Foreword I
Continuously Promote the Formation of a New Pattern
of Modernization and Harmonious Coexistence of Mankind
and Nature
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of
China. To celebrate the anniversary, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Think Tank for Eco-Civilization Studies, Research Institute for Resources and Environment Policies affiliated to the Development Research Center of the State Council,
the Chinese Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the
China Environmental Publishing Group co-sponsored and completed the compilation of Beautiful China 1949–2019: 70 People’s Views on Ecological Civilization,
which I believe is a meaningful thing to do.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the
Central Committee of the CPC with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great
importance to the ecological civilization. Comrade Xi Jinping has emphasized the
importance of focusing on changes in the main contradictions in the Chinese society
in the new era, meeting the Chinese people’s ever-growing needs for a beautiful
environment, sticking to the people-centered development philosophy, promoting
harmonic coexistence between mankind and nature in a modern Chinese society,
promoting an ecological civilization, building a community with a shared future for
mankind, resolutely winning the battle against environmental pollution, building in an
all-round way a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic,
culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful. He has given a series of important
instructions and statements and proposed scientific concepts which formed Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization. All this has catalyzed a historic change toward
sustainability in the Chinese society. Reviewing what China has done in environment
conservation in the past 70 years is of great significance to China’s effort to open up
a new chapter at a new historical juncture in accordance with Xi Jinping Thought
on Ecological Civilization, build a modern ecological civilization in which man and
nature coexist harmoniously, and realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.
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Continuously Promote the Formation of a New Pattern
of Modernization and Harmonious Coexistence of Mankind
and Nature
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of
China. To celebrate the anniversary, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Think Tank for Eco-Civilization Studies, Research Institute for Resources and Environment Policies affiliated to the Development Research Center of the State Council,
the Chinese Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the
China Environmental Publishing Group co-sponsored and completed the compilation of Beautiful China 1949–2019: 70 People’s Views on Ecological Civilization,
which I believe is a meaningful thing to do.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the
Central Committee of the CPC with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great
importance to the ecological civilization. Comrade Xi Jinping has emphasized the
importance of focusing on changes in the main contradictions in the Chinese society
in the new era, meeting the Chinese people’s ever-growing needs for a beautiful
environment, sticking to the people-centered development philosophy, promoting
harmonic coexistence between mankind and nature in a modern Chinese society,
promoting an ecological civilization, building a community with a shared future for
mankind, resolutely winning the battle against environmental pollution, building in an
all-round way a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic,
culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful. He has given a series of important
instructions and statements and proposed scientific concepts which formed Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization. All this has catalyzed a historic change toward
sustainability in the Chinese society. Reviewing what China has done in environment
conservation in the past 70 years is of great significance to China’s effort to open up
a new chapter at a new historical juncture in accordance with Xi Jinping Thought
on Ecological Civilization, build a modern ecological civilization in which man and
nature coexist harmoniously, and realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.
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