With the goal of "zero carbon", what is the map of Anji's tourist resort?
Why should tourist resorts be anchored to the "zero carbon" goal, how to build them, and what is the focus?
A few days ago, a number of experts in the field of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality from the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Zhejiang Normal University and China Jiliang University gathered in Huangpu Jiangyuan Tourist Resort (hereinafter referred to as the resort) in Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The purpose of this trip is to conduct field research and in-depth discussions, and ultimately hope to make suggestions for the green and high-quality development of the resort.
I can't help but ask, why does Anji, which has beautiful mountains and rivers, take "zero carbon" as a development goal of the resort? What information is behind it? The reporter and many experts sought answers in Anji and recorded them faithfully.
The source of the Huangpu River
Why should resorts pursue zero carbon?
In fact, building a zero-carbon resort is a requirement for the implementation of the national "double carbon" goal. The essence of the "dual carbon" strategy is to achieve high-quality development and inject endogenous impetus into common prosperity. In Anji, what reporters hear the most is the discussion about the relationship between "dual carbon" and common prosperity.
In April 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council emphasized in the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a National Unified Market" that mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sands should be taken as the overall planning of the community of life, and the ecological environment such as green mountains and clear waters should be turned into resources and elements to achieve common prosperity.
As the birthplace of the "Two Mountains" concept, Anji has a good foundation for green development. Combined with the development of all-for-one tourism, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Tourism in Anji County" has laid a blueprint for building an Anji model of common prosperity. To implement this blueprint, it is urgent to play a leading role in demonstration, and the vision of building a zero-carbon resort is becoming more and more profound in the hearts of Anji people.
Carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, growth, and exploring a new model of zero-carbon tourism to help Anji people achieve common prosperity have become the core goals of the construction of the resort.
安吉县The source of the Huangpu River旅游度假区，是天然的璞玉。地处报福、章村和杭垓三镇的它，位于安吉县西南部，既是安吉发展留白地，又是生态保护红线集聚区。
The area here covers an area of 522.6 square kilometers and is rich in ecological endowments. Xitiaoxi and Huangpu River all originate here, and there are Longwang Mountain, the highest peak in northern Zhejiang and the Yangtze River Delta, and Anji Little Salamander National Nature Reserve. Locals proudly said: "We have a forest coverage rate of more than 85%, air negative oxygen ions can reach forest level, and surface water and drinking water meet the standard rate of 100%. ”
Zhangcun Shuangjutang Reservoir
“片区生态环境优美，有国家级自然保护区，又是The source of the Huangpu River头。长期以来为了保护生态环境牺牲了诸多工业发展机遇，各村镇经济情况相对较差。但也正是因为没有工业，其碳排放量小、森林资源丰富，固碳能力很强，发展零碳的先天优势明显。”中国环境科学研究院研究员阳平坚说，“在这种情况下，通过良好的生态环境进行生态补偿是实现共同富裕的重要抓手。每逢节假日，江浙沪周边的高排放人群可以来此度假旅游，通过碳普惠的方式实现资金的转移支付，从而增加村民收入，助力共同富裕。”
How about all-round energy saving and carbon reductionDo?
After the goal of "zero carbon" is clearly defined, how to start is where the experts on this trip need to study and make suggestions.
After investigation, experts believe that advanced management system and mechanism are the fundamental guarantee for the green and high-quality development of the resort, and it is necessary to continue to promote the innovation of management system and mechanism and strengthen policy support. The construction of resorts needs to closely follow the industrial layout of Anji's "14th Five-Year Plan" and the development needs of resorts, and formulate green industry access guidelines. We will give key support to enterprises after the introduction, and carry out the whole life cycle carbon footprint assessment.
Experts believe that it is necessary to formulate a carbon footprint assessment mechanism for the whole life cycle of project construction and operation for project development and operation entities, build a low-carbon management evaluation system for self-employed operators such as homestays and farmhouses, and carry out pioneer actions for carbon reduction of homestays, and build a personal carbon account system for residents and tourists to quantify carbon reduction behavior points, which can be used to exchange platform goods and tourism discounts.
In today's continuous progress in science and technology, the application of digital technology provides infinite possibilities to achieve the "zero carbon" goal.
"Strengthen the guidance of standardization, formulate local standards for zero-carbon tourism resorts for rural entities, and provide institutional basis for zero-carbon technology, zero-carbon facilities, zero-carbon culture, zero-carbon environment and zero-carbon management. In particular, for the development and operation of outdoor sports, nature research, hotels and homestays and other tourism formats in the resort area, we have formulated standards and specifications that are easy to understand and implement. Zhou Shaoxiong, a professor at Zhejiang Normal University, suggested.
