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D. Zhu
policy design for ecological civilization must include three links of “determination of scale, allocation of property rights, and market transactions.” Since the
ecological scale and fair distribution are determined by political and management mechanisms beyond the market, it is a cooperative governance process
that integrates governmental, market and social mechanisms.
(3) Organizational cooperation and interface management between the public and
private sectors. In the process of ecological civilization, strategic innovation
and collaborative innovation require organizational changes for ecological civilization and sustainable development and also enhanced interface management
between different organizations, as well as cooperation between the public and
private sectors—all of which are conducive to ecological civilization. In terms
of organizational cooperation, while conceiving the post-2020 five-year plans,
we should emphasize that the construction of ecological civilization requires
both the top-down efforts of the government and the extensive bottom-up participation of the market and social organizations. We need to coordinate and integrate all organizations, with each taking responsibilities related to their business. In terms of the enhanced vision, the construction of ecological civilization
requires all types of organizations, regardless of their interest preferences, to
seek their special interests by considering the big picture involving economic,
social, and environmental benefits based on the premise that other interests
are not reduced but even increase. In terms of interface management, while
designing the post-2020 five-year plans, we should emphasize that the interface management between organizations targeting ecological civilization needs
to focus on the intersection of internal and external areas to find priorities that
meet the requirements of ecological civilization and sustainable development.
On such a basis, we come up with a strategy that is conducive to promoting
ecological civilization before entering the management process of operational
planning, execution, and evaluation.
(4) Enhancing the people’s capacities in building ecological civilization. While
conceiving the post-2020 five-year plans, we should combine the ecological
civilization with cultural construction, foster education, publicity, research, and
international promotion activities with Chinese characteristics, and cultivate
new ethics and character of the public participation in ecological civilization.
Specifically, we should enhance environmental education to ecological civilization education, promote lifelong education of ecological civilization for
citizenship, and strengthen knowledge creation and international cooperation
related to new ethics and character. What’s more, we should not only disseminate and apply new ethics and character, but also create and innovate knowledge
in this area. It is necessary to facilitate in-depth academic research in this area—
particularly the study of the relationship between the new ideas of ecological
civilization and that of sustainable development—by institutions of higher
learning as well as the humanities and social sciences. For example, how do
the four requirements of the new ethics of ecological civilization connect with
the four capitals of sustainable development? How should we connect them
with Maslow’s theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human
D. Zhu
policy design for ecological civilization must include three links of “determination of scale, allocation of property rights, and market transactions.” Since the
ecological scale and fair distribution are determined by political and management mechanisms beyond the market, it is a cooperative governance process
that integrates governmental, market and social mechanisms.
(3) Organizational cooperation and interface management between the public and
private sectors. In the process of ecological civilization, strategic innovation
and collaborative innovation require organizational changes for ecological civilization and sustainable development and also enhanced interface management
between different organizations, as well as cooperation between the public and
private sectors—all of which are conducive to ecological civilization. In terms
of organizational cooperation, while conceiving the post-2020 five-year plans,
we should emphasize that the construction of ecological civilization requires
both the top-down efforts of the government and the extensive bottom-up participation of the market and social organizations. We need to coordinate and integrate all organizations, with each taking responsibilities related to their business. In terms of the enhanced vision, the construction of ecological civilization
requires all types of organizations, regardless of their interest preferences, to
seek their special interests by considering the big picture involving economic,
social, and environmental benefits based on the premise that other interests
are not reduced but even increase. In terms of interface management, while
designing the post-2020 five-year plans, we should emphasize that the interface management between organizations targeting ecological civilization needs
to focus on the intersection of internal and external areas to find priorities that
meet the requirements of ecological civilization and sustainable development.
On such a basis, we come up with a strategy that is conducive to promoting
ecological civilization before entering the management process of operational
planning, execution, and evaluation.
(4) Enhancing the people’s capacities in building ecological civilization. While
conceiving the post-2020 five-year plans, we should combine the ecological
civilization with cultural construction, foster education, publicity, research, and
international promotion activities with Chinese characteristics, and cultivate
new ethics and character of the public participation in ecological civilization.
Specifically, we should enhance environmental education to ecological civilization education, promote lifelong education of ecological civilization for
citizenship, and strengthen knowledge creation and international cooperation
related to new ethics and character. What’s more, we should not only disseminate and apply new ethics and character, but also create and innovate knowledge
in this area. It is necessary to facilitate in-depth academic research in this area—
particularly the study of the relationship between the new ideas of ecological
civilization and that of sustainable development—by institutions of higher
learning as well as the humanities and social sciences. For example, how do
the four requirements of the new ethics of ecological civilization connect with
the four capitals of sustainable development? How should we connect them
with Maslow’s theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human