Writing a New Picture of Beautiful China - The Story of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Leading the Construction of Ecological Civilization

August 15, 2023, is the first National Eco Day.

Eighteen years ago, when Comrade Xi Jinping was working in Zhejiang, he visited Anji County, Huzhou City, on August 15, 2005, and put forward the scientific thesis that "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" for the first time. This is the core concept of Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought.

For the motherland the sky is bluer, the ground greener, and the water clearer. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping's footprints in promoting the construction of ecological civilization have spread all over China: in Chongqing, he stressed the need to put the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position, jointly grasp large-scale protection, and not engage in large-scale development; In Shandong, it emphasized the solid promotion of the protection of the Yellow River and ensured the safety of the Yellow River; Inspecting the ecological environment and water quality of the Wujiang River in Guizhou; Concern for the protection of Guilin's landscape on the Li River; In the snowy plateau, we advise to effectively protect the ecology of the third pole of the earth...

People do not live up to the green mountain, and the green mountain will not live up to the people. This profound green transformation has laid the foundation and pointed out the direction for the construction of a beautiful China, the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

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Green Road: "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains"

The distant mountains are like dai, the flowing water is gurgling, the bamboo forest is swaying... Strolling through Anjiyu Village in Zhejiang Province, the greenery of different shades gradually spreads out in front of you.

"Business has been particularly good this year." Pan Chunlin, the owner of Chunlin Villa, said happily while greeting the guests, "From backing the mountains to eating the mountains, to the rich mountains and raising the mountains, we truly realize that the green water and green mountains are our happy backers." ”

More than 20 years ago, due to the development of the "stone economy", the mountains of Yucun Village became "bald light" and water became "soy sauce soup". Mindbroken, the villagers decided to change their ways, shutting down mines and cement factories one after another, and figuring out how to live a good life without damaging the environment.

In August 2005, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, visited Yucun Village, and after learning about Yucun Village's approach, he commented that it was a "clever move", and for the first time clearly stated that "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains".

Today, relying on a good ecological environment, the farmhouse business in Yucun Village is booming, rural tourism is booming, and the bamboo forest carbon sink has made the village realize that "relying on the air can sell money". Yucun Village embarks on a sustainable development path of ecological beauty, industrial prosperity and prosperity of the people.

The years go by. In March 2020, on a rainy spring day, General Secretary Xi Jinping revisited Yucun Village and said with satisfaction after seeing the changes in the village: "The achievements made by Yucun now prove that the path of green development is correct, and if the road is right, we must stick to it." ”

A small mountain village is like a window, reflecting General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep thinking on the construction of ecological civilization.

"I have always taken ecological and environmental work very seriously. During the period of work in Zhengding, Xiamen, Ningde, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places, they all grasped this work as a major task. General Secretary Xi Jinping said.

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the overall layout of the "five-in-one" cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In the new era, China is firmly on the road of ecological civilization construction.

Yibin, Sichuan, "the first city of the Yangtze River". The Min River and the Jinsha River meet here, and the Yangtze River was originally called the "Yangtze River". The distant mountains are verdant, the rivers are gushing, and the words "jointly grasp the great protection and do not engage in large-scale development" on the shore are particularly eye-catching.

On June 8, 2022, at the confluence of the three rivers, General Secretary Xi Jinping stopped to look at and listen to the briefing.

The local responsible comrade reported: Yibin City also faced the problem of "chemical encircling the river and pollution surrounding the city". In recent years, the ecological environment of the shoreline has been continuously improved by eliminating energy-consuming and polluting enterprises, closing small papermaking workshops, shutting down riverside sand digging sites, and reducing sewage discharge.

General Secretary Xi Jinping affirmed, while stressing: "As a city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, we must strengthen our upstream responsibility, not 'open black shops' and discharge sewage along the river, and find ways to protect the water quality of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River with the standard of brewing fine wine, so as to benefit the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the entire river basin." ”

Measures such as "jointly grasping large-scale protection and not engaging in large-scale development" have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and measures such as industrial transformation and upgrading, rectification along the river's shoreline, and "a ten-year ban on fishing" are taking effect... The ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River and economic and social development have undergone historic and turning changes, recreating the clear water of the river and the green mountains on both sides of the river.

