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original aspiration and keep their mission firmly in mind, turn their patriotic spirit
into practical actions, and in the new historical journey, strive for a decisive victory
in constructing a moderately prosperous society in all respects, winning the battle
against pollution, and building China into a great modern socialist country that is
prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful.
As the Chinese saying goes, the last leg of a journey marks the halfway point. With
joint efforts by all the organizers, the event and publication of the book completed on
schedule. However, at the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic
of China, a “historic moment of great significance,” it is difficult to form an “impressive literary topography” that roughly reflects China’s development of ecological
civilization over the last seven decades, as well as its great achievements and valuable
experiences. In short, it leaves a lot to be desired for two reasons. First, to be honest,
given the fact that the Party’s, and China’s, development of ecological civilization is
facing severe challenges, whether the selected authors’ contributions can be carried
out or truly reflect the actual situations is still up in the air and needs to stand the
test of time. This book merely represents the voice, opinions and standpoints of the
theoretical workers and builders of ecological civilization. By contrast, in a new era
of socialist ecological civilization, Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
has become widely known, and building ecological civilization is highly complicated, interdisciplinary, and systematic, covering all aspects of economic, political,
cultural and social construction. Many theoretical and practical “experts” from all
walks of life who care about, support, and pursue the development of ecological civilization are coming out, with the business and industry sectors as the main catalyst
for advancing China’s ecological civilization. Unfortunately, due to reasons beyond
our control, they were not extensively mobilized—a fact that is regrettable for the
editor-in-chief team. Second, since the selected articles are generally too long for the
limited space available, we simply cannot keep all of their explanatory pictures and
statistical tables, and would appreciate their understanding on the matter.
Below is a list of the book’s editors (or authors) based on the order of their participation: Pan Jiahua, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Executive
Vice Chairman of the CASS Think tank for Eco-civilization Studies; Gao Shiji,
Director of the Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies of the
Development Research Center of the State Council; Li Qingrui, Executive Vice President of China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association; Wang
Jinnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of Chinese
Academy of Environmental Planning; Wu Dekai, Secretary of the Party Committee
of China Environment Publishing Group; and Huang Chengliang, Director of the
Theory Department of the CASS Think tank for Eco-civilization Studies.
Xu Yuhong, the president of the Fourth Branch of the China Environment
Publishing Group, and editor Zhao Yan spend much time editing the book, and
young researchers and graduate students helped a lot. We would like to thank them
for their dedication throughout the project.
Editors
October 1, 2019
Afterword
original aspiration and keep their mission firmly in mind, turn their patriotic spirit
into practical actions, and in the new historical journey, strive for a decisive victory
in constructing a moderately prosperous society in all respects, winning the battle
against pollution, and building China into a great modern socialist country that is
prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful.
As the Chinese saying goes, the last leg of a journey marks the halfway point. With
joint efforts by all the organizers, the event and publication of the book completed on
schedule. However, at the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic
of China, a “historic moment of great significance,” it is difficult to form an “impressive literary topography” that roughly reflects China’s development of ecological
civilization over the last seven decades, as well as its great achievements and valuable
experiences. In short, it leaves a lot to be desired for two reasons. First, to be honest,
given the fact that the Party’s, and China’s, development of ecological civilization is
facing severe challenges, whether the selected authors’ contributions can be carried
out or truly reflect the actual situations is still up in the air and needs to stand the
test of time. This book merely represents the voice, opinions and standpoints of the
theoretical workers and builders of ecological civilization. By contrast, in a new era
of socialist ecological civilization, Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization
has become widely known, and building ecological civilization is highly complicated, interdisciplinary, and systematic, covering all aspects of economic, political,
cultural and social construction. Many theoretical and practical “experts” from all
walks of life who care about, support, and pursue the development of ecological civilization are coming out, with the business and industry sectors as the main catalyst
for advancing China’s ecological civilization. Unfortunately, due to reasons beyond
our control, they were not extensively mobilized—a fact that is regrettable for the
editor-in-chief team. Second, since the selected articles are generally too long for the
limited space available, we simply cannot keep all of their explanatory pictures and
statistical tables, and would appreciate their understanding on the matter.
Below is a list of the book’s editors (or authors) based on the order of their participation: Pan Jiahua, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Executive
Vice Chairman of the CASS Think tank for Eco-civilization Studies; Gao Shiji,
Director of the Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies of the
Development Research Center of the State Council; Li Qingrui, Executive Vice President of China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association; Wang
Jinnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of Chinese
Academy of Environmental Planning; Wu Dekai, Secretary of the Party Committee
of China Environment Publishing Group; and Huang Chengliang, Director of the
Theory Department of the CASS Think tank for Eco-civilization Studies.
Xu Yuhong, the president of the Fourth Branch of the China Environment
Publishing Group, and editor Zhao Yan spend much time editing the book, and
young researchers and graduate students helped a lot. We would like to thank them
for their dedication throughout the project.
Editors
October 1, 2019