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and sustainable utilization, environmental improvement, and protection of the health
and safety of people and other creatures. Ecological civilization, an advanced state,
aims at a balanced development featuring the harmonious co-existence between man
and nature, man and man, the current generation and future generations, and man
and social economy, and a sound development featuring economic efficacy, social
equity and ecological soundness. Ecological civilization involves a spate of aspects,
including world outlook, values, ways of production and life, development mode,
consumption mode, social system and legal system, among others.
2 Main Ideas of Ecological Civilization and Existing
Experience
To build ecological civilization, we, following ecological laws and the principles
of harmonious and enduring ecosystem, will build a resource-saving, environmentfriendly and ecologically healthy society based on the carrying capacity of resources
and environment and aimed at enhancing the capability of sustainable development and maintaining ecological justice, by making comprehensive use of political,
economic, cultural, social and natural approaches.
Industrial activities can be considered the earliest and most direct reflections
of ecological civilization. From the 1970s, the mankind has been advocating
clean production and circular economy, initiated ecological industry and built ecoindustrial parks. They have studied industrial symbiosis and metabolism, life cycle
management and ecological design of industrial products, and worked hard on dematerialization, improvement of ecological efficiency, re-manufacturing, and green
chemical industry and construction. They have also promoted eco-agriculture and
eco-cities. All these efforts are aimed at the rational use of resources and environment within nature’s carrying capacity, so that man can get on the path of building a
resource-conserving, environmentally friendly society and a sound ecology.
China is making all-round efforts to create a new era of ecological civilization.
More than 3000 years ago, The Book of Changes elaborated on the unity and
inseparability between man and nature, and “unification of nature and man,” which
advocated respect and love for, emulation of and harmony with nature, became the
essence of Chinese philosophy.
The per capita resource occupation in China is far less than world average and
the resources are unevenly distributed. China has enjoyed rapid economic growth
since the reform and opening-up, but also suffered from serious resource shortage,
ecological damages and environmental pollution. It has a pressing need to develop
economy, improve people’s lives and recover the environment on the premise of
resource conservation, pollution prevention and control and ecological protection.
Although the country hasn’t accomplished industrialization, it has to quickly foster
the new concept of ecological civilization in a step-by-step approach, so as to get
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and sustainable utilization, environmental improvement, and protection of the health
and safety of people and other creatures. Ecological civilization, an advanced state,
aims at a balanced development featuring the harmonious co-existence between man
and nature, man and man, the current generation and future generations, and man
and social economy, and a sound development featuring economic efficacy, social
equity and ecological soundness. Ecological civilization involves a spate of aspects,
including world outlook, values, ways of production and life, development mode,
consumption mode, social system and legal system, among others.
2 Main Ideas of Ecological Civilization and Existing
Experience
To build ecological civilization, we, following ecological laws and the principles
of harmonious and enduring ecosystem, will build a resource-saving, environmentfriendly and ecologically healthy society based on the carrying capacity of resources
and environment and aimed at enhancing the capability of sustainable development and maintaining ecological justice, by making comprehensive use of political,
economic, cultural, social and natural approaches.
Industrial activities can be considered the earliest and most direct reflections
of ecological civilization. From the 1970s, the mankind has been advocating
clean production and circular economy, initiated ecological industry and built ecoindustrial parks. They have studied industrial symbiosis and metabolism, life cycle
management and ecological design of industrial products, and worked hard on dematerialization, improvement of ecological efficiency, re-manufacturing, and green
chemical industry and construction. They have also promoted eco-agriculture and
eco-cities. All these efforts are aimed at the rational use of resources and environment within nature’s carrying capacity, so that man can get on the path of building a
resource-conserving, environmentally friendly society and a sound ecology.
China is making all-round efforts to create a new era of ecological civilization.
More than 3000 years ago, The Book of Changes elaborated on the unity and
inseparability between man and nature, and “unification of nature and man,” which
advocated respect and love for, emulation of and harmony with nature, became the
essence of Chinese philosophy.
The per capita resource occupation in China is far less than world average and
the resources are unevenly distributed. China has enjoyed rapid economic growth
since the reform and opening-up, but also suffered from serious resource shortage,
ecological damages and environmental pollution. It has a pressing need to develop
economy, improve people’s lives and recover the environment on the premise of
resource conservation, pollution prevention and control and ecological protection.
Although the country hasn’t accomplished industrialization, it has to quickly foster
the new concept of ecological civilization in a step-by-step approach, so as to get