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to developing countries. China with a weak foundation and backward technologies
therefore was forced to take over immense waste pollution and pay an extremely
high environmental price when trying to attract business and investment and become
the “world factory.” If environmental protection in the West is mainly driven by the
private sector, that in China is organized and mobilized by state power with extensive public participation, which is the reason why it has encountered much greater
difficulties and more complicated conflicts than in the West. In addition, the Chinese
approach to environmental protection has also demonstrated a much stronger state
and national will and the leaders’ broader vision on civilization and humanity. It is
the CPC that has initiated to develop the “ecological civilization,” elevated it to be
the top national development strategy, and made it a grand goal of jointly building
the “community with a shared future for mankind.” These historical facts must be
remembered forever!
The 17th National Congress of the CPC first put forth the strategic task of “building
an ecological civilization.” The 18th National Congress of the CPC incorporated it as
part of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for socialist development with Chinese characteristics and demanded “we must give high priority to making ecological civilization and incorporate it into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic,
political, cultural, and social progress, work hard to build a beautiful country, and
achieve lasting and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” That primarily
outlined a new blueprint for civilization development.
The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core uplifted “ecological civilization” to a higher strategic position by writing it into the Charter of the
Communist Party of China and the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China.
This new choice of civilization reflects the wish of over a billion Chinese people
in the new era and is therefore canonized as the unshakable state will. Over the
years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made many succinct remarks about ecological civilization on multiple occasions, which form a complete system of the Xi
Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. This system reflects the profound legacy
of the 5000-year-old Chinese civilization, manifests the foresight and foresight for
Chinese nation’s sustainable development and people’s happy life, and embodies a
deep concern for the common future of mankind. This system conveys philosophical
dialectics, rational analysis and steadfast practicality, with which a new horizon is
opened in combining the Marxist theory on man-nature relation with China’s actual
conditions and man’s lofty ideals. As such, it commands a high ground in both
human and natural morality, following the natural course while meeting people’s
aspirations and expectations. It is under the guidance of this advanced thought that
China’s ecological civilization has been progressing by leaps and bounds in recent
years, exerting widespread effects on the whole world.
Many centuries later, when future historians look back on the “past,” they will
find a glorious period of hard work and arduous efforts. In the twenty-first century,
an ancient oriental power, having gained rebirth from unimaginable tribulations and
ordeals, built a beautiful and harmonious country that is affluent, strong, democratic
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to developing countries. China with a weak foundation and backward technologies
therefore was forced to take over immense waste pollution and pay an extremely
high environmental price when trying to attract business and investment and become
the “world factory.” If environmental protection in the West is mainly driven by the
private sector, that in China is organized and mobilized by state power with extensive public participation, which is the reason why it has encountered much greater
difficulties and more complicated conflicts than in the West. In addition, the Chinese
approach to environmental protection has also demonstrated a much stronger state
and national will and the leaders’ broader vision on civilization and humanity. It is
the CPC that has initiated to develop the “ecological civilization,” elevated it to be
the top national development strategy, and made it a grand goal of jointly building
the “community with a shared future for mankind.” These historical facts must be
remembered forever!
The 17th National Congress of the CPC first put forth the strategic task of “building
an ecological civilization.” The 18th National Congress of the CPC incorporated it as
part of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan for socialist development with Chinese characteristics and demanded “we must give high priority to making ecological civilization and incorporate it into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic,
political, cultural, and social progress, work hard to build a beautiful country, and
achieve lasting and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” That primarily
outlined a new blueprint for civilization development.
The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core uplifted “ecological civilization” to a higher strategic position by writing it into the Charter of the
Communist Party of China and the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China.
This new choice of civilization reflects the wish of over a billion Chinese people
in the new era and is therefore canonized as the unshakable state will. Over the
years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made many succinct remarks about ecological civilization on multiple occasions, which form a complete system of the Xi
Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. This system reflects the profound legacy
of the 5000-year-old Chinese civilization, manifests the foresight and foresight for
Chinese nation’s sustainable development and people’s happy life, and embodies a
deep concern for the common future of mankind. This system conveys philosophical
dialectics, rational analysis and steadfast practicality, with which a new horizon is
opened in combining the Marxist theory on man-nature relation with China’s actual
conditions and man’s lofty ideals. As such, it commands a high ground in both
human and natural morality, following the natural course while meeting people’s
aspirations and expectations. It is under the guidance of this advanced thought that
China’s ecological civilization has been progressing by leaps and bounds in recent
years, exerting widespread effects on the whole world.
Many centuries later, when future historians look back on the “past,” they will
find a glorious period of hard work and arduous efforts. In the twenty-first century,
an ancient oriental power, having gained rebirth from unimaginable tribulations and
ordeals, built a beautiful and harmonious country that is affluent, strong, democratic