Interpreting Ecological Civilization
with the Latest Results of International
Research on Sustainable Development
and the Universal Language
Dajian Zhu
On June 7, 2019, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech titled “Insisting on Sustainable Development and Creating a Prosperous World” at the 23rd plenary session of
the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. He stated that sustainable development meets the best interests of all parties and offers a chance for cooperation as
the “golden key” to solve the problems the world now faces. As Xi Jinping’s first
speech on sustainable development, it contains high-profile contents that boost the
confidence of sustainable development researchers and practitioners.
There are not many research texts that interpret ecological civilization from the
perspective of sustainable development. It is very important to promote the dialogue
between sustainable development and ecological civilization. The first is to use the
universal language of international research on sustainable development to interpret
the thoughts, policies and practices of and tell the story about China’s ecological
civilization to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by
the United Nations. The second is to integrate the latest achievements and ideas of
international sustainable development research into China’s ecological civilization,
so that we can deepen the theories, strategies and policies of ecological civilization
while building a beautiful China and realizing socialist modernization with Chinese
characteristics.
1 The Latest Results of Research on Sustainable
Development and Their Theoretical Insights
Over the past decade, especially since the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, or Rio+20, held in 2012, a series of important new results and ideas
have emerged in international research on sustainable development. These latest
D. Zhu (B)
School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_72
727
with the Latest Results of International
Research on Sustainable Development
and the Universal Language
Dajian Zhu
On June 7, 2019, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech titled “Insisting on Sustainable Development and Creating a Prosperous World” at the 23rd plenary session of
the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. He stated that sustainable development meets the best interests of all parties and offers a chance for cooperation as
the “golden key” to solve the problems the world now faces. As Xi Jinping’s first
speech on sustainable development, it contains high-profile contents that boost the
confidence of sustainable development researchers and practitioners.
There are not many research texts that interpret ecological civilization from the
perspective of sustainable development. It is very important to promote the dialogue
between sustainable development and ecological civilization. The first is to use the
universal language of international research on sustainable development to interpret
the thoughts, policies and practices of and tell the story about China’s ecological
civilization to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by
the United Nations. The second is to integrate the latest achievements and ideas of
international sustainable development research into China’s ecological civilization,
so that we can deepen the theories, strategies and policies of ecological civilization
while building a beautiful China and realizing socialist modernization with Chinese
characteristics.
1 The Latest Results of Research on Sustainable
Development and Their Theoretical Insights
Over the past decade, especially since the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, or Rio+20, held in 2012, a series of important new results and ideas
have emerged in international research on sustainable development. These latest
D. Zhu (B)
School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_72
727