Environment is a Major Political Issue
Which Bears upon the Mission
and Purpose of the CPC
Guang Xia
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, General Secretary Xi
Jinping said “environment is a major political issue which bears upon the mission
and purpose of the CPC.” This was a solemn and thought-provoking remark in that
it not only directly connected environmental protection and ecological progress with
the Party’s properties for the first time, but also elevated them to the highest political
level.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly elaborated on environmental protection and ecological progress from a political
perspective, which has become an important part of the Xi Jinping Thought on
Ecological Civilization. At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee held in 2013, Xi made it clear that “we
cannot view strengthening ecological progress, advancing environmental protection
and promoting a green and low-carbon lifestyle merely as an economic issue. It is a
major political issue.” At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection,
he further stressed that “we should give full play to the Party’s leadership and the
political advantage of our socialist system that it is able to pool forces to accomplish
grand undertakings,” and “all regions and departments should reinforce the ‘Four
Consciousnesses,’ resolutely safeguard the CPC Central Committee’s authority and
centralized, unified leadership, and steadfastly shoulder the political responsibility
for ecological civilization development.” These simple words carry far-reaching and
deep-going significance.
“Ecological environment is a major political issue concerning the CPC’s mission
and purpose”—deeply understanding this proposition, including its contents and
reasons, is of great importance for sharpening our political consciousness, increasing
our initiative in implementing the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and
the requirement of the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, and
issuing political measures for environmental protection.
G. Xia (B)
Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, 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_47
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Which Bears upon the Mission
and Purpose of the CPC
Guang Xia
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, General Secretary Xi
Jinping said “environment is a major political issue which bears upon the mission
and purpose of the CPC.” This was a solemn and thought-provoking remark in that
it not only directly connected environmental protection and ecological progress with
the Party’s properties for the first time, but also elevated them to the highest political
level.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly elaborated on environmental protection and ecological progress from a political
perspective, which has become an important part of the Xi Jinping Thought on
Ecological Civilization. At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee held in 2013, Xi made it clear that “we
cannot view strengthening ecological progress, advancing environmental protection
and promoting a green and low-carbon lifestyle merely as an economic issue. It is a
major political issue.” At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection,
he further stressed that “we should give full play to the Party’s leadership and the
political advantage of our socialist system that it is able to pool forces to accomplish
grand undertakings,” and “all regions and departments should reinforce the ‘Four
Consciousnesses,’ resolutely safeguard the CPC Central Committee’s authority and
centralized, unified leadership, and steadfastly shoulder the political responsibility
for ecological civilization development.” These simple words carry far-reaching and
deep-going significance.
“Ecological environment is a major political issue concerning the CPC’s mission
and purpose”—deeply understanding this proposition, including its contents and
reasons, is of great importance for sharpening our political consciousness, increasing
our initiative in implementing the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and
the requirement of the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection, and
issuing political measures for environmental protection.
G. Xia (B)
Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, 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_47
471