Ecological priority and green development are also reshaping and changing people's lives.

Not long ago, a special reply letter encouraged the garbage sorting volunteers on the streets of Jiaxing Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai.

The letter is: Xi Jinping.

"I am reminded of the exchange of garbage sorting work with you five years ago, and I was deeply impressed by your enthusiasm for public welfare and serving the masses," General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his reply.

Five years ago, on November 6, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was on an inspection tour in Shanghai, came to the first branch of Jiaxing Road Street, a citizen post station in Hongkou District. Here, several young people are exchanging practices in community waste sorting promotion. A young man told the general secretary that participating in public welfare activities is a new fashion for young people.

"Garbage sorting is the new fashion!" General Secretary Xi Jinping said that the comprehensive disposal of garbage requires the participation of the whole people, and I am concerned about this matter and hope that Shanghai will do a good job.

Eight months later, on July 1, 2019, the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Management of Domestic Waste came into force.

Five years have passed, and now in Shanghai, the city's domestic garbage has been completely harmlessly treated, and consciously sorting garbage has become the habit of more and more citizens. The volunteers wrote a letter to the general secretary about their hard-won achievements, expressing their determination to contribute to the promotion of garbage sorting and fruiting on a larger scale.

Green water and green mountains are natural wealth, ecological wealth, social wealth and economic wealth.

The tea trees are lush and the tea rhyme is leisurely. In the thousand-acre ecological tea garden of Yanziyong, Xingcun Town, Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, soybeans are planted among the green tea trees. By autumn, these soybean seedlings will be landfilled in place to become organic fertilizer.

In March 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to the tea garden to inspect the growth of spring tea and understand the development of the local tea industry. The general secretary stressed that "we must make overall plans for the big article of tea culture, tea industry and tea science and technology" and "adhere to the direction of green development".

"The practice of ecological tea gardens has been recognized by the general secretary, and we are more motivated." Talking about the scene at that time, Yang Wenchun, the person in charge of the tea plantation, is still unforgettable. He introduced that the planting mode without pesticides has become the consensus of local tea farmers, "The ecology is good, the tea taste is better, and the price is higher." Hold the 'golden rice bowl' of green water and green mountains, and increase income and become richer. ”

Green, the background color of high-quality development.

As General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his important speech at the National Eco-environmental Protection Conference held not long ago, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have taken the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and carried out a series of pioneering work.

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Tackling tough problems: "Let the people really feel the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment"

The breeze is fresh, the birds chirp. Before the morning fog cleared, Dianchi and the citizens of Kunming who came to the morning exercise woke up together.

Dianchi Lake, the "pearl of the plateau", was once one of the most polluted lakes in China. According to locals, the cyanobacteria on the surface of the lake before were like a layer of green paint, "mice can run on it, and stones can't sink when thrown into the lake."

In January 2020, during General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection and investigation in Yunnan, he specially came to see Dianchi Lake. As early as 2008, when he went to Yunnan to investigate, he inspected the Dianchi Lake pollution control project, and emphasized that promoting the formation of economic development is a political achievement, and maintaining green mountains and green water is the scientific orientation of greater political achievements.

During this expedition in 2020, several cups of water samples were prepared locally, both from Dianchi Lake and Erhai and Fuxian Lake, which the general secretary has been concerned about.

Examine them one by one and ask carefully. General Secretary Xi Jinping said seriously: "Dianchi Lake is a jewel embedded in Kunming, we must show the strength to grasp the green mountains and not relax, in accordance with the concept that landscapes, forests, lakes and grasses are a community of life, strengthen comprehensive management, systematic governance, source governance, and make persistent efforts to do a better job in the governance of Dianchi Lake." ”

Implement source control and interception, restore ecological wetlands, and rectify illegal construction along the coast... Today's Dianchi Lake has taken off the inferior five types of hats, the clear waves are rippling, the seagulls are flying high, and the pearl is gradually reappearing.

"After taking a detour, I have a clear understanding of the next direction." Chen Jing, director of the Dianchi Lake Management Bureau in Kunming, lamented that the protection of Dianchi Lake has become a consensus, and in the past, there were enterprises that violated the law and made changes, and now enterprises take the initiative to ask "does this construction not meet the protection requirements of Dianchi Lake".