"It is necessary to build a digital platform of 'carbon road and common prosperity', systematically integrate functional modules such as smart tourism, dual carbon supervision, low-carbon services and comprehensive management, realize the digital management of the whole business of the resort, and promote the modernization of the digital empowerment governance system and rural revitalization. Yang Pingjian suggested.
"In the process of building a digital platform, it is necessary to consider connecting with the existing platform in Zhejiang Province. Accurate calculation of carbon emission reductions through digital means, and the issuance of voluntary emission reductions as a feature. Zhang Li, a professor at Beijing Normal University, added.
In addition, the resort can also achieve all-round energy conservation and carbon reduction in the resort by accelerating the clean energy transition, promoting low-zero carbon buildings, building a low-carbon transportation system, improving the low-carbon sanitation system and creating a low-carbon tourism product system.
For example, in the construction of zero-carbon buildings, technologies such as building photovoltaics, roof gardens, rainwater recycling and irrigation, and prefabricated buildings can be integrated to achieve the goal of near-zero energy consumption of incremental buildings and low-carbon transformation of existing buildings. "Distributed photovoltaic has great potential in the future and is an important path for low-carbon development in rural areas. Zhang Li said.
There is a huge potential for emission reduction in the transportation network, and some experts suggest that the deployment of charging piles can be accelerated, low-carbon transportation facilities such as photovoltaic parking lots, zero-carbon post stations, supply stations and viewing platforms can be improved, and the operation mode of using farmers' private parking spaces for tourist parking in peak seasons can be explored.
Anji Little Salamander National Nature Reserve
The resort area is extremely rich in forest resources, and on this basis, a composite carbon sink network of "forest-farmland-park-water system" can be built to improve the comprehensive capacity of ecological carbon sequestration and sequestration.
"Specifically, through the introduction of nature-based solutions (NbS) to promote ecological restoration and carbon sequestration capacity improvement, to achieve the coordinated development of the two, to optimize the ecological structure and improve the quality of carbon sinks by combining the functional needs of ornamental leisure and science education, and to implement the bottom-line control of territorial spatial planning and the requirements of ecological security pattern, to ensure that the carbon sink network has sufficient carrying space. Yang Pingjian said.
How can good mountains and good water be transformed into good "prices"?
"The purpose of the resort is to attract tourists and realize the transformation of lucid waters and lush mountains into gold and silver mountains. In this process, it is necessary to take nature as the main line, develop a characteristic low-carbon tourism product system from the source, and ultimately promote the knowledge sharing, concept dissemination and action call of zero-carbon tourism. Yu Wei, executive director of the Carbon Neutrality and Green Development Research Center of China Jiliang University, pointed out a core point that good mountains and good water can also have a good "price".
Anji is a famous bamboo township, and making good use of the rich bamboo forest resources is of great significance for the transformation of ecological resources and the response to climate change.
Guo Huaicheng, a professor at Peking University, suggested that we can gradually promote the carbon sequestration trading of bamboo forests in the resort, do a good job in carbon sequestration collection and storage, operation and trading, income distribution, etc., make full use of bamboo forest resources, strengthen the development of bamboo products, extend the bamboo industry chain, and increase the added value of products. In addition, we will develop ecological agriculture with the integration of multiple elements, build a common prosperity agricultural industrial park, launch advanced operation models such as shared farms and land recognition, carry out carbon label certification of agricultural products, and guide low-carbon consumption.
"Relying on eco-tourism to promote the transformation of ecological value, set up tourism training schools, improve the level of service reception, explore the operation mode of 'off-season training, peak season posting', and solve the inherent problem of large differences in off-peak and peak seasons of rural tourism. ”
Green finance is one of the important starting points for realizing the value of ecological products.
Experts suggested that it is necessary to make good use of green finance to ensure the realization of the value of ecological products, encourage financial institutions to innovate financial products in combination with the development needs and risk levels of resort projects, and launch financial innovation methods such as equity investment, mortgage and pledge loans and insurance.
Based on the actual situation of the resort, an expert proposed the specific implementation path of green finance development: on the one hand, establish a "zero-carbon college" and form an "expert database", "technology library" and "enterprise database" for zero-carbon development. On the other hand, the "zero-carbon partner" plan has been implemented, and the "two-share, three-income" model and preferential subsidies for partner policies have been launched to attract college students and local youths to devote themselves to the construction of zero-carbon tourism resorts.
Zhangcun Town Luminous Walking Trail
"The resort can guide the whole people to participate in the creation of zero-carbon scenarios, in order to build a zero-carbon tourism resort where man and nature coexist in harmony, explore a zero-carbon tourism development model that can be used for reference, replication and promotion, and provide Anji experience for rural revitalization and the realization of the goal of common prosperity. This is not only the hope of the experts, but also the common voice of Anji people.
