Practice has power|Inner Mongolia practice of building a beautiful China
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Inner Mongolia has worked hard to practice Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, consciously shouldered the major responsibility of building an important ecological security barrier in northern China, unremittingly protected the ecology, controlled pollution, promoted transformation, and promoted historical, turning and overall changes in ecological and environmental protection.
Protect the beautiful scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland
Inner Mongolia spans the northeast, north and northwest regions, and is the "northern gate" of the motherland, and the Great Xing'an Mountains, Yinshan Mountains and Helan Mountains distributed from east to west constitute the "ecological backbone" of the northern border of the motherland. Abundant grasslands, forests, wetlands, deserts, rivers and lakes resources, the land is decorated with colorful colors, grassland and forest area ranks first in the country, the area of the Yellow River Basin accounts for 19.1%, the wetland area accounts for 16% of the country, and the desertification area accounts for nearly a quarter of the country, so Inner Mongolia has become the largest area and the most complete ecological function area in China. Building Inner Mongolia into an important ecological security barrier in northern China is one of the five major tasks entrusted to Inner Mongolia by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Inner Mongolia is the "Great Green Wall" in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, whether it is in Inner Mongolia or participating in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation of the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, the construction of ecological civilization has always been the focus of General Secretary Xi Jinping's attention and repeated emphasis. On the afternoon of March 5, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when participating in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the second session of the 13th National People's Congress that it is necessary to maintain the strategic focus on strengthening the construction of ecological civilization, explore a new path of high-quality development oriented by ecological priority and green development, increase the protection of ecosystems, fight the battle of pollution prevention and control, and protect the beautiful scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland. In June 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Inner Mongolia, he emphasized that it is necessary to firmly grasp the strategic positioning of the CPC Central Committee for Inner Mongolia, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, closely focus on the primary task of promoting high-quality development, take the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line, adhere to the equal emphasis on development and security, adhere to the guidance of ecological priority and green development, actively integrate into and serve the construction of a new development pattern, and build "two barriers", "two bases" and "one bridgehead" in the construction of "two barriers", "two bases" and "one bridgehead" We will show new achievements and strive to write a new chapter in Inner Mongolia's Chinese-style modernization.
In order to build an important ecological security barrier in northern China, promote the continuous improvement of the quality of the ecological environment in the autonomous region, and support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has issued the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ecological Civilization Construction Target Evaluation and Assessment Measures", "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Opinions on the Implementation of "Three Lines and One Single" Ecological Environment Zoning Control", and "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Construction of Important Ecological Security Barrier in Northern China Promotion Regulations", building the "four beams and eight pillars" of the ecological civilization system It provides a strong institutional guarantee for the construction of ecological civilization.
In his speech at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 11th Party Committee of the Autonomous Region and the Economic Work Conference of the Autonomous Region, Secretary Sun Shaocheng proposed that party committees and governments at all levels should grasp the "six projects" as well as key projects, of which the second project is the "integrated project of sand prevention and control and wind power and photovoltaic power", which is to integrate the "three north" project and the construction of new energy, and promote the promotion of greening, energy and income.
Improve the level of green and low-carbon development in resource-based areas in an all-round way
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has put the construction of ecological civilization in a prominent position in the overall work, strengthened the protection of the ecological environment in an all-round, all-region and whole-process manner, and realized a major transformation from key rectification to systematic governance, from passive response to active action, from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader, and from practical exploration to scientific theoretical guidance. In the process of promoting the construction of a beautiful China, Inner Mongolia has planned and developed from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and has written a rich and colorful chapter.
