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advancement for the medium and long term, and strive for a modernization featuring
man-nature harmony. Taking into account the actual conditions of different areas and
sectors, we should deepen and perfect the macro strategy and break it into specific
tasks, develop feasible construction drawings and road maps for ecological progress,
and make sure all the targets are accomplished on schedule.
6 Relation Between Technological Innovation and Social
Governance for Ecological Progress
Science and technology constitute the primary productive force. The drive of development decides the speed, efficiency and sustainability of development. Given China’s
economic development and size, it would be very hard to achieve sustained and
healthy economic development and “double our GDP and per capita income of urban
and rural residents from 2010 to 2020” if we cannot ensure a sound development
drive.
The technological revolution in the twentieth century ushered in the age of traditional industrial civilization, while the R&D and application of a great deal of green
technologies is kicking off the new era of ecological industrial civilization. If we still
cling to the view of omnipotent science and technology, we may have the illusion that
the current lifestyle is ok, science and technology can solve everything, and resource
shortage, diminishing species, climate change and environmental pollution are no
big deal and can be effectively resolved with sci-tech progress. If we still cling to that
view, we will never go beyond materialism or fundamentally change the direction of
civilization development.
In building ecological civilization, we must fully rely on and actively exert technological innovations. The promotion and application of green technologies shall be
combined with intensified independent R&D. Also shall be combined is integrating
existing technological resources with deploying future technological innovations,
primitive innovations and system integration innovations with introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, and strengthening environmental governance and
recovery with adjusting economic and industrial structure. Special efforts shall be
made to make breakthroughs in major scientific issues and key technologies that
obstruct the shift of economic development pattern and sustainable development,
thus providing ceaseless knowledge, scientific basis and technological support for
ecological civilization development. The role of science and technology is reflected
in three ways. First, it enables people to systematically and profoundly understand
the natural laws and the laws governing the interactions between man and nature.
It makes us realize China’s status quo in natural resources and ecological environment and their changing trend. It also helps us recognize the laws concerning the
evolution and regulation of the complicated social system. As such, we are in a position to timely adjust the relation between man and nature. Second, the promotion
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advancement for the medium and long term, and strive for a modernization featuring
man-nature harmony. Taking into account the actual conditions of different areas and
sectors, we should deepen and perfect the macro strategy and break it into specific
tasks, develop feasible construction drawings and road maps for ecological progress,
and make sure all the targets are accomplished on schedule.
6 Relation Between Technological Innovation and Social
Governance for Ecological Progress
Science and technology constitute the primary productive force. The drive of development decides the speed, efficiency and sustainability of development. Given China’s
economic development and size, it would be very hard to achieve sustained and
healthy economic development and “double our GDP and per capita income of urban
and rural residents from 2010 to 2020” if we cannot ensure a sound development
drive.
The technological revolution in the twentieth century ushered in the age of traditional industrial civilization, while the R&D and application of a great deal of green
technologies is kicking off the new era of ecological industrial civilization. If we still
cling to the view of omnipotent science and technology, we may have the illusion that
the current lifestyle is ok, science and technology can solve everything, and resource
shortage, diminishing species, climate change and environmental pollution are no
big deal and can be effectively resolved with sci-tech progress. If we still cling to that
view, we will never go beyond materialism or fundamentally change the direction of
civilization development.
In building ecological civilization, we must fully rely on and actively exert technological innovations. The promotion and application of green technologies shall be
combined with intensified independent R&D. Also shall be combined is integrating
existing technological resources with deploying future technological innovations,
primitive innovations and system integration innovations with introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, and strengthening environmental governance and
recovery with adjusting economic and industrial structure. Special efforts shall be
made to make breakthroughs in major scientific issues and key technologies that
obstruct the shift of economic development pattern and sustainable development,
thus providing ceaseless knowledge, scientific basis and technological support for
ecological civilization development. The role of science and technology is reflected
in three ways. First, it enables people to systematically and profoundly understand
the natural laws and the laws governing the interactions between man and nature.
It makes us realize China’s status quo in natural resources and ecological environment and their changing trend. It also helps us recognize the laws concerning the
evolution and regulation of the complicated social system. As such, we are in a position to timely adjust the relation between man and nature. Second, the promotion