Vast blue water, clear sky, good ecological environment is the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being, which is the expectation of the people.

"It is necessary to focus on overcoming the prominent ecological and environmental problems around the people, so that the people can truly feel the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment." General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly demanded.

Heavy pollution weather in autumn and winter in northern China was frequent and frequent, and air pollution seriously affected the production and life of the masses.

In late February 2014, Beijing and other places were shrouded in heavy haze that lasted for seven days. On February 25, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected in Beijing, and the control of sewage, garbage and smog was a key aspect of the inspection.

"Environmental governance is a systematic project, which must be firmly grasped as a major livelihood fact." The general secretary said solemnly that the prevention and control of air pollution is one of the most prominent problems facing Beijing's development.

A few days later, the National People's Congress opened in Beijing.

When participating in the review of the Shanghai delegation, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked: "PM2.5, how is Shanghai compared to Beijing?" "Now Beijing is making a big move to clean up small coal-fired boilers, how is Shanghai?"

A deputy to the National People's Congress from Shanghai's environmental protection system replied: "Shanghai is also very strong, and it is comprehensively promoting implementation." ”

General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "Everyone's response to environmental pollution is so strong, this is a development stage that cannot be avoided, we must take pollution control as a tough battle to promote, and control air pollution must be determined and hard." ”

Words are promised, things are man-made.

About 37 million rural residents in the northern region said goodbye to smoky coal stoves, coal power, steel and other industries implemented ultra-low emission transformation, and motor vehicle emission standards became stricter... Today, after years of hard work, there is less smog and more blue sky, and China has become the fastest improving country in the world.

For the long term, for future generations. The vivid scenes have given people a deeper understanding of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.

In August 2022, in the Donghu Forest Park in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, the general secretary inspected the ecological environment on the spot and asked in detail what pollution prevention and control measures are, how the water quality of the river is, and how the fish are recovering.

Stopping on the banks of the Xiaoling River, General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "From the perspective of history, if our generation can leave something to future generations, I see the construction of ecological civilization as a very important aspect." The construction of ecological civilization can bring the people a sense of gain the most, the environment has improved, and the people have the deepest experience. ”

Ecological environmental protection is the "great power of the country", a development issue, a people's livelihood issue, and a political issue.

On the evening of May 18 this year, at the Tang Paradise in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, the opening ceremony of the People's Culture and Art Year and the China-Central Asia Youth Arts Festival between China and Central Asian Countries was staged.

General Secretary Xi Jinping watched the performance with foreign VIPs attending the China-Central Asia Summit. On the big screen, the "Four Treasures of Qinling" ibis, giant pandas, golden monkeys, and antelopes are displayed, birds, animals, insects and fish roost freely, and the beautiful ecological picture is pleasing to the eye.

But just a few years ago, in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains, more than a thousand illegal villas were like ecological scars, eating away at the green of the foot of the mountain.

In order to promote the solution of problems, General Secretary Xi Jinping has issued important instructions and instructions six times. With the launch of the special rectification action, 1,194 illegal villas were disposed of in accordance with the law, and the regreening work began.

In the spring of 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping left Beijing for an inspection tour in Shaanxi, and Qinling was the first stop.

General Secretary Xi Jinping personally "accepted" the results of rectification. After seeing the pictures of the fully green villa area and overlooking the vibrant Qinling Mountains, the general secretary advised the leading cadres to promote the construction of ecological civilization: "To achieve success, you don't have to be in my mind, you are truly responsible for history and the nation, and you can't leave a bad name in history." ”

Firm attitude, thunderous strength. "Wuliang Suhai, I have given instructions many times" "Tengri I have also given instructions." Dumping all the pollutants into the desert, I struck this "... Regarding some serious damage to the ecological environment, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions and instructions, calling for serious investigation and handling.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's personal planning, personal deployment, and personal promotion of the central ecological environmental protection inspectorate, to promote the solution of some local ecological and environmental "stubborn diseases" for many years, has become a hard trick to urge local governments to implement ecological environmental protection responsibilities.

"Return the blue sky and white clouds and twinkling stars to the common people", "Return the scene of clear water and green banks and shallow bottom of fish to the people", "Keep the idyllic scenery of birds and flowers for the common people"... The beautiful picture drawn by General Secretary Xi Jinping for the people is becoming a reality.

