Li Haisheng, President of the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences: Building a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection: "Deepen the application of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, build a digital governance system for a beautiful China, and build a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization." "At present, digitalization and greening have become an important theme of global development. To promote the smart governance of the ecological environment and promote the construction of a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development with digitalization, and provide strong support for the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The integration of digitalization and greening has become an important trend in the construction of ecological civilization

The construction of ecological civilization covers a wide range of areas and is comprehensive, involving many aspects such as value concept, goal orientation, production and consumption mode, etc., and is a complex and systematic project. Promoting the construction of digital ecological civilization can effectively improve the systematization and coordination of ecological civilization construction, and promote the formation of scientific and efficient methods and paths for solving ecological and environmental problems and expanding ecological and environmental governance.

As a way of ecological environment governance, the construction of digital ecological civilization organically embeds digital technologies such as big data, 5G, and artificial intelligence into the construction of ecological civilization, and continuously improves the scientific, refined, and intelligent level of ecological civilization construction in the deep integration of digitalization and greening. To build a digital ecological civilization, the focus is to coordinate the relationship between digitalization and greening, and promote the mutual promotion and coordinated development of the two. Promoting digital construction, discovering the laws behind data with the help of artificial intelligence and other technologies, and fully releasing the superposition, aggregation, and multiplication effects of digital technology in improving the efficiency of ecological environmental governance, improving technology, and optimizing means, can provide an important engine for ecological environmental governance and help achieve efficient and sustainable ecological environmental governance effects. Promoting green development is the proper meaning of building a digital ecological civilization. By optimizing the spatial layout of the territory, improving the efficiency of resource and energy utilization, strengthening environmental protection and ecological restoration, focusing on solving the problems of environmental pollution and ecological damage in the process of development, so that resources, production, consumption and other factors can be matched and adapted, which is conducive to the simultaneous promotion of high-quality development and high-level protection.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China's digital ecological civilization construction has made great progress, and the level of intelligent ecological environment governance has been significantly improved. In February this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China", which regards "positive progress in the construction of digital ecological civilization" as an important goal of the construction of digital China in 2025, and puts forward new requirements for the new generation of digital technology to help ecological governance. In the process of promoting the deep integration of digitalization and greening, China's energy consumption in the whole chain has been significantly reduced, production efficiency and energy efficiency have been continuously improved, and the ecological and economic and social benefits of lucid waters and lush mountains have been continuously exerted. At the same time, it should be recognized that the construction of digital ecological civilization in China is still in its infancy, and there are still some problems to be solved in the construction of digital infrastructure, the construction of data standards and norms, the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and the cultivation of talents for digital ecological civilization. It is necessary to pay more attention to the use of digital technology to innovate the way of ecological civilization construction, continuously promote the deep integration of digitalization and greening, lead greening with digitalization, drive digitalization with greening, focus on strengthening the collection, adaptation, reconstruction and sharing of ecological and environmental big data, and fully release the potential and vitality of ecological environmental governance through digital ecological and environmental scientific and technological innovation, so as to provide strong momentum for the construction of a beautiful China.

It provides strong momentum for the construction of modernization in which man and nature coexist in harmony

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "It is necessary to plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, continuously shape new momentum and new advantages for development through high-level environmental protection, and strive to build a green and low-carbon circular economic system, effectively reduce the resource and environmental costs of development, and continue to enhance the potential and stamina of development." "Building a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization provides strong technical support for accurate identification, real-time tracking of environmental data, timely research and judgment, and systematic solution of ecological problems, and provides strong momentum for promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and building a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Effectively improve the level of intelligent governance of the ecological environment. The construction of a digital ecological civilization, the integration of ecological environment data into artificial intelligence and other digital technologies, and the continuous strengthening of machine learning and training will not only help to analyze the historical evolution process of the ecological environment more scientifically, but also provide important decision-making reference for timely research and judgment and systematic solution of ecological and environmental problems in the prediction of pollution warning, duration prediction and emission reduction effect, and promote the transformation of the decision-making process from "empirical judgment" to "data analysis", so as to make ecological and environmental governance more "smart". For example, in the protection of the Yangtze River, the relevant departments have built a basin-wide integrated supervision and monitoring network of ecological environment and heaven and earth "from Qinghai to Shanghai", collected and sorted out massive ecological environment data in the Yangtze River Basin, developed and integrated water quality diagnosis, prediction and early warning, pollution traceability, scenario simulation and other functions, and established a water environment digital management business system of "data collection and governance, data mining and simulation, virtual visualization, pollution traceability analysis, and intelligent assisted decision-making", so as to realize the realization of "a river with clear water flowing eastward" It provides important technical support.

Promote the transformation of ecological and environmental governance to synergy. In the past, due to the insufficient sharing of ecological environment data and information among regions, departments and units, there was a certain degree of fragmentation in ecological and environmental governance, and the problem of "repeated governance and repeated governance" in some local ecological environment governance was more prominent. Building a digital ecological civilization and building a "one network" of ecological and environmental data will help break down data barriers, realize data interconnection, and consolidate the data foundation for the transformation of the ecological environment governance paradigm from fragmented and fragmented to collaborative and holistic. For example, in the response to heavily polluted weather, follow the general policy of holistic and whole-process collaborative governance, promote the sharing of basic data between relevant government departments, different scientific research institutions, and different disciplines, carry out collaborative research on key areas and key problems, and scientifically put forward a timetable and roadmap for continuous improvement of air quality, so as to provide support for the realization of "blue sky and white clouds, and twinkling stars".

