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to forests and grazing lands to grasslands has not been implemented. Especially in
the catchments of Ruo Shui, an unfair system that transfers a large amount of water
from the Ruo Shui administration bureau to the lower reaches of Ejina has severely
limited water available for industrial development and agricultural production in
the middle and upper reaches, and affected the economic and social progress of
the Zhangye oasis. Zhangye City is implementing the most stringent water-saving
system that ensures discharging water into downstream areas by limiting its use of
water for developing agriculture, industry and ecological conservation. However,
precious water resources are being wasted in Ejina, a banner with a lot of lakes and
rivers. The ecological compensation system promoted by the central government is
yet to be implemented. With this kind of water resources management mechanism and
ecological protection mechanism at the expense of the Hexi Corridor, the residents
living in upstream areas are very unwilling to protect the ecological environment.
3 Ensuring Green Development by Clarifying Thinking,
Planning Scientifically, and Coordinating Construction
Efforts
Gansu’s ecological construction and environmental protection are vital to building
an important ecological barrier in China, and are also the basis for reducing the
gap between Gansu and the rest of the country in terms of pursuing a moderately prosperous society while ensuring its green and sustainable development. It
is necessary to increase the government’s investment and adopt reform and innovation to explore new mechanisms for building ecological civilization. Moreover, we
should work hard to build a coordinated linkage mechanism for ecological protection,
economic development and improvement of people’s livelihood, a long-term ecological compensation mechanism and a multi-investment and financing mechanism. We
should also give full play to the market, get social entities involved in ecological
protection and construction, and create a “triple win” situation where ecological
protection, economic progress, and improved livelihood for the people are achieved
simultaneously. In addition, it is necessary to establish a proper guidance and evaluation mechanism for promoting scientific development, implement the most stringent
source protection system, strictly observe the red line of ecological protection, and
build a red line for environmental protection.
1. Gansu should pay attention to the following four points while formulating
strategies
The first is to strive for development while giving priority to environmental protection. Environmental capacity should be regarded as an important basis for regional
arrangements, the environmental standards deemed a vital condition for market
access, environmental costs seen as an important factor in the price formation mechanism, environmental management regarded as an important way of adjusting regional
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to forests and grazing lands to grasslands has not been implemented. Especially in
the catchments of Ruo Shui, an unfair system that transfers a large amount of water
from the Ruo Shui administration bureau to the lower reaches of Ejina has severely
limited water available for industrial development and agricultural production in
the middle and upper reaches, and affected the economic and social progress of
the Zhangye oasis. Zhangye City is implementing the most stringent water-saving
system that ensures discharging water into downstream areas by limiting its use of
water for developing agriculture, industry and ecological conservation. However,
precious water resources are being wasted in Ejina, a banner with a lot of lakes and
rivers. The ecological compensation system promoted by the central government is
yet to be implemented. With this kind of water resources management mechanism and
ecological protection mechanism at the expense of the Hexi Corridor, the residents
living in upstream areas are very unwilling to protect the ecological environment.
3 Ensuring Green Development by Clarifying Thinking,
Planning Scientifically, and Coordinating Construction
Efforts
Gansu’s ecological construction and environmental protection are vital to building
an important ecological barrier in China, and are also the basis for reducing the
gap between Gansu and the rest of the country in terms of pursuing a moderately prosperous society while ensuring its green and sustainable development. It
is necessary to increase the government’s investment and adopt reform and innovation to explore new mechanisms for building ecological civilization. Moreover, we
should work hard to build a coordinated linkage mechanism for ecological protection,
economic development and improvement of people’s livelihood, a long-term ecological compensation mechanism and a multi-investment and financing mechanism. We
should also give full play to the market, get social entities involved in ecological
protection and construction, and create a “triple win” situation where ecological
protection, economic progress, and improved livelihood for the people are achieved
simultaneously. In addition, it is necessary to establish a proper guidance and evaluation mechanism for promoting scientific development, implement the most stringent
source protection system, strictly observe the red line of ecological protection, and
build a red line for environmental protection.
1. Gansu should pay attention to the following four points while formulating
strategies
The first is to strive for development while giving priority to environmental protection. Environmental capacity should be regarded as an important basis for regional
arrangements, the environmental standards deemed a vital condition for market
access, environmental costs seen as an important factor in the price formation mechanism, environmental management regarded as an important way of adjusting regional