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The way of symbiosis: "Man and nature are the community of life"

"The Cuiyun Corridor is indeed breathtaking!" "It's a bit of a feeling like I've not seen enough." On July 25 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Sichuan for the first stop of his inspection and came to the Cuiyun Corridor located near Jianmen Xiongguan.

This is an important section of the ancient Guanzhong Plain to the ancient Shu Road in the Sichuan Basin, and there is the best preserved ancient artificially planted post road ancient cypress group.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the reason why the world's largest artificial Gübelin has been able to last so long and protect so well is due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty began to promulgate and implement systems such as "government and people forbidden cutting" and "intersecting trees and printing", which has been followed to this day and become a common practice, and is also due to the common protection of the local people for generations.

For thousands of years, together with Gubai, it is the Chinese nation's consistent pursuit of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from the Arshan forest area to the Saihanba, from the Babu Sand Forest Farm to the vast mangrove forest in the South China Sea... Tree after tree, forest by forest, bear witness to General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep concern for ecological harmony.

"I lived for many years in a small village on China's Loess Plateau, where the ecology was destroyed and the people were impoverished. I realized then that harm to nature would ultimately hurt humanity itself. Since then, the awareness of attaching importance to ecological environmental protection has been deeply rooted in the heart of young Xi Jinping.

In April 2002, an expert call for salvage protection of wetland resources in the Minjiang estuary was delivered to the desk of Xi Jinping, then governor of Fujian Province. He gave instructions: "Wetland protection is an important part of ecological protection, and our province must pay attention to the protection of wetlands to build an ecological province." ”

Since then, the "ecological defense war" of the Minjiang estuary wetland has begun:

In 2003, the Minjiang Estuary Wetland County Nature Reserve was established, and the reclamation project that had already been launched was immediately cancelled; In 2007, the wetland was upgraded to a provincial nature reserve; In 2013, it was upgraded to a national nature reserve; In 2015, it was approved to build a national wetland park...

Comparing the photos of the past and present, the wetland's "people retreat into greenery" is clearly visible: at the beginning of this century, it was all over the farms and fish ponds, showing a large area of black; Today, green patches complement the blue ocean.

The on-site visit is even more shocking: the vast water, green grass, thousands of birds flying under the clear blue sky, Chinese crested terns, spoon-billed sandpipers, black-faced spoonbills and other rare and endangered birds reappear here... After 21 years, the Minjiang estuary wetland has changed from "endangered" to "reborn".

Deeply understand that "man and nature are the community of life", and deeply practice the way of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

In 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively put forward the concept that "landscapes, forests, and lakes are a community of life", and since then has included the important ecosystem of "grass".

"To coordinate the management of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems, the word 'sand' should be added here." During the National Two Sessions in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping said when participating in the review of the Inner Mongolia delegation. To protect the ecological environment, the general secretary has repeatedly emphasized the word "overall planning", and this time the issue of desertification control is also included.

"How to manipulate the grass and sand of landscapes, forests, lakes, and lakes, to do a good job in top-level design, to be comprehensively treated, this is a systematic project, it takes a long time to work" "Landscapes, forests, lakes, grass and sand are inseparable ecosystems. To protect the ecological environment, we cannot treat headaches and foot pains"... General Secretary Xi Jinping has led the construction of ecological civilization to deepen with profound thinking.

With the way of nature, nourish the life of all things. This is the meaning of Chinese-style modernization, and it is also the Chinese wisdom of the unity of heaven and man and the coexistence of all things.

On the occasion of this year's June Fifth Environment Day, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Bayannur, Inner Mongolia for an inspection.

On the first day, first go to Wuliang Suhai to see the water; Then to the modern agricultural demonstration park on the south coast of Wuliangsuhai, looking at the fields.

The next day, go to the state-owned Xinhua Forest Farm in Linhe District to see the forest; Then go to the water quantity information monitoring center of the Hetao irrigation area to see the canal.

At the subsequent symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three Norths", General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to coordinate the ecological protection and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands and deserts, strengthen the coordination and management of all elements of sand control, water control and mountain control, and strive to cultivate healthy, stable and functional forests, grasslands, wetlands and desert ecosystems.