Accelerate the pace of green and low-carbon transformation. Digital technology, represented by the new generation of artificial intelligence, is accelerating the evolution of the global scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and promoting the reform of the global governance system. Digitalization empowers the construction of ecological civilization, with the efficiency of "1+1>2". Intelligent manufacturing technology strengthens the data analysis capabilities of manufacturing enterprises in the process, manufacturing, logistics and other links to reduce the emission of pollutants and carbon emissions in product manufacturing; the smart energy system explores the data value of energy production, transmission, distribution, storage and other links, monitors and adjusts energy power generation in real time, and improves the efficiency of renewable energy utilization; smart cities include individual emission reductions into personal carbon assets through the establishment of a green life carbon inclusive platform, and transform intangible green behaviors into tangible green values. To promote high-quality economic and social development, it is necessary to keep up with the world's scientific and technological development trends, embrace digital technology, and further improve the endogenous driving force for the green and low-carbon transformation of production and lifestyle, so that economic and social development will have higher green content, lower carbon content, and more gold content.

Deeply promote the application of digital technology in the field of ecological environment

The construction of digital ecological civilization can focus on platform construction, data mining, digital and intelligent integration, policy guarantee and other aspects of collaborative efforts, form "one network" and "one map", research and development of data value mining algorithms, promote the in-depth application of digital technology in the field of ecological environment, and give full play to the basic and leading role of digital ecological environment technology in the construction of a beautiful China.

Improve the three-dimensional intelligent perception of the sky and the ground "one network". The collection and transmission of information is a key link in the construction of digital ecological civilization. At present, it is necessary to do a good job in the top-level design of the construction of digital ecological civilization infrastructure, build a three-dimensional multi-source monitoring and perception network system for the ecological environment, strengthen the application of big data collection technologies such as satellite remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography, ground automatic monitoring stations, underwater robots, and the Internet of Things, continuously expand the accuracy and spatio-temporal breadth of monitoring, and build a multi-means comprehensive and fast-response monitoring network covering various environmental elements of the atmosphere, water, soil, ecology and ocean, so as to realize the global monitoring and perception of ecological and environmental elements. Strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure that adapts to smart decision-making and green development, and build an "information high-speed railway" for the safe and rapid circulation of ecological and environmental data, so as to lay a good foundation for the rapid and accurate use of data.

Form a "one map" of national ecological and environmental data. Data is an essential element in building a digital ecological civilization, but fragmented data cannot give full play to the value of data. To speed up the collection of ecological and environmental data, on the one hand, it is necessary to promote the collection and exchange of ecological environmental data, and realize the cross-level integration and cross-departmental sharing of ecological environmental monitoring and monitoring data and their associated information. Comprehensively collect environmental data such as environmental quality, pollution sources, sewage outlets, and ecological environment functional zoning, and promote the coordinated governance, precise governance, and overall improvement of the regional ecological environment with resource sharing, complementary advantages, and mutual benefit and win-win results, so that the data can "run" with great value. At the same time, it will strengthen data connectivity with natural resources, water conservancy, meteorology, energy, agriculture, forestry, transportation and other fields, and promote the integration of multi-source data. On the other hand, it is necessary to firmly grasp the bull's nose of standards, improve the standard and specification system for ecological and environmental data collection, integration, classification, sharing, and application, and actively promote the formulation of international standards for digitalization in the field of ecological environment, so as to contribute Chinese standards to the joint construction of a green "Belt and Road" and the construction of a global ecological civilization.

Research and development of massive data value mining algorithms. Models are the golden key to unlocking the treasure mine of data. It is necessary to make full use of digital technologies such as extended reality and artificial intelligence, strengthen large-scale model simulation, form a more comprehensive and scientific understanding of the evolution of the ecological environment and the causes of pollution, and provide multi-dimensional data analysis, early warning and forecasting, and traceability research and judgment methods for scientific decision-making and precise governance. Using big data analysis, artificial intelligence, visualization and other technologies, strengthen the research and development of digital technologies such as intelligent perception and sharing, integration and deduction, characterization and expression of environmental data, and inject smart genes into key areas such as ecological environment monitoring and early warning, integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, comprehensive prevention and control of multi-media environmental pollution, solid waste reduction and recycling, new pollutant treatment, and climate change response, so as to continuously enrich the application scenarios of digital technology in the field of ecological and environmental protection.

Promote the embedding of digital technology in the whole process of environmental governance. The deep integration of digital technology and environmental governance has greatly improved the modernization level of ecological and environmental governance. Give full play to the advantages of digital technology in breaking through the time and space limitations of information, unblock cross-regional, cross-level, and cross-departmental interaction channels, gather the strength and wisdom of the government, enterprises, and the public, promote the formation of a networked and open multi-faceted collaborative governance pattern, and integrate digital technology into the management of the whole business and life cycle of the ecological environment such as monitoring and assessment, supervision and law enforcement, and improve the efficiency of environmental governance. We will lead green development with the digital transformation and optimization of ecological and environmental governance, promote the transformation and upgrading of industries such as steel, coal power, chemicals, and building materials, improve green total factor productivity, reduce energy and material consumption in the whole chain, and promote the organic integration of economic and ecological benefits.

Do a good job in the combination of policy, talent and investment. We will continue to improve the policy system conducive to the deep integration of digital technology and ecological civilization construction, dismantle the barriers between the environmental governance side and the science and technology supply side, and create an innovative environment for the continuous emergence of major digital scientific and technological achievements in the field of ecological environment. Strengthen research on relevant laws, regulations, policies, and systems, and strengthen the open sharing of data on the premise of ensuring data security. Cultivate and introduce compound cross-border talents with professional knowledge in the field of digital technology and ecological environment, and form a three-dimensional and high-level ecological environment digital technology talent echelon. We should build a scientific research management system and mechanism that is conducive to breakthroughs in the core technologies of digital ecological civilization, establish and improve market-oriented and diversified investment models, and increase support for the frontier of digital strategy and applied basic research in the field of ecological environment.