On Xi Jinping’s Important Statements on Reform …
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governance. In the report to the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping clearly
proposed to “We will establish an environmental governance system in which
government takes the lead, enterprises assume main responsibility, and social
organizations and the public also participate.” Environmental governance is
not only an environmental issue, but also an economic, social, and even political one. Therefore, the construction of an environmental governance system is
important for building a national governance system and modernizing national
governance.
3. The construction of institutions for promoting ecological progress
In addition to system reform and mechanism design, Xi Jinping also attaches great
importance to the construction of institutions for promoting ecological progress.
In the section “Enhance system building to promote ecological progress” in the
report to the 18th CPC National Congress, it systematically elaborates five systems:
the evaluation, reward and punishment system for ecological conservation, the
strictest ecological and environmental protection system, the system for paying for
resource consumption and compensating for ecological damage, the ecological and
environmental supervision and accountability system, and the system for publicity of
and education in ecological progress. They lay an important foundation for building
a complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress.
In the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Some Major Issues Concerning
Comprehensively Deepening the Reform adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the
18th CPC Central Committee, the Party, for the first time, in the section “Accelerating
the system building for ecological conservation,” made it clear that “a systematic and
complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress must be established,”
and in particular explained it in four aspects: improving the property rights system
and use control system for natural resources, setting the red line for ecological conservation, enforcing the system for paying for resource consumption and compensating
for ecological damage, and reforming the administrative system for ecological and
environmental protection.
In the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Accelerating Ecological Progress, it emphasizes “accelerating the establishment of a
systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress,” and
proposes ten specific measures: improving laws and regulations and the system
of standards, bettering the property rights system and use control system for
natural resources, enhancing the ecological and environmental supervision system,
strictly respecting the redlines for ecological protection, refining economic policies,
promoting market-oriented mechanisms, strengthening ecological compensation
mechanism, and improving the performance evaluation system and the accountability
system.
The Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization goes further to emphasize “accelerating the establishment of a systematic
and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress.” Specifically
the designed set of institutions includes 47 institutions in eight aspects: the natural
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governance. In the report to the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping clearly
proposed to “We will establish an environmental governance system in which
government takes the lead, enterprises assume main responsibility, and social
organizations and the public also participate.” Environmental governance is
not only an environmental issue, but also an economic, social, and even political one. Therefore, the construction of an environmental governance system is
important for building a national governance system and modernizing national
governance.
3. The construction of institutions for promoting ecological progress
In addition to system reform and mechanism design, Xi Jinping also attaches great
importance to the construction of institutions for promoting ecological progress.
In the section “Enhance system building to promote ecological progress” in the
report to the 18th CPC National Congress, it systematically elaborates five systems:
the evaluation, reward and punishment system for ecological conservation, the
strictest ecological and environmental protection system, the system for paying for
resource consumption and compensating for ecological damage, the ecological and
environmental supervision and accountability system, and the system for publicity of
and education in ecological progress. They lay an important foundation for building
a complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress.
In the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Some Major Issues Concerning
Comprehensively Deepening the Reform adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the
18th CPC Central Committee, the Party, for the first time, in the section “Accelerating
the system building for ecological conservation,” made it clear that “a systematic and
complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress must be established,”
and in particular explained it in four aspects: improving the property rights system
and use control system for natural resources, setting the red line for ecological conservation, enforcing the system for paying for resource consumption and compensating
for ecological damage, and reforming the administrative system for ecological and
environmental protection.
In the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Accelerating Ecological Progress, it emphasizes “accelerating the establishment of a
systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress,” and
proposes ten specific measures: improving laws and regulations and the system
of standards, bettering the property rights system and use control system for
natural resources, enhancing the ecological and environmental supervision system,
strictly respecting the redlines for ecological protection, refining economic policies,
promoting market-oriented mechanisms, strengthening ecological compensation
mechanism, and improving the performance evaluation system and the accountability
system.
The Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization goes further to emphasize “accelerating the establishment of a systematic
and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress.” Specifically
the designed set of institutions includes 47 institutions in eight aspects: the natural