(1) It has created a miracle of China's desertification prevention and control in the new era
In Inner Mongolia, there are the "four deserts" of Badain Jarin, Tengger, Ulan Buhe and Kubuqi and the "four major deserts" of Mu Usu, Hunshandak, Horqin and Hulunbuir. As the main battlefield of China's desertification control and the main line of defense against sandstorms, Inner Mongolia has adapted measures to local conditions, fortified according to hazards, and implemented policies in different regions, and has made every effort to fight the three landmark battles with the attitude of the main vanguard of picking up the beams and shouldering the heavy burden, vigorously implemented the integrated project of sand prevention and control and wind power and photovoltaic, and clarified the specific tasks of the Yellow River's "several bends" battle, the two major sandy annihilation battles of Horqin and Hunshandak, and the Hexi Corridor-Taklamakan Desert edge resistance war. Comprehensively strengthen regional joint prevention and management. In the practice of sand prevention and control for more than 70 years, the innovative model of systematic sand control in Pengkou County, Bayannur City, has provided green clothes for 2.1 million mu of Ulan Bu and desert. Ordos City has explored the Kubuqi model of "policy-led by the party committee and government, industrialized investment by enterprises, market-oriented participation of farmers and herdsmen, and sustainable innovation of science and technology", and has embarked on a sustainable development path driven by the balance of desertification control, ecology, economy and people's livelihood. Especially since June 2023, the average daily afforestation in the region is 17,000 mu, grass planting is 88,000 mu, and sand prevention and control is 43,000 mu, which has run out of the "acceleration" of land greening and sand prevention and control, and Inner Mongolia has become a green pearl on the 10,000-mile wind and sand line in the "Three Norths" region.
(2) Remarkable results have been achieved in pollution prevention and control
Due to natural and man-made factors, Hulun Lake, Wuliangsuhai and Daihai have problems such as shrinking lake surface and deteriorating water quality to varying degrees, and the "Pearl of the Grassland" was once covered with dust. The pollution situation of "one lake and two seas" affects the general secretary's heart. Inner Mongolia will refine the division of tasks in the spirit of the general secretary's important instructions and instructions, clarify the implementation of responsibilities, adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and pollution control in accordance with the law, maintain strength, extend depth, and expand breadth, further promote environmental pollution prevention and control, and actively adapt to the new situation and new requirements of pollution prevention and control. Nowadays, birds are singing and fish leaping, and "one lake and two seas" are like three shining bright pearls inlaid in the land of northern Xinjiang.
(3) Actively promote green and low-carbon transformation
Inner Mongolia is an important energy and strategic resource base in China, and its energy structure has long been dominated by coal, and it is the province and region with the most new minerals discovered in China, and it is the hometown of the world's largest "open-pit coal mine". Inner Mongolia anchors the "double carbon" goal, shoulders the "double" responsibility, coordinates carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, adheres to the concept of "ecological priority and green development", guides the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure, and gradually moves from "one coal dominance" to "diversified development", forming a comprehensive energy industry, metallurgical building materials, chemical industry, equipment manufacturing, The industrial system supported by six advantageous and characteristic industries, including the processing of agricultural and livestock products and high-tech industries with comparative advantages, strengthens the development of coal conversion and coal chemical industry using coal as raw material, and promotes the industrialization of new coal chemical demonstration projects such as coal-to-liquid, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-dimethyl ether, coal-to-methane gas and coal-to-ethylene glycol. Focusing on "clean" resource transformation, we will build a number of large-scale natural gas chemical projects that have reached the world's advanced level in terms of scale and technical equipment. With the focus on "digital technology application", we will promote the development of new models and new forms of service-oriented manufacturing in industries such as steel, rare earth, chemical industry, and equipment, and the digital economy will gradually become a new driving force and new engine for the high-quality development of Inner Mongolia's economy. The industry has changed from "black" to "green", and has realized a comprehensive green transformation from "sheep coal and local gas" to "raising eyebrows and puffing up", and economic and social development.
Write a beautiful frontier model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
There is a long way to go to build a solid ecological security barrier in the northern part of the motherland. In the new era and new journey, Inner Mongolia should adhere to the concept of green development and promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature for a long time.
