Building Ecological Culture, Showcasing
Ecological Wisdom
Jian Lin
Dire environmental issues have exposed the plight of human culture. The only way
to overcome the ecological crisis, protect ecological security and achieve harmony
between man and nature is establishing the vision of ecological civilization, changing
people’s values, creating the eco-culture system and taking concrete measures to
intensify ecological governance.
1 Ecological Culture and Ecological Civilization
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection held on May 18, 2018,
General Secretary Xi Jinping urged the country to move faster to build systems for an
ecological civilization. He further elaborated on the five systems—a cultural system
in which environmental concepts and values are norms, an economic system aimed
at integrating industries and ecosystems, a system of responsibilities and objectives
centered on improving environmental quality, a system of institutions backed by
modernized governance systems and capacity, and a safety system that emphasizes
the maintenance of well-functioning ecosystems and the effective prevention and
control of environmental risks.
The ecological culture that features the harmonious co-existence and coordinated
development of man and nature is the new way of life and new value chosen by
mankind in the twenty-first century in the face of multiple crises. With man in the
center and closely associated with nature, the ecological culture encompasses all
activities and achievements by man during their interactions with nature in order to
adapt to the natural environment, maintain ecological balance, improve ecological
environment, realize the cultural values of natural ecology, and meet man’s material
and spiritual needs. It represents an ecological awakening and social adaptation, a
J. Lin (B)
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_58
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Ecological Wisdom
Jian Lin
Dire environmental issues have exposed the plight of human culture. The only way
to overcome the ecological crisis, protect ecological security and achieve harmony
between man and nature is establishing the vision of ecological civilization, changing
people’s values, creating the eco-culture system and taking concrete measures to
intensify ecological governance.
1 Ecological Culture and Ecological Civilization
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection held on May 18, 2018,
General Secretary Xi Jinping urged the country to move faster to build systems for an
ecological civilization. He further elaborated on the five systems—a cultural system
in which environmental concepts and values are norms, an economic system aimed
at integrating industries and ecosystems, a system of responsibilities and objectives
centered on improving environmental quality, a system of institutions backed by
modernized governance systems and capacity, and a safety system that emphasizes
the maintenance of well-functioning ecosystems and the effective prevention and
control of environmental risks.
The ecological culture that features the harmonious co-existence and coordinated
development of man and nature is the new way of life and new value chosen by
mankind in the twenty-first century in the face of multiple crises. With man in the
center and closely associated with nature, the ecological culture encompasses all
activities and achievements by man during their interactions with nature in order to
adapt to the natural environment, maintain ecological balance, improve ecological
environment, realize the cultural values of natural ecology, and meet man’s material
and spiritual needs. It represents an ecological awakening and social adaptation, a
J. Lin (B)
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_58
585