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M. Shen
Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening the Reform, “to develop an ecological civilization, it is necessary to establish a systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress, implement the strictest source protection system, system for compensating for ecological damage and the accountability
system, improve environmental governance and ecological restoration system, and
protect the ecological environment with institutions.” Xi Jinping made a comment
on it: “We must deepen the reform of the system for developing an ecological civilization, establish the framework of the system and institutionalize and legalize the
construction of an ecological civilization as soon as possible.” Xi, as head of the
Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform, has made forward-looking
top-level designs and important decisions such as the Master Plan for Reform of
the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization, a holistic reform scheme, and
specific policies such as “Off-Office Auditing of Natural Resource Assets for Leading
Officials.” In the course of top-level design of the system for developing an ecological
civilization, Xi attached great importance to the system structure, its comprehensive
layout, and promoting it as a whole. In accordance with the guiding principles of the
Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, China plans to form a
systematic and complete set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization
in 2020. In fact, the set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization has
basically taken shape. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has formed
a set of institutions consisting of mandatory institutions, selective institutions for
weighing the pros and cons, and guiding institutions for moral education; institutions for source control, process management control, and end processing; legal,
administrative, economic, education, and publicity institutions; formal institutions
represented by laws and regulations, informal institutions represented by ideology,
ethics and morality, and the implementation mechanism represented by information
disclosure, rewards and punishments.
3 The Historic Contribution of Xi Jinping’s Important
Statements on the Reform of the System for Developing
an Ecological Civilization
1. Xi was the first to define the scope of reform of system for developing an
ecological civilization
The ruling CPC not only boldly introduces the “ecological civilization” vision in
the most important documents, but also proposes to promote economic, political,
cultural, social, and ecological progress at the same time. On this basis, Xi Jinping
went further to propose the “reform of system for developing an ecological civilization,” “mechanism design for developing an ecological civilization,” and “construction of institutions for developing an ecological civilization.” The reform of
the system mainly focuses on solving the problems with the administrative system,
M. Shen
Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening the Reform, “to develop an ecological civilization, it is necessary to establish a systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting ecological progress, implement the strictest source protection system, system for compensating for ecological damage and the accountability
system, improve environmental governance and ecological restoration system, and
protect the ecological environment with institutions.” Xi Jinping made a comment
on it: “We must deepen the reform of the system for developing an ecological civilization, establish the framework of the system and institutionalize and legalize the
construction of an ecological civilization as soon as possible.” Xi, as head of the
Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform, has made forward-looking
top-level designs and important decisions such as the Master Plan for Reform of
the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization, a holistic reform scheme, and
specific policies such as “Off-Office Auditing of Natural Resource Assets for Leading
Officials.” In the course of top-level design of the system for developing an ecological
civilization, Xi attached great importance to the system structure, its comprehensive
layout, and promoting it as a whole. In accordance with the guiding principles of the
Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, China plans to form a
systematic and complete set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization
in 2020. In fact, the set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization has
basically taken shape. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has formed
a set of institutions consisting of mandatory institutions, selective institutions for
weighing the pros and cons, and guiding institutions for moral education; institutions for source control, process management control, and end processing; legal,
administrative, economic, education, and publicity institutions; formal institutions
represented by laws and regulations, informal institutions represented by ideology,
ethics and morality, and the implementation mechanism represented by information
disclosure, rewards and punishments.
3 The Historic Contribution of Xi Jinping’s Important
Statements on the Reform of the System for Developing
an Ecological Civilization
1. Xi was the first to define the scope of reform of system for developing an
ecological civilization
The ruling CPC not only boldly introduces the “ecological civilization” vision in
the most important documents, but also proposes to promote economic, political,
cultural, social, and ecological progress at the same time. On this basis, Xi Jinping
went further to propose the “reform of system for developing an ecological civilization,” “mechanism design for developing an ecological civilization,” and “construction of institutions for developing an ecological civilization.” The reform of
the system mainly focuses on solving the problems with the administrative system,