(1) Adhere to the goal of satisfying the needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment
To build a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, we must continue to meet the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment, take the solution of outstanding ecological and environmental problems as a priority area of people's livelihood, do a good job in ecological and environmental protection that the masses can feel and reach, and widely gather a strong joint force of the whole society to participate in ecological and environmental protection. Under the premise of effective governance and strict protection, Inner Mongolia adheres to the people-centered, pays equal attention to prevention and control, combines treatment with application, establishes market-oriented and industrialized thinking, closely combines desertification prevention and control with the development of local economy and increases the income of farmers and herdsmen, cultivates and develops the planting and development of psammophytes, the planting and processing of special medicinal plants, the integration of forest and paper and the industrialization of biomass energy, the comprehensive development and utilization of special resources in sandy areas, and desert landscape tourism. Six types of sand industries, such as water-saving irrigation and wind and solar energy utilization, have embarked on a development path of increasing desert greenness, increasing people's income, and increasing enterprise efficiency. The practice of desertification control in Inner Mongolia has profoundly demonstrated that a good ecological environment is the fairest public good and the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being.
(2) Persist in taking the governance of the whole factor and the whole cycle system as the starting point
Adhering to the system concept and building a strong ecological security barrier in northern China is a major political responsibility that Inner Mongolia must shoulder, and it is the "great man of the country" that must be kept in mind. From June 5 to 6, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, and presided over a symposium on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of desertification and promoting the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three Norths", emphasizing the importance and urgency of desertification control, and requiring us to adhere to the system concept and solidly promote the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands. As early as 2021, during the two sessions of the National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed when he participated in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation: "To coordinate the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, the word 'sand' should be added here." "The ecological elements are more comprehensive, and the concept of systematic governance is gradually expanding and deepening. Adhering to the system concept requires us to grasp the relationship between the overall situation and the partial, the current and the long-term, the macro and the micro, the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, the special and the general, promote the systematic change in the construction of ecological civilization, and form a green production relationship that is compatible with the development of green productive forces.
(3) Adhere to the attitude of prudence and courage to climb the new heights of ecological civilization
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 2023 National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection that the construction of ecological civilization is still in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy burden. This is especially true for Inner Mongolia. The more we reach the critical period, the more difficult it is to improve the quality of the ecological environment, but also the release effect of local or short-term "green dividends" is weakened. Giving up halfway will only make the sustained positive momentum formed in the early stage go to waste, miss the good opportunity to solve environmental problems, and may cause irreversible damage to the environmental situation. Only by persevering, working for a long time, and maintaining concentration and endurance can we form a majestic joint force to build a beautiful China. In recent years, Inner Mongolia has successively promulgated the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's "Three Norths" Project Phase VI Plan (2021-2030), "Implementation Plan for the Yellow River's "Several Bends" Battle", "Implementation Plan for the Annihilation War in the Horqin and Hunshandak Sands", and "Implementation Plan for the Hexi Corridor-Taklamakan Desert Edge Blocking Battle", promoting the inclusion of 5 governance areas and 11 major projects in the national planning, and all banner counties in the scope of implementation. The "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Photovoltaic Desertification Control Action Implementation Plan" was issued to clarify the construction standards, innovate the mechanism and model, and gather the forces of all parties to promote the organic integration and integrated construction of wind power and photovoltaic development and desertification prevention and control. As the main position and main battlefield of desertification prevention and control in the country, Inner Mongolia has kept in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping, closely focused on the strategic positioning of building an important ecological security barrier in northern China, and persistently promoted desertification prevention and control, effectively curbed the trend of land desertification, greatly improved the ecological environment of desertification areas, and embarked on a new path of desertification prevention and control with Inner Mongolian characteristics. Needless to say, although the achievements in desertification control are outstanding, we must be soberly aware that desertification control is a complex system project, which is long-term, arduous, repetitive and uncertain. General Secretary Xi Jinping exhorted us: "We must bravely undertake the mission, defy hardships, and work hard for a long time, strive to create a new miracle of China's desertification prevention and control in the new era, build a more solid green barrier in the northern Xinjiang of the motherland, and make greater achievements in building a beautiful China." ”
The baton of history has been passed to this day, and only by keeping the bottom line of ecological security, continuing the spirit of desertification control, mobilizing the endogenous power of the people to consciously invest in the construction of ecological civilization, and exploring new paths for green and low-carbon development, can Inner Mongolia continue to show a new picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
[This article is a phased achievement of the major project of the National Social Science Fund "Research on the Practice and Experience of the Construction of Ecological Civilization under the Party Leadership since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" (22ZDA106), and the author is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Social and Ecological Civilization Teaching and Research of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Administration)]