Focus on Hainan, where the tropical rainforest is deep and lush.

In April 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Hainan Rainforest National Park for an inspection. During the trip, the general secretary was full of interest in the animals and plants around him, stopping from time to time to observe the surrounding trees, listening to the sounds of nature, and thinking about the endangered animal gibbon.

"The general secretary said, 'The Hainan rainforest does not belong to Hainan alone, but belongs to the people of the whole country, belongs to the earth, and is a national treasure,' and we feel full of motivation to turn the general secretary's instructions into motivation." Zhong Shijin, director of the Wuzhishan branch of the Park Authority, said.

Zhong Shijin introduced that for more than a year, the park's smart management center has been put into operation. Fire prevention, monitoring of forest resources, monitoring of animals and plants... With just a few clicks, data is always available.

Promoting the construction of the nature reserve system with national parks as the main body is an important deployment made by General Secretary Xi Jinping. At present, China has introduced a plan to select 49 candidate areas for national parks across the country, and the world's largest national park system will be basically built by 2035.

All things have their own life and nourishment.

In Yichun, the "forest capital", the story from "human forest opposition" to "human forest harmony" is being written.

Logging was once the backbone of the economy. In 2013, faced with the fact that the resources of extractable forests were almost exhausted, Yichun completely stopped commercial logging of natural forests. Confusion ensues - if you don't cut down trees, how can you live?

In May 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Yichun to cordially visit the forest farm workers. At Liu Yangshun's home, the general secretary talked with the family about the development history of the forest farm, calculated the income and expenditure accounts, and encouraged everyone to "find more new ways" after the transformation of the forest area.

It's time to go green. Former loggers have planted red pine, the local ecological protection red line has been demarcated, various nature reserves have been established, and projects that destroy the environment have been resolutely discouraged...

The way out is under the forest. Relying on the mountains and trees, the local people have developed an under-forest economy, and blueberries, edible fungi and other industries have emerged. After ten years of stoppage, with the development of forest protection and industry, the ecology of the forest area has been greatly improved.

Liu Yangshun is now a farmhouse owner. "If you want to eat in high season, you have to book in advance, and the courtyard has more than a dozen tables full every day."

From logging to forest protection, the relationship between man and nature is redefined. Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions, the people in the forest area have formed a consensus: to raise the forest greener, the road of "green trees and gold" can go wider and wider.

Man and nature live in harmony, and the Chinese land is full of vitality.

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The promise of the future: "Building a community of life on earth"

In midsummer, the magnolia trees in the Chinese Garden of Belgium's paradise zoo are as leafy as emerald jade.

On June 20, 2023, in front of this magnolia tree with special significance, Dong Bo, chairman and founder of Paradise Zoo, received a precious reply letter forwarded by the Chinese Embassy in Belgium.

Not long ago, Dong Bo wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping. "In the letter, I told my fond memories of President Xi's visit and the latest situation of the zoo." He said, "President Xi Jinping is very busy, and I didn't expect to receive a reply so quickly. ”

In March 2014, during a state visit to Belgium, President Xi Jinping and King Philippe of Belgium attended the opening ceremony of the Paradise Zoo Giant Panda Park. During the event, the couple of the two heads of state jointly cultivated new soil for a magnolia tree, a symbol of friendship.

"At present, China is actively promoting the modernization of the Chinese style of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, implementing major projects for biodiversity conservation, effectively protecting a large number of rare and endangered species, and downgrading giant pandas from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable'." As President Xi Jinping said in his reply, China's unswerving commitment to the path of high-quality development with ecological priority and green and low-carbon will provide more opportunities for the world and make greater contributions to the progress of all mankind.

At present, the earth is facing three major crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution, which are difficult problems that all countries need to answer together.

"In the face of ecological and environmental challenges, mankind is a community of common destiny with both prosperity and loss, and no country can be left alone." General Secretary Xi Jinping once profoundly pointed out.

Facing the future, put forward China's proposition——

In the autumn of 2021, the first phase of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Kunming.

"Some time ago, the journey of Yunnan elephants to the north and back allowed us to see the fruits of China's wildlife protection." The story told by General Secretary Xi Jinping in his keynote speech resonated with guests at home and abroad.

