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deployments of “improving development of China’s geographical space,” “promoting
all-round resource conservation,” “intensifying protection of the ecosystem and the
environment” and “enhancing system building to promote ecological progress.”
Particular efforts should be made in institutional construction and innovation for
environmental administrative regulation, the use of environmental economic means,
the performance evaluation of ecological conservation, rewards and punishments,
and ecological conservation publicity and education.
Based on this, 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 in November 2013 proposes to accelerate the establishment of a systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting
ecological progress by building a beautiful China and deepening the reform of the
system for developing an ecological civilization. Under the heading of “Accelerating
system building for promoting ecological progress,” Article 51 stipulates to “improve
the natural resources property rights system and use control system” and Article 53
to “implement the system for paying for resources consumption and compensating
for ecological damage.” Both broadly fall into the scope of the ecological (environmental) economic system. And “defining ecological protection red line” in Article
52 and “reforming the environmental protection management system” in Article 54
roughly fall into the scope of the environmental regulation and governance system
(but the ecological civilization demonstration zone or pilot zone is not mentioned).
The Opinions on Accelerating Ecological Progress, reviewed and approved by
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on March 24, 2015, consists
of 9 parts and 35 articles, including general requirements (guidelines, basic principles, and main objectives); strengthening the function positioning of main players;
promoting technological innovation and structural adjustment; comprehensively
promoting conservation, recycling and efficient utilization of resources, and accelerating the fundamental transformation of resources utilization; intensifying the
ecosystem and environmental protection and effectively improving the set of institutions for promoting ecological progress; strengthening the statistical monitoring
and law enforcement supervision for promoting ecological progress; accelerating the
formation of a good social ethos for promoting ecological progress; and effectively
strengthening organizational leadership. In the part of “Effectively Strengthening
Organizational Leadership—Exploring Effective Models,” it clearly states that it is
necessary to “formulate the Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing
an Ecological Civilization as soon as possible, deepen the construction of ecological civilization pilot zones, and explore effective models for promoting ecological progress in areas at different development stages, with varying resource and
environmental endowments, and different function positioning.”
On this basis, in September 2015, the CPC Central Committee and the State
Council issued the Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization, emphasizing the need to construct eight sound basis systems: the
natural resources property rights system, the land and space development and protection system, the spatial planning system, the total resource management and comprehensive conservation system, the system for paying for resources consumption and
X. Qingzh
deployments of “improving development of China’s geographical space,” “promoting
all-round resource conservation,” “intensifying protection of the ecosystem and the
environment” and “enhancing system building to promote ecological progress.”
Particular efforts should be made in institutional construction and innovation for
environmental administrative regulation, the use of environmental economic means,
the performance evaluation of ecological conservation, rewards and punishments,
and ecological conservation publicity and education.
Based on this, 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 in November 2013 proposes to accelerate the establishment of a systematic and complete set of institutions for promoting
ecological progress by building a beautiful China and deepening the reform of the
system for developing an ecological civilization. Under the heading of “Accelerating
system building for promoting ecological progress,” Article 51 stipulates to “improve
the natural resources property rights system and use control system” and Article 53
to “implement the system for paying for resources consumption and compensating
for ecological damage.” Both broadly fall into the scope of the ecological (environmental) economic system. And “defining ecological protection red line” in Article
52 and “reforming the environmental protection management system” in Article 54
roughly fall into the scope of the environmental regulation and governance system
(but the ecological civilization demonstration zone or pilot zone is not mentioned).
The Opinions on Accelerating Ecological Progress, reviewed and approved by
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on March 24, 2015, consists
of 9 parts and 35 articles, including general requirements (guidelines, basic principles, and main objectives); strengthening the function positioning of main players;
promoting technological innovation and structural adjustment; comprehensively
promoting conservation, recycling and efficient utilization of resources, and accelerating the fundamental transformation of resources utilization; intensifying the
ecosystem and environmental protection and effectively improving the set of institutions for promoting ecological progress; strengthening the statistical monitoring
and law enforcement supervision for promoting ecological progress; accelerating the
formation of a good social ethos for promoting ecological progress; and effectively
strengthening organizational leadership. In the part of “Effectively Strengthening
Organizational Leadership—Exploring Effective Models,” it clearly states that it is
necessary to “formulate the Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing
an Ecological Civilization as soon as possible, deepen the construction of ecological civilization pilot zones, and explore effective models for promoting ecological progress in areas at different development stages, with varying resource and
environmental endowments, and different function positioning.”
On this basis, in September 2015, the CPC Central Committee and the State
Council issued the Master Plan for Reform of the System for Developing an Ecological Civilization, emphasizing the need to construct eight sound basis systems: the
natural resources property rights system, the land and space development and protection system, the spatial planning system, the total resource management and comprehensive conservation system, the system for paying for resources consumption and