Ten Articles of Citizenship • Interpretation (3) | Beautiful China, you have me

　　In order to lead citizens to practice their obligations and responsibilities for ecological environmental protection, be active propagators and model practitioners of the concept of ecological civilization, and work together to build a harmonious coexistence between man and nature, on June 5, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Central Office for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization, the Ministry of Education, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation and other five departments jointly issued the newly revised "Ten Articles of Conduct for Citizens' Ecological Environment". We invite relevant experts to write articles for everyone to learn and communicate~

CHEN Kai

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to promote green development and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Respecting, conforming to and protecting nature is an inherent requirement for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "China's modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. China's modernization pays attention to simultaneously promoting the construction of material civilization and ecological civilization, and takes the path of civilized development of production development, rich life and good ecology, otherwise the pressure on resources and environment cannot be bearable." The promulgation of the "Ten Norms of Conduct for Citizens' Ecological Environment" is timely, which will effectively improve the ecological and environmental behavior of Chinese citizens, guide citizens to become practitioners of ecological civilization and builders of a beautiful China, and promote the formation of a new pattern of harmonious development and modernization of man and nature.

　　Studies show that the performance of resources and environment in China's consumption field is declining, and residents' lifestyle and behavior have become important factors influencing the green transformation of economic development. It is estimated that by 2035, the comprehensive energy consumption caused by China's household consumption will account for more than 40% of the total energy consumption. Although the impact of citizens' individual consumption behavior on the environment is weak, the combination of such behavior can have a significant impact on the state of the environment. Therefore, it is very necessary to guide citizens' ecological and environmental behavior. The issuance of the "Ten Articles of Conduct for Citizens' Ecological Environment" vigorously advocates the formation of a simple and moderate, green and low-carbon way of living and working in China, which will help strengthen citizens' awareness of the ecological environment, lead citizens to practice ecological and environmental responsibilities, and work together to build a beautiful China with green mountains, green waters, blue seas and blue sky.

　　The "Ten Articles of Citizens' Ecological and Environmental Behavior Code" promulgated this time can be summarized into three aspects: first, knowledge, skills and values, corresponding to Article 1; the second is the way of life and work, corresponding to Articles 2 to 7; The third is voluntary and supervisory activities, corresponding to Articles 8 and 9. On the basis of these specific behavioral guidelines, the tenth code of conduct is "Building a Beautiful China Together". The following is interpreted in turn from the above three aspects.

　　First, knowledge, skills and values. Environmental knowledge can be divided into factual knowledge and action knowledge, the former pointing to objective facts, such as ecological and environmental policies, regulations and systems, and the latter pointing to action skills, such as tips for green and low-carbon life. Although many citizens have a good attitude towards the environment and agree with green and low-carbon consumption, it is difficult to practice green and low-carbon consumption due to the lack of environmental knowledge, especially action knowledge. For example, China's environmental labeling system was founded in 1993 and has established environmental labels, energy-saving labels, green building labels, organic food labels and other systems. A public survey of environmental labels in China shows that awareness of environmental labels needs to be further improved. Values are the basis for the formation of individual attitudes and beliefs, profoundly affect individual behaviors, and are also the main determinants of individual consumption needs, consumption attitudes and consumption behaviors. In traditional Chinese culture, the concept of the unity of heaven and man and the concept of collectivism help citizens form ecological values and actively practice ecological environmental behavior. Setting a social example helps individual consumers to change the lack of knowledge and skills through observation and learning, and consumers can not only simply imitate their behavior, but also abstract and summarize the structure and basic principles of their behavior, so as to make new behaviors to adapt to the new situation; Through learning, it will also help to improve citizens' ecological civilization literacy and establish ecological values.

