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S. Liu
1 Strategic Positioning and Direction of the Ecological
Civilization Strategy in the New Era
From the report of the 18th and 19th National Congress of the CPC, and the important
statements in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China to General Secretary Xi’s speech
at the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection—they have fully showcased that “ushering in the new age of ecological civilization and building a beautiful
China is an important part of realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.”
After the 18th National Congress of the CPC, China elevated “building a beautiful country” to be a major task of overall importance in its socialist modernization
drive, and highlighted ecological civilization’s strategic position as the “fundamental
cause to sustain the development of the country and the nation.” This pointed out the
strategic direction of building an ecological civilization in the new era. Therefore,
Marxist scholars, either focused on the political or academic aspect, are all repeatedly illustrating how ecological civilization holds the key to whether the Chinese
nation can re-emerge to glory through socialist modernization in the new era, open
new horizons in building a beautiful China, and achieve great rejuvenation. Without
a sound ecological environment, a beautiful China would be out of the question and
the Chinese Dream would not come true.
2 Strategic Goals and Main Signs of Building an Ecological
Civilization in the New Era
As a major strategy concerning national development as a whole, the development of
ecological civilization should be guided by definite strategic goals. In the context of
building a beautiful China and sustaining Chinese nation’s development, we should
keep in mind that China is still in the early stage of socialism, so the strategic goals of
building an ecological civilization should be consistent with current national conditions. In the new era, China remains “a country of a big population and economy,
limited resources and poor ecology and environment.” It is faced with a serious situation of tightening resource shortage and restrictions, grave environmental pollution
and fragile and degrading ecosystem. Therefore, resource and environment issues,
particularly ecological ones, pose the biggest challenge and obstruction to China’s
economic, social and ecological progress. As such, the strategic goal should be
building a resource-saving, environment-friendly and ecologically sound society.
This is an overriding issue concerning the direction and path as we strive for economic
and social sustainability, lasting development of the Chinese nation, and an early entry
into ecological civilization. It is a theoretical innovation of the ecological civilization
strategy, marking an improvement of the theory in the new era.
S. Liu
1 Strategic Positioning and Direction of the Ecological
Civilization Strategy in the New Era
From the report of the 18th and 19th National Congress of the CPC, and the important
statements in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China to General Secretary Xi’s speech
at the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection—they have fully showcased that “ushering in the new age of ecological civilization and building a beautiful
China is an important part of realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.”
After the 18th National Congress of the CPC, China elevated “building a beautiful country” to be a major task of overall importance in its socialist modernization
drive, and highlighted ecological civilization’s strategic position as the “fundamental
cause to sustain the development of the country and the nation.” This pointed out the
strategic direction of building an ecological civilization in the new era. Therefore,
Marxist scholars, either focused on the political or academic aspect, are all repeatedly illustrating how ecological civilization holds the key to whether the Chinese
nation can re-emerge to glory through socialist modernization in the new era, open
new horizons in building a beautiful China, and achieve great rejuvenation. Without
a sound ecological environment, a beautiful China would be out of the question and
the Chinese Dream would not come true.
2 Strategic Goals and Main Signs of Building an Ecological
Civilization in the New Era
As a major strategy concerning national development as a whole, the development of
ecological civilization should be guided by definite strategic goals. In the context of
building a beautiful China and sustaining Chinese nation’s development, we should
keep in mind that China is still in the early stage of socialism, so the strategic goals of
building an ecological civilization should be consistent with current national conditions. In the new era, China remains “a country of a big population and economy,
limited resources and poor ecology and environment.” It is faced with a serious situation of tightening resource shortage and restrictions, grave environmental pollution
and fragile and degrading ecosystem. Therefore, resource and environment issues,
particularly ecological ones, pose the biggest challenge and obstruction to China’s
economic, social and ecological progress. As such, the strategic goal should be
building a resource-saving, environment-friendly and ecologically sound society.
This is an overriding issue concerning the direction and path as we strive for economic
and social sustainability, lasting development of the Chinese nation, and an early entry
into ecological civilization. It is a theoretical innovation of the ecological civilization
strategy, marking an improvement of the theory in the new era.