multi-disciplinary science. It
not only needs top-level design, but also powerful theoretical support. Therefore,
when studying and deepening ecological civilization, we must adopt a broad vision
The original article was published on Ecological Civilization in China in March 2012. Deletions
and revisions are made when it is collected in this book.
G. Zhu (B)
Former State Environmental Protection Administration, 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_41
415
Vision, Broad Coordination
and Continued Efforts
Guangyao Zhu
Promoting ecological progress concerns the people’s well-being and China’s future.
On the strategic height of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for socialism with
Chinese characteristics, the 18th CPC National Congress made strategic deployments regarding ecological civilization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese
nation. Since then, the new generation of central leadership with Xi Jinping at the
core has earnestly advanced ecological progress with firmer resolve and more pragmatic measures. They have given new connotations to and made new requirements
on the cause of pushing the Chinese nation to the new era of ecological civilization
and realizing the dream of a beautiful China.
Developing ecological civilization is a great undertaking that requires both theoretical and practical innovations. In the process, we must form the concept of “big
vision, broad coordination and continued efforts” and actively practice and promote
this undertaking, so as to well play our role as a think tank, service provider and
bond in pushing our ecological progress forward.
1 We Must Have a Big Vision in Exploring Ecological
Civilization
Ecological civilization is the ecological manifestation of social civilization. It is not
only a complex social program, but also a systematic multi-disciplinary science. It
not only needs top-level design, but also powerful theoretical support. Therefore,
when studying and deepening ecological civilization, we must adopt a broad vision
The original article was published on Ecological Civilization in China in March 2012. Deletions
and revisions are made when it is collected in this book.
G. Zhu (B)
Former State Environmental Protection Administration, 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_41
415