　　Second, the way of living and working. Articles 2 to 7, embodied in the Code of Conduct, involve some specific behavioral choices, including saving energy resources, practicing green consumption, choosing low-carbon travel, sorting garbage, reducing pollution generation, and caring for the natural ecology, including lifestyles and working styles. In terms of lifestyle, it is mainly related to the greening of daily life behavior. Citizens may, according to their own circumstances, adopt the ecological and environmental behaviors advocated in the Ten Articles of the Code of Conduct for Citizens' Ecological Environment in consumption scenarios such as "clothing, food, housing, transportation, and travel". Including, moderate purchase of clothing, purchase of environmentally friendly materials; Refuse to waste food, practice CD-ROM action, and refuse to eat rare wild animals and plants; Choose green environmental protection decoration, choose energy-efficient home appliances, and water-saving appliances. The energy efficiency level of home appliances is a standard for the state to distinguish home appliances by energy efficiency, through this standard, home appliances can be distinguished. It also includes prioritizing walking, cycling or public transport to reduce carbon emissions from travel; Save water, electricity and gas, reduce garbage generation and separate delivery; and practicing green and low-carbon behaviors in the field of culture and tourism. Private car travel can reduce carbon emissions in three ways: first, buy miniaturized and lightweight models; The second is the use of new energy vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles; The third is to rationally use private cars and reduce the frequency of travel. In terms of production methods, it is mainly related to the use of production inputs. Article 6 points out that it is necessary to use more clean energy, rationally use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and do not use ultra-thin agricultural film. Clean energy, that is, green energy, refers to energy that does not emit pollutants and can be directly used in production and life, including nuclear energy and "renewable energy". Renewable energy refers to energy sources that can be regenerated by raw materials, such as hydropower, wind power, solar energy, biomass energy (biogas), geothermal energy and ocean tide energy. The improper use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and the improper disposal of pesticide packaging waste have become one of the prominent problems of China's rural ecological environment and agricultural non-point source pollution, and farmers urgently need to adopt green production behaviors.

　　Third, volunteering and supervision. Articles 8 and 9 of the Code of Conduct. Volunteering has the function of modeling, guiding, initiating and supervising. Citizens' active participation in ecological and environmental volunteer activities, starting from their own side and starting from daily life, is conducive to influencing and motivating others to participate in ecological environmental protection practices by providing green and low-carbon information, green and low-carbon education and methods to change life behavior. Supervision activities are mainly to discourage, stop or expose acts of polluting the environment, destroying the ecology and wasting food, and are embodied in public welfare behaviors and ethical behaviors that fulfill ecological obligations. In June 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Central Civilization Office jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of Ecological and Environmental Volunteer Services, promoting the institutionalization, standardization and normalization of ecological and environmental volunteer services and contributing to the construction of a beautiful China. The "Opinions" pointed out that volunteer service is an important part of the cause of the Party and the country, an important force for socialist modernization, an important symbol of social civilization and progress, and an important starting point and effective way to build a modern environmental governance system and promote the construction of ecological civilization under the new situation. It is necessary to systematically implement the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment on volunteer service, vigorously develop ecological and environmental volunteer services, and promote the extension of ecological environmental volunteer services to all aspects of grassroots ecological environmental protection work.

　　When the whole society creates an atmosphere that praises ecological environmental behavior, it will have a positive guiding effect on individuals, so that consumers can experience inner satisfaction and happiness when practicing green consumption. It is necessary to note that the public's practice of green living and working methods is not immediately effective in improving the ecological environment and coping with global climate change, but as long as each citizen makes a little effort, individual behavior will be transformed into collective behavior, and collective ecological and environmental behavior can make significant contributions to building a beautiful China by reducing the consumption of energy resources on the consumer side, driving the green transformation of production on the supply side.

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to implement a comprehensive conservation strategy, develop green and low-carbon industries, advocate green consumption, coordinate industrial restructuring, pollution control, ecological protection, and climate change, and accelerate the green transformation of development methods. The "Ten Articles of Citizens' Ecological and Environmental Code of Conduct" provides a guide for action, which is conducive to people's shift from pursuing the growth of material consumption to pursuing the improvement of material demand quality, and is conducive to realizing the green transformation of economic and social development. The Tao Te Ching cloud, "The wood of the embrace, born of the end of the milli; The nine-story platform starts from the soil; Great oaks from little acorns grow.. "Let us actively practice citizens' ecological and environmental behavior, and through accumulation, gather into an important force for building a beautiful China."

　　(Author's affiliation: Beijing Forestry University)