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government authorities in charge of natural resources conservation of and environmental governance. It should continuously improve the investigation, monitoring,
statistics, and assessment systems, and offer guidance to local government departments to improve their capabilities to complete the increasingly onerous management
tasks.
Second, China should have a top-level design, a strategic roadmap, a timetable
and an implementation path for the Beautiful China campaign.
China’s experience over the past 40 years shows that environmental protection
involves complex and ever-changing contexts and relationships, and the situation
differs greatly across the country. If actions are not taken with a clear strategic goal
in mind and with sound coordination, it will not be possible to form synergy. In the
past, the Chinese government clarified its environment-related strategic goals and
development directions at each stage of development thanks to seven national environmental protection conferences, five-year environmental protection plans, and a
series of action plans, took a step-by-step approach to key issues, reforms and mechanisms, improved policies and systems, and promoted the continuous improvement
of the environmental protection system. China should continue on this path if it
wants to effectively modernize the environmental governance system and improve
environmental governance capabilities.
To achieve the goals of the Beautiful China campaign by 2035 and mid-twenty-first
century, we must keep track of the changes in the primary contradiction of society in
the new era, follow the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization,
and adhere to the basic policy of “conservation, protection, and restoration.” We
should find an effective way to coordinate between high-quality development and
high-level environmental protection, make environmental protection the top priority
of the country, promote green development, and continuously increase the supply
of high-quality ecological products to meet the people’s growing needs for a good
ecological environment.
We must think about the future in a visionary manner and systematically formulate strategic goals and targets for ecological protection, environmental governance,
resource and energy security, and climate change response, and coordinate control,
protection, and governance efforts. We should keep in mind that pollution reduction
and ecological restoration will be a tough and protracted battle, clarify the mid-tolong-term goals and targets in the 14th Five-Year Plan and 15th Five-Year Plan and
the goals for the year 2035 and 2050, and take a step-by-step approach to significantly improve environmental quality by 2035 and comprehensively improve the
development level of ecological civilization by 2050.
Third, we should stick to the path of green development with a focus on China
itself while taking a global perspective, actively respond to climate change, contribute
to global sustainable development, and work with other countries for a clean and
beautiful world.
China’s ecological civilization development and environment protection efforts
are an important part of the global efforts to promote sustainable development. The
achievements made by China in the past 40 years, especially since the 18th National
Z. Xie
government authorities in charge of natural resources conservation of and environmental governance. It should continuously improve the investigation, monitoring,
statistics, and assessment systems, and offer guidance to local government departments to improve their capabilities to complete the increasingly onerous management
tasks.
Second, China should have a top-level design, a strategic roadmap, a timetable
and an implementation path for the Beautiful China campaign.
China’s experience over the past 40 years shows that environmental protection
involves complex and ever-changing contexts and relationships, and the situation
differs greatly across the country. If actions are not taken with a clear strategic goal
in mind and with sound coordination, it will not be possible to form synergy. In the
past, the Chinese government clarified its environment-related strategic goals and
development directions at each stage of development thanks to seven national environmental protection conferences, five-year environmental protection plans, and a
series of action plans, took a step-by-step approach to key issues, reforms and mechanisms, improved policies and systems, and promoted the continuous improvement
of the environmental protection system. China should continue on this path if it
wants to effectively modernize the environmental governance system and improve
environmental governance capabilities.
To achieve the goals of the Beautiful China campaign by 2035 and mid-twenty-first
century, we must keep track of the changes in the primary contradiction of society in
the new era, follow the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization,
and adhere to the basic policy of “conservation, protection, and restoration.” We
should find an effective way to coordinate between high-quality development and
high-level environmental protection, make environmental protection the top priority
of the country, promote green development, and continuously increase the supply
of high-quality ecological products to meet the people’s growing needs for a good
ecological environment.
We must think about the future in a visionary manner and systematically formulate strategic goals and targets for ecological protection, environmental governance,
resource and energy security, and climate change response, and coordinate control,
protection, and governance efforts. We should keep in mind that pollution reduction
and ecological restoration will be a tough and protracted battle, clarify the mid-tolong-term goals and targets in the 14th Five-Year Plan and 15th Five-Year Plan and
the goals for the year 2035 and 2050, and take a step-by-step approach to significantly improve environmental quality by 2035 and comprehensively improve the
development level of ecological civilization by 2050.
Third, we should stick to the path of green development with a focus on China
itself while taking a global perspective, actively respond to climate change, contribute
to global sustainable development, and work with other countries for a clean and
beautiful world.
China’s ecological civilization development and environment protection efforts
are an important part of the global efforts to promote sustainable development. The
achievements made by China in the past 40 years, especially since the 18th National