Mankind Will Awaken to Ecological
Civilization
Xinsheng Zhang
1 The Appearance of a New Civilization Form is First
and Foremost Marked by Advanced Productive Force
Development without protection is fishing by draining the pond; protection without
development is seeking fish from trees. As ecological civilization is a new form of
civilization marking the orientation of the twenty-first century, its primary criterion
is without doubt the advanced productive force.
1. The new round of industrial revolution is premised on ecological priority
and green development
As ecological civilization is a new civilization form after agricultural and nomadic
civilizations, industrial revolution and industrial civilization, it features a productive
force stemming from industrial civilization but more advanced than it. What’s critical now is that we should acutely sense the historical opportunities presented by the
new round of technological and industrial revolution, and seize the opportunities for
industrial upgrade and transformation that come along as we move from automation to a series of major sci-tech advancements such as intelligent applications, the
Internet, Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, 5G and gene technology.
As a matter of fact, we are already moving into a new civilization form that will
eventually materialize through a new technological and industrial revolution. As we
awaken to the concept of ecological civilization, which further liberates our mind,
the unleashing of productive forces will inevitably be premised on no other than
ecological priority and green development.
The world is going through profound changes never seen in a century, and China
is standing at an important period of strategic opportunities when it can make a
huge difference. A new round or the third industrial evolution has emerged, bringing
X. Zhang (B)
ECO Forum Global Guiyang, Guiyang, 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_42
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Civilization
Xinsheng Zhang
1 The Appearance of a New Civilization Form is First
and Foremost Marked by Advanced Productive Force
Development without protection is fishing by draining the pond; protection without
development is seeking fish from trees. As ecological civilization is a new form of
civilization marking the orientation of the twenty-first century, its primary criterion
is without doubt the advanced productive force.
1. The new round of industrial revolution is premised on ecological priority
and green development
As ecological civilization is a new civilization form after agricultural and nomadic
civilizations, industrial revolution and industrial civilization, it features a productive
force stemming from industrial civilization but more advanced than it. What’s critical now is that we should acutely sense the historical opportunities presented by the
new round of technological and industrial revolution, and seize the opportunities for
industrial upgrade and transformation that come along as we move from automation to a series of major sci-tech advancements such as intelligent applications, the
Internet, Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, 5G and gene technology.
As a matter of fact, we are already moving into a new civilization form that will
eventually materialize through a new technological and industrial revolution. As we
awaken to the concept of ecological civilization, which further liberates our mind,
the unleashing of productive forces will inevitably be premised on no other than
ecological priority and green development.
The world is going through profound changes never seen in a century, and China
is standing at an important period of strategic opportunities when it can make a
huge difference. A new round or the third industrial evolution has emerged, bringing
X. Zhang (B)
ECO Forum Global Guiyang, Guiyang, 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_42
423