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epoch-making significance or potential for change, and deserve much affirmation
and attention.
Of course, judged from the actual realization of the established goals or spillover
potentials of these national ecological civilization pilot zones, or from the inevitable
requirements of ecological conservation and its theories, Fujian, Hainan and Guizhou
are still in an experimental or preliminary stage.
On the theoretical level, we can introduce a three-dimensional theoretical framework consisting of management strategy, spatial dimensions and socialist politics
for preliminary analysis. Briefly speaking, we can examine any attempt to build a
comprehensive ecological civilization from the five-sphere management philosophy
strategy, the spatial dimension of the unity of administrative hierarchy and ecosystem,
and the political dimension of whether the socialist orientation is upheld at the same
time, and the national ecological civilization pilot zone project is no exception. In
other words, a successful national ecological civilization pilot zone must be truly
based on or follow the five-sphere management strategy, must strive to maintain the
balance or complementarity between administrative management and the ecological
space, and must adhere to the political orientation of socialism at the same time. In
particular, it needs to be emphasized that the third criterion seems self-evident for
most scholars and the public, because the choice of the path of socialism with Chinese
characteristics and the leadership of the CPC have made socialism a political correct
choice and a dominant ideology in the development of an ecological civilization. But
under the hegemony of the international economic and political order and theoretical
discourse dominated by capitalism, “socialist” implies a clear and radical political
preference and choice of “red and green,” which we must always be aware of or not
shy from.
From this perspective, in my opinion, the National Ecological Civilization Pilot
Area and other forms of pilot demonstration projects, such as the National Ecological
Civilization Demonstration City/County project and the innovation bases project
under the leadership of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment deserve higher
expectation and more attention. We should pay attention to not only the extent and
the specific path they take to achieve the specific institutional innovation goals set
in the Implementation Plan for National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, but also
to what extent they have continued to develop and reform an ecological civilization
vision and theory that keep pace with the times, which should be ecological and
socialist at the same time, and striven to maintain a benign interaction between the
two. This is not only important for their direct purpose as pilot zones, but also for
China’s goal of ecological progress and the grand goal of building a modern, socialist
country with Chinese characteristics.
X. Qingzh
epoch-making significance or potential for change, and deserve much affirmation
and attention.
Of course, judged from the actual realization of the established goals or spillover
potentials of these national ecological civilization pilot zones, or from the inevitable
requirements of ecological conservation and its theories, Fujian, Hainan and Guizhou
are still in an experimental or preliminary stage.
On the theoretical level, we can introduce a three-dimensional theoretical framework consisting of management strategy, spatial dimensions and socialist politics
for preliminary analysis. Briefly speaking, we can examine any attempt to build a
comprehensive ecological civilization from the five-sphere management philosophy
strategy, the spatial dimension of the unity of administrative hierarchy and ecosystem,
and the political dimension of whether the socialist orientation is upheld at the same
time, and the national ecological civilization pilot zone project is no exception. In
other words, a successful national ecological civilization pilot zone must be truly
based on or follow the five-sphere management strategy, must strive to maintain the
balance or complementarity between administrative management and the ecological
space, and must adhere to the political orientation of socialism at the same time. In
particular, it needs to be emphasized that the third criterion seems self-evident for
most scholars and the public, because the choice of the path of socialism with Chinese
characteristics and the leadership of the CPC have made socialism a political correct
choice and a dominant ideology in the development of an ecological civilization. But
under the hegemony of the international economic and political order and theoretical
discourse dominated by capitalism, “socialist” implies a clear and radical political
preference and choice of “red and green,” which we must always be aware of or not
shy from.
From this perspective, in my opinion, the National Ecological Civilization Pilot
Area and other forms of pilot demonstration projects, such as the National Ecological
Civilization Demonstration City/County project and the innovation bases project
under the leadership of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment deserve higher
expectation and more attention. We should pay attention to not only the extent and
the specific path they take to achieve the specific institutional innovation goals set
in the Implementation Plan for National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, but also
to what extent they have continued to develop and reform an ecological civilization
vision and theory that keep pace with the times, which should be ecological and
socialist at the same time, and striven to maintain a benign interaction between the
two. This is not only important for their direct purpose as pilot zones, but also for
China’s goal of ecological progress and the grand goal of building a modern, socialist
country with Chinese characteristics.