The Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a signed article in the "Banner" magazine "In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization and Comprehensively Build a Beautiful China wit

In-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization

Build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony in an all-round way

　　Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

　　In the first year of the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and at the critical moment when the whole party and the whole country are embarking on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, from July 17 to 18, the Party Central Committee once again convened the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection, and General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting again and delivered an important speech, which fully demonstrated that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has consistently attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and ecological environmental protection. The Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stands at the height of firmly supporting the "two establishments" and resolutely achieving the "two maintenances", and earnestly takes the study, publicity and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the spirit of the conference as a major political task, and consciously acts as a firm believer, active communicator and faithful practitioner of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.

　　In-depth understanding of the innovative development of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization

　　This National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection is another important milestone in the field of ecological civilization construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech comprehensively summarized the "four major changes" of China's ecological civilization construction, profoundly expounded the "five major relationships" that need to be handled well in the construction of ecological civilization in the new journey, systematically deployed the "six major tasks" to comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China, and clearly put forward the "one major requirement" of adhering to and strengthening the party's overall leadership, realizing the innovative development of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought on the basis of practice, and comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China. Accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature provides a fundamental guide to follow and act.

　　The "Four Major Changes" are a comprehensive summary of the great achievements made in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's ecological civilization construction has achieved a major transformation from key rectification to systematic governance, from passive response to active action, from global environmental governance participants to leaders, and from practical exploration to scientific theoretical guidance. These "four major changes" are not only the result of the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, but also enrich and develop this important thought with a series of important original achievements, highlighting the decisive significance of the "two establishments".

　　“五个重大关系”是生态文明建设规律性认识的深化和拓展。面对新情况新问题，继续推进生态文明建设，需要正确处理好高质量发展和高水平保护、重点攻坚和协同治理、自然恢复和人工修复、外部约束和内生动力、“双碳”承诺和自主行动的关系。这“五个重大关系”，辩证统一、相辅相成，蕴含着丰富的价值观和方法论，充满深刻精辟的道理学理哲理，为Build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony in an all-round way提供了有力思想武器。

　　The "Six Major Tasks" are the strategic deployment for the construction of a beautiful China. The next five years will be an important period for the construction of a beautiful China, and it is necessary to continue to fight the battle of pollution prevention and control, accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the development mode, strive to improve the diversity, stability and sustainability of the ecosystem, actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, keep the bottom line of safety for the construction of a beautiful China, and improve the guarantee system for the construction of a beautiful China. These "six major tasks" are a major strategic arrangement to implement the decisions and arrangements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and aim at the goal of building a beautiful China in the next five years and by 2035.

　　"A major requirement" is the fundamental guarantee for the construction of a beautiful China. Building a beautiful China is an important goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and it is a long-term task and a systematic project. We must uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership, give full play to the political advantages of the party's leadership, strictly implement the "party and government have the same responsibility" and "one post has two responsibilities", stimulate a strong impetus for building a beautiful China, form a strong joint force for building a beautiful China, and ensure that the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee are implemented and effective.

　　Deeply grasp the situation and tasks of ecological and environmental protection

　　习近平总书记指出：“我国经济社会发展已进入加快绿色化、低碳化的高质量发展阶段，生态文明建设仍然处于压力叠加、负重前行的关键期。”要深刻领会习近平总书记这一重大战略判断，Deeply grasp the situation and tasks of ecological and environmental protection，保持战略清醒、战略自信、战略主动，奋力推进人与自然和谐共生的美丽中国建设。

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has taken the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and has carried out a series of pioneering work. From the perspective of environmental quality, we have concentrated our efforts on fighting the battle of blue sky, clear water and pure land with strong determination and effective measures to eliminate the disease with fierce medicine and heavy punishment to control chaos, and effectively curb the deterioration of the ecological environment. Fine particulate matter (PM) in cities at and above the prefecture level across the country_2.5The average concentration has historically dropped to 29 micrograms per cubic meter, and the average concentration in key cities has dropped by 57%, making it the country with the fastest improvement rate of air quality in the world; the proportion of excellent surface water bodies in the country has reached 87.9%, and the black and odorous water bodies in cities at and above the prefecture level have been basically eliminated; soil environmental risks have been effectively controlled, and the goal of "zero import" of solid waste has been achieved as scheduled, and the people's sense of ecological environment has been significantly enhanced. From the perspective of ecological protection, we have coordinated the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, accelerated the construction of a nature reserve system with national parks as the main body, and realized a red line to control important ecological spaces. China is the first country in the world to achieve the "double reduction" of desertified land and desertified land, and the forest coverage rate has increased to 24.02%, making it the country with the largest and fastest growth of forest resources and the largest area of artificial afforestation in the world. From the perspective of green transformation, we have implemented the requirements of green development in the whole process of economic and social development, and promoted the formation of a spatial pattern, industrial structure, production mode and lifestyle that conserves resources and protects the environment. China's energy consumption growth rate of 3% per year has supported economic growth of more than 6% per year, and the carbon emission intensity has dropped by more than 35%, building the world's largest carbon market and clean power generation system. From the perspective of global environmental governance, China has made a solemn commitment to peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality and put it into practice, jointly built a green Belt and Road Initiative, promoted the conclusion of the Paris Agreement, successfully held the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and reached an ambitious, pragmatic and balanced "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework", which has been widely recognized by the international community.

