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done enough and effective measures are limited. Fourth, compared to the establishment of rules and regulations, their execution is more complicated and difficult. In
particular, internalizing them into social members’ conscientious acts is a long and
complex process, even with distortion, conflict and relapse. This is an important area
we should pay special attention to and from which we can draw wisdom of such social
sciences as sociology and psychology. We must pay more attention to people’s green
practices in everyday life and, aim at a green lifestyle, rebuild living infrastructure,
restructure opportunities and space of daily life, and arrange convenient and effective living guidance, in a bid to promote green social construction on a deeper level.
Otherwise the superficial reforms would be delayed, dysfunctional or even subverted
due to deep-going reasons. Fifth, although the main contradiction in Chinese society
has changed, our fundamental national context that China is still in the primary stage
of socialism and will stay so for a long time remains unchanged, and our international
standing as the world’s largest developing country remains unchanged. Therefore,
the contradiction between development and environment will continue to exist for
a long time, and we still need to balance them and achieve higher-quality development while boosting environmental protection. Given the unbalanced development
between urban and rural areas, different regions and groups and the diversification
of social values, environmental equity will be a prominent challenge in the process
of green social construction. Facing up to this challenge and properly handling it
will increase the endogenous drive for green social construction, whereas neglecting
and mishandling the challenge will undermine the green consensus and increase the
endogenous resistance to green social construction.
The current green social construction in China is just the first ray in the morning,
while the journey ahead remains long and hard. A real green society not only needs an
extensive and dominant green consensus and scientific, comprehensive, systematic
and meticulous institutional arrangements, but also rigorous, effective and regular
execution. It has to develop suitable technologies and transmit knowledge and information, form many active green social organizations and carry out green activities,
and systematically restructure and reshape the public living practices. In the age of
globalization, green social construction in one region is bound to be affected by the
external environment and has to have effective interactions and coordination with it.
Considering the current development status, the ultimate green society will definitely
be a global one, which requires coordinated and profound reform across the globe
and calls upon all people in the world to truly stand in awe of nature and cherish the
community with a shared future that we all live in.
D. Hong
done enough and effective measures are limited. Fourth, compared to the establishment of rules and regulations, their execution is more complicated and difficult. In
particular, internalizing them into social members’ conscientious acts is a long and
complex process, even with distortion, conflict and relapse. This is an important area
we should pay special attention to and from which we can draw wisdom of such social
sciences as sociology and psychology. We must pay more attention to people’s green
practices in everyday life and, aim at a green lifestyle, rebuild living infrastructure,
restructure opportunities and space of daily life, and arrange convenient and effective living guidance, in a bid to promote green social construction on a deeper level.
Otherwise the superficial reforms would be delayed, dysfunctional or even subverted
due to deep-going reasons. Fifth, although the main contradiction in Chinese society
has changed, our fundamental national context that China is still in the primary stage
of socialism and will stay so for a long time remains unchanged, and our international
standing as the world’s largest developing country remains unchanged. Therefore,
the contradiction between development and environment will continue to exist for
a long time, and we still need to balance them and achieve higher-quality development while boosting environmental protection. Given the unbalanced development
between urban and rural areas, different regions and groups and the diversification
of social values, environmental equity will be a prominent challenge in the process
of green social construction. Facing up to this challenge and properly handling it
will increase the endogenous drive for green social construction, whereas neglecting
and mishandling the challenge will undermine the green consensus and increase the
endogenous resistance to green social construction.
The current green social construction in China is just the first ray in the morning,
while the journey ahead remains long and hard. A real green society not only needs an
extensive and dominant green consensus and scientific, comprehensive, systematic
and meticulous institutional arrangements, but also rigorous, effective and regular
execution. It has to develop suitable technologies and transmit knowledge and information, form many active green social organizations and carry out green activities,
and systematically restructure and reshape the public living practices. In the age of
globalization, green social construction in one region is bound to be affected by the
external environment and has to have effective interactions and coordination with it.
Considering the current development status, the ultimate green society will definitely
be a global one, which requires coordinated and profound reform across the globe
and calls upon all people in the world to truly stand in awe of nature and cherish the
community with a shared future that we all live in.