On the eve of the conference, a group of wild Asian elephants in Yunnan traveled north and back south, with a "journey" of more than 1,000 kilometers, attracting global attention. The Chinese government and the masses' elephant protection actions have won the world's praise, and the road to the "elephant" has become the most beautiful scenery.

"The international community should strengthen cooperation, think in one place and work hard in one place, and jointly build a community of life on earth." General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to build a home for the earth in which man and nature live in harmony, a home for the economy and the environment to work together, and a home for the common development of all countries in the world.

It took the lead in investing 1.5 billion yuan to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries. Starting from Kunming, we will promote the historic "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" and open a new chapter in global biodiversity governance.

In General Secretary Xi Jinping's mind, ecological civilization is a historical trend in the development of human civilization. There is only one earth for mankind, and it is the common responsibility of all countries to protect the ecological environment and promote sustainable development.

Deeply elaborating on the "community of human and natural life" and advocating "jointly building a community of life on earth", the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping has been extended in the field of ecological environment, pointing out the direction for the sustainable development and progress of human civilization.

Facing the future, making China's commitment——

"China will increase the intensity of its nationally determined contributions, adopt more powerful policies and measures, strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060."

In September 2020, at the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced to the world.

Here's what China said, and that's what it did:

Establish and improve the green and low-carbon circular development economic system, continue to promote the adjustment of industrial structure and energy structure, launch national carbon market trading, announce that no new overseas coal power projects will be built, accelerate the construction of a "dual carbon" policy system, and actively participate in international negotiations on climate change...

On the main stream of the Yangtze River, six giant cascade hydropower stations are "in a row", forming the world's largest "clean energy corridor"; China provides 50% of wind power equipment and 80% of photovoltaic module equipment to the world; The production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 8 consecutive years, and more than half of the world's new energy vehicles drive in China...

Achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is China's solemn commitment to the international community and an inherent requirement for China's high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed: "To achieve the goal of 'dual carbon', it is not others who let us do it, but we must do it ourselves." ”

In September 2021, during an inspection tour in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The development of the coal industry should be transformed and upgraded, and take the road of green and low-carbon development, so that it will not exceed the limits of resources, energy and environment." ”

In April this year, in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in voluntary tree planting with the people in the capital, pointing out that "forests are both reservoirs, money reservoirs, grain reservoirs, and carbon reservoirs." Afforestation is a very meaningful thing, a noble cause that contributes to the present and benefits the future, and it must be done consistently and continuously."

In June this year, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Central Industrial Park to learn about the local development of new energy and new materials industry, inspected the product production process in the production workshop, and asked to "promote the transformation and upgrading of the traditional energy industry and vigorously develop green energy".

It is not simply based on GDP as a hero, optimize the industrial structure and energy structure, promote the application of energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies, develop green and low-carbon industries, and advocate green and low-carbon life... The profound change in the concept of development has pushed China into a high-quality development stage that accelerates greening and low-carbon.

Facing the future, showing China's responsibility——

"China should make greater contributions to human society", as a responsible major country, China is in the same lineage.

In Garissa County, Kenya, a Chinese company undertook to build the largest photovoltaic power station in East Africa, which did not emit greenhouse gases and alleviated Kenya's "power shortage"; China's water-saving terraces model was "copied" to Egypt to conserve water in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula; Africa's "Great Green Wall" has Chinese technical support to prevent the southern invasion of the Sahara Desert... Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions have injected confidence and impetus into global ecological and environmental governance.

China regards cooperation in the field of ecological civilization as a key part of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", launched a series of green action initiatives, and adopted a series of practical measures such as green infrastructure, green energy and green transportation to benefit the people of all countries.

In May this year, witnessed by Chinese and foreign people, General Secretary Xi Jinping and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries signed the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit, which includes the development of low-carbon energy and the joint implementation of green measures.

Walk together to the future. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core and under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought, the construction of a beautiful China has been taking new steps, and the Chinese picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is constantly presenting new wonders.

(Beijing, 14 Aug (Xinhua) -- Reporters Zou Wei, Gao Jing, Huang Yao, Yan Fujing, and Wei Hongyi)

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