　　The great achievements made in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era have laid a solid foundation, accumulated rich experience and created historical conditions for comprehensively promoting the construction of a beautiful China and accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature on the new journey. At present, China's comprehensive strength in promoting the construction of ecological civilization is stronger, the material and technological foundation is better, the social consensus is broader, and the people's expectations are higher. On the new journey, with General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, as long as we follow the trend, take advantage of the momentum, and unswervingly move towards the higher goal of building a beautiful China, we will be able to achieve new and greater achievements and strive to write a new chapter in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era.

　　At the same time, we are also soberly aware that at present, the structural, root cause, and trend pressures on ecological environmental protection have not been fundamentally alleviated, China's national conditions of large resource pressure, limited environmental capacity, and fragile ecosystems have not changed, environmental protection historical debts have not been paid off, the foundation for the stability and improvement of ecological environment quality is not solid, and the total amount of pollutants and carbon emissions is still high. Ecological environment restoration and improvement can not be achieved overnight, the construction of ecological civilization is still a process that requires long-term and arduous efforts, we must not take it lightly, rest and relax, we must maintain strategic focus, overcome difficulties, work for a long time, and turn the blueprint of beautiful China into reality step by step.

　　Benchmark against the table to grasp the implementation of the spirit of the conference

　　The National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection sounded the battle cry for building a beautiful China in an all-round way. The Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will always adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, conscientiously benchmark against the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the conference, resolutely shoulder the political responsibility for the construction of a beautiful China, forge ahead, overcome difficulties, and implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee to the letter, so as to make new and greater contributions to the construction of a beautiful China and the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

　　Show new achievements in focusing on key points and bright spots. Coordinate the planning and organization of a series of landmark actions and innovative measures, and make precise efforts in key indicators and key tasks, so as to form a number of landmark and representative major achievements. Promote the issuance of important documents on comprehensively advancing the construction of a beautiful China, establish and improve the promotion implementation mechanism and effectiveness evaluation system, refine and implement policies and measures, and ensure strong, orderly and effective progress. Adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law, and further promote the battle to defend the blue sky, clear water, and pure land with higher standards, fight several beautiful landmark battles, solve the outstanding environmental problems at the people's "doorstep", and constantly meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment. Adhere to green and low-carbon development as a fundamental policy to solve ecological and environmental problems, take the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the general starting point, strictly control the access to the ecological environment, resolutely curb the blind launch of "two highs and one low" projects, and strive to promote the adjustment of industrial structure, energy structure, transportation structure, etc., and shape new development momentum and new advantages with high-level protection.

　　Achieve new breakthroughs in making up for shortcomings and strengths and weaknesses. Strengthen problem-oriented and goal-oriented, pay close attention to the blockages, difficulties and weak links in practice, and strive to solve problems such as unbalanced work progress, so as to ensure the full implementation and overall progress of the construction of a beautiful China. Adhere to the system concept, fully perform the duties of "ecological guardian", strengthen the unified supervision of ecological protection and restoration, strengthen the protection and supervision of important ecological spaces, carry out ecological status monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of ecological protection and restoration, and continue to improve regulatory capabilities. Adhere to the bottom-line thinking, strengthen the investigation of environmental hazards, monitoring and early warning, risk prevention and control, and emergency response, improve the efficiency of nuclear and radiation safety supervision, and maintain the bottom line of safety in building a beautiful China. Maintain a strict tone, actively promote the central ecological and environmental protection inspection, carry out in-depth ecological and environmental law enforcement and supervision, and severely crack down on environmental pollution and ecological damage and other illegal problems.

　　New achievements have been made in laying the foundation and strengthening the guarantee. Adhere to reform and innovation, do a good job in the rule of law, market, science and technology, and policy, and strive to build a modern environmental governance system. Strengthen legal safeguards, accelerate the formulation and revision of laws and regulations in the field of ecology and the environment, make overall plans for the promotion and implementation of major reform tasks, research and guidance, and follow-up results, and continuously improve laws, regulations, and institutional systems for ecological and environmental protection that are compatible with the goal of building a beautiful China. Strengthen scientific and technological support, deepen scientific and technological innovation in the ecological environment, promote the deep integration of digital technology and ecological civilization construction, and drive scientific, information-based and precise environmental governance. Strengthen policy incentives, promote multi-level and multi-field policy innovation, strengthen the construction of environmental protection credit supervision system and carbon market, and promote a better combination of effective markets and promising governments. Strengthen the leadership of party building, strive to build a team of ecological and environmental protection with strong politics, high skills, hard work style, and courage to take responsibility, build a team of high-level ecological and environmental science and technology talents, and comprehensively improve the ability and level of ecological environment departments to perform their duties.

Source: Banner Magazine Issue 9, 2023