On Xi Jinping’s Important Statements on Reform …
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and governance structure and system for developing an ecological civilization at
the macro level; the mechanism design on addressing the labor division and mutual
checks and balances between the market mechanism with the enterprise as the main
player, the government mechanism with the government as the main body, and the
social mechanism with social organizations and the public as the main body, at
the medium level; the construction of institutions on the design of institutions, the
construction of the set of institutions, the optimization, selection and implementation
of institutions, at the micro level. By defining the scope of the reform of the system,
mechanism design, and construction of institutions, Xi provides a conceptual basis
for the deepening of the theory about and opening up new areas for reforming the
system, and meanwhile lays a framework foundation for it. For example, within
the first-level category of “construction of institutions for developing an ecological
civilization,” there are second-level categories such as “mandatory regulatory institutions,” “selective institutions for weighing pros and cons” and “guiding institutions
for moral education.” In the secondary category “selective institutions for weighing
the pros and cons” there are third-level categories such as fiscal and taxation institutions and property rights institutions for developing an ecological civilization. In
the third-level category “property rights institutions for developing an ecological
civilization,” there are fourth-level categories such as property rights institutions
for natural resources, for environmental resources and for climate resources, among
others. In this way, the framework is established for the set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization. It can be seen that categorization is an important
prerequisite for theoretical innovation and institution design. Xi Jinping’s important
statements on the reform of system for developing an ecological civilization have
laid the theoretical cornerstone of the reform.
2. Xi’s important statements have enriched and developed the methodology
of reforming the system for developing an ecological civilization
The reform of the system is to readjust the interest relationship between the living
generation, between the living generation and the future generations, and between
man and nature, and requires more than anything else the guidance of science. The
theory that “We want both ecological and economic benefits, ecological benefits are
more important than economic benefits, and lucid waters and lush mountains are
invaluable assets” is a skillful application and evolution of dialectical materialism,
and provides the methodological basis for the reform of the system. Dialectical
materialism believes in universal connection and eternal development, and upholds
three laws: the law of unity of opposites, the law of mutual change of quality and
quantity, and the law of negation of the negation. Apply it to the above theory and we
can see the internal connection between ecological benefits and economic benefits:
that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets conforms to the law of
unity between two opposites, i.e., ecological benefits and economic benefits, and
that of mutual change between them, and the law of negation of the negation (from
negating the value of lucid waters and lush mountains to protecting them).
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and governance structure and system for developing an ecological civilization at
the macro level; the mechanism design on addressing the labor division and mutual
checks and balances between the market mechanism with the enterprise as the main
player, the government mechanism with the government as the main body, and the
social mechanism with social organizations and the public as the main body, at
the medium level; the construction of institutions on the design of institutions, the
construction of the set of institutions, the optimization, selection and implementation
of institutions, at the micro level. By defining the scope of the reform of the system,
mechanism design, and construction of institutions, Xi provides a conceptual basis
for the deepening of the theory about and opening up new areas for reforming the
system, and meanwhile lays a framework foundation for it. For example, within
the first-level category of “construction of institutions for developing an ecological
civilization,” there are second-level categories such as “mandatory regulatory institutions,” “selective institutions for weighing pros and cons” and “guiding institutions
for moral education.” In the secondary category “selective institutions for weighing
the pros and cons” there are third-level categories such as fiscal and taxation institutions and property rights institutions for developing an ecological civilization. In
the third-level category “property rights institutions for developing an ecological
civilization,” there are fourth-level categories such as property rights institutions
for natural resources, for environmental resources and for climate resources, among
others. In this way, the framework is established for the set of institutions for developing an ecological civilization. It can be seen that categorization is an important
prerequisite for theoretical innovation and institution design. Xi Jinping’s important
statements on the reform of system for developing an ecological civilization have
laid the theoretical cornerstone of the reform.
2. Xi’s important statements have enriched and developed the methodology
of reforming the system for developing an ecological civilization
The reform of the system is to readjust the interest relationship between the living
generation, between the living generation and the future generations, and between
man and nature, and requires more than anything else the guidance of science. The
theory that “We want both ecological and economic benefits, ecological benefits are
more important than economic benefits, and lucid waters and lush mountains are
invaluable assets” is a skillful application and evolution of dialectical materialism,
and provides the methodological basis for the reform of the system. Dialectical
materialism believes in universal connection and eternal development, and upholds
three laws: the law of unity of opposites, the law of mutual change of quality and
quantity, and the law of negation of the negation. Apply it to the above theory and we
can see the internal connection between ecological benefits and economic benefits:
that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets conforms to the law of
unity between two opposites, i.e., ecological benefits and economic benefits, and
that of mutual change between them, and the law of negation of the negation (from
negating the value of lucid waters and lush mountains to protecting them).