Talking about theory and practice, feeling the great power of thought——Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought Zhejiang Forum side note

The Qiantang River is flowing with blue waves, the Qiandao Lake is clear and green, and the ancestral forests of the hundred mountains are lush...... Zhejiang, with its swaying greenery, has witnessed the vivid practice of turning "lucid waters and lush mountains" into "golden mountains and silver mountains" for many years.

Time is the most objective witness. Follow the traces and trace the river, the tide of the river. Twenty years ago, Comrade Xi Jinping formulated the "88 Strategy" for Zhejiang as a comprehensive plan and top-level design for provincial development during his work in Zhejiang, taking "creating an ecological province and building a 'green Zhejiang'" as an important content, taking the lead in opening up the practice of Chinese-style modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and providing rich materials and vivid practice for the germination and formation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the "88 Strategy" and the 20th anniversary of the construction of Zhejiang Ecological Province. A few days ago, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government jointly held the Xi Jinping Ecological Civilization Thought Zhejiang Forum in Jinhua, inviting experts and scholars, enterprises, financial institutions, and social organization representatives from all over the country to focus on the "in-depth implementation of the '88 Strategy' and strive to promote the construction of ecological civilization The theme is to discuss the theoretical wisdom and practical experience of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and discuss the vivid practice and experience enlightenment of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought in Zhejiang.

Publish the results and look to the future

"Xiajiang Village in Chun'an, Hangzhou has changed from 'poor and dirty' to 'green, rich and beautiful'", "Jinhua Pujiang and Green Lake have transformed from 'black and smelly lake' to 'beautiful lake'", "beautiful villages are fascinating, and cities are suitable for living, working and traveling"...... At the beginning of the opening ceremony, the feature film "Painting a New Picture of Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains" vividly presented the fruitful achievements of the 20th anniversary of the construction of Zhejiang Ecological Province.

Zhejiang, the first province in the country to be established as an ecological province. At the opening ceremony, the Political Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the results of the 20th anniversary of the construction of Zhejiang Ecological Province, pointing out that Zhejiang's main achievements are mainly reflected in six aspects, namely, adhering to the principle that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", and making major breakthroughs in breaking the constraints of environmental resources and improving environmental carrying capacity; The sense of security has been significantly improved, efforts have been made to create a beautiful pattern of urban-rural integration, and the construction of global beauty has been at the forefront, the modern environmental governance system has been continuously improved, and a number of exemplary institutional achievements have been formed, the ecological culture has been vigorously promoted, and the ecological consciousness of the whole people has been continuously improved, and international exchanges and cooperation have been actively carried out to provide Zhejiang solutions for the construction of global ecological civilization. Zhejiang has become an important window to display Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought and the achievements of beautiful China's construction.

As one of the achievements of the 20th anniversary of the construction of Zhejiang Ecological Province, the "Blue Cycle" won the United Nations Champions of the Earth Award certificate and congratulatory letter were also displayed at the forum, and the Chief Representative of the United Nations Programme in China, Tu Ruihe, sent a video to the forum, saying that the "Blue Cycle" award shows the praise and affirmation of the United Nations for China's achievements in protecting the ecological environment and actively leading global environmental governance, and is another vivid case of China's major transformation from a participant in global environmental governance to a leader. The "Blue Cycle" case vividly illustrates the deepening of Zhejiang's practice of deeply implementing Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and the first demonstration of expanding the successful practice of the "Ten Million Project" from rural revitalization to fishing villages and from land to extending the sea, which is a typical success story of pollution control and benefiting the people.

There are many similar stories in Zhejiang, such as the story of Zhejiang's synergistic reform of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, which vividly interprets the answer sheet of green and low-carbon development for the people and the answer sheet of Zhijiang.

At the opening ceremony, Zhejiang's first collaborative index for pollution reduction and carbon reduction was officially released. The index comprehensively covers four dimensions, including industrial structure adjustment, pollution control, ecological protection, and climate change response, and establishes 6 first-level indicators, 15 second-level indicators and 27 third-level indicators from the three aspects of effect, path and management, and releases them on a quarterly basis to achieve quantitative tracking, evaluation and feedback on the effectiveness of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in cities and the progress of measures. In the first three quarters of 2023, the synergistic index of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in Zhejiang Province was 97.21, and among the 11 districted cities, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Lishui ranked the top three.

Fruitful results reflect the original intention, and Thanksgiving forges ahead to write a new chapter. Yi Lianhong, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, pointed out at the opening ceremony that the achievements made in the construction of Zhejiang Ecological Province in the past 20 years are a vivid embodiment of the "88 Strategy" to promote the wonderful changes in Zhejiang, and the epitome of the "four major changes" in China's ecological civilization construction. Zhejiang will consciously shoulder the mission of taking the lead in the practice of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought and the birthplace of the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", take the "811" ecological civilization pilot demonstration action as the carrier, continue to polish the "golden business card" of beautiful Zhejiang, always hold the "golden rice bowl" of ecological resources, consciously make good use of the "golden key" of green development, and strive to build a benchmark for green development of ecological civilization.

Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, stressed that General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward a series of original ideas, planned a series of forward-looking strategies, and implemented a series of pragmatic measures for the construction of ecological civilization in Zhejiang, providing fertile practical soil and abundant source of living water for Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought to take root, blossom and bear fruit; it is hoped that Zhejiang will keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest advice and unswervingly follow the "88 Strategy" We will continue to guide the way, actively promote the new practice of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, create a new benchmark for ecological civilization construction, undertake the new mission of high-quality development and high-level protection, and carry out new explorations to comprehensively promote the construction of a beautiful China.

Collision of ideas, discussion and exchange

"Building a modern civilization where man and nature coexist in harmony", "Striving to be an actor in building a beautiful China", "Demonstrating new responsibilities in learning Xi practicing Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought", "Striving to promote the construction of ecological civilization from four aspects", "Helping the construction of a beautiful China with digital informatization"...... During the Zhejiang Forum on Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization, a total of 1 keynote report and 4 parallel sub-forums were held. 45 experts and scholars from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China Environmental Protection Industry Association, Zhejiang University, etc., discussed and exchanged views on topics such as the innovation and contribution of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green growth and green and low-carbon transformation, building a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony, digital empowerment and environmental governance modernization.

"General Secretary Xi Jinping summed up the lessons and lessons of the rise and fall of human civilization and modernization at home and abroad, creatively combined the Marxist view of nature and history with China's specific reality and China's excellent traditional culture, formed the idea of ecological civilization, and pointed out the direction for building a modern civilization in which man and nature coexist in harmony. Li Wentang, vice president (vice president) of the Central Party School (National Academy of Administration), took "building a modern civilization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature" as the theme in his keynote speech, and systematically explained the theoretical wisdom of "adhering to the overall management of mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, grass and sand systems" in Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought. He pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's proposal that "mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, grass and sand are a community of life" emphasizes that man and nature are harmonious and symbiotic, which is not only the embodiment of the Marxist concept of natural history, but also the resurrection and development of the Chinese civilization's idea of heaven and man, and has effectively promoted the construction of modern civilization in which man and nature coexist in harmony.

At the sub-forum on "Innovation and Contribution of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization", Li Ruinong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of China Environment News, gave a speech entitled "Striving to Be an Actor in Building a Beautiful China". He said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has launched a series of important expositions on "why to build a beautiful China", "what kind of beautiful China to build" and "how to build a beautiful China", including the construction of a beautiful China into the goal of building a modern socialist power, clarifying the timetable and roadmap for the construction of a beautiful China, depicting a beautiful blueprint for the construction of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and providing direction guidance and fundamental compliance for the construction of a beautiful China.

"Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization is an important part of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and is an original theoretical achievement formed by General Secretary Xi Jinping based on the practice of China's ecological civilization construction. At present, the ecological and environmental protection industry system is carrying out the second batch of Xi Jinping New Era Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics Theme Education, and learning XiXi Jinping's ecological civilization thought is the top priority of the theme education. At the sub-forum on "Carbon Reduction, Pollution Reduction, Green Growth and Green and Low-Carbon Transformation", Guo Chengzhan, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the China Environmental Protection Industry Association, said that the ecological environmental protection industry is a "propaganda team" to implement Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, a "task force" to practice Xi's ecological civilization thought, and a "construction team" to implement Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, and will continue to transform Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought into a realistic productive force to promote the healthy, sustainable and high-quality development of the environmental protection industry.

At the sub-forum on "Building a Beautiful China in Harmony between Man and Nature", Zhang Bo, President of the China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association, pointed out that there are still problems in promoting the construction of a beautiful China such as top-level design and grassroots exploration, scientific research and problem solving, and the combination of promising government and effective market. A systematic governance system that organically combines ecological protection, persists in promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, adheres to precise and scientific pollution control in accordance with the law, encourages local governments to make bold explorations, and provides experience for pioneering demonstrations.

"Digital ecological civilization is to empower greening with digitalization, drive digitalization with greening, use digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, etc., and take the information platform for comprehensive management of ecological environment as the leader to build a 'real-time dynamic, precise science, overall coordination, intelligent intelligence, inclusive and ubiquitous' digital governance system of Beautiful China. At the sub-forum on "Digital Empowerment and Modernization of Environmental Governance", Zhao Shixin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Information Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, systematically sorted out the new requirements for ecological environment informatization to comprehensively promote the construction of Beautiful China, and proposed that the construction of ecological environment informatization needs to continuously accumulate practical experience and accelerate the construction of a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization.

45 experts and scholars and 45 reports not only deeply interpreted Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, but also thought about the key areas and frontier directions of ecological civilization construction, so that the guests participating in the forum had a more systematic understanding and deeper grasp of the scientific connotation and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.

Site visits to share experiences

The trees are verdant, and herons inhabit and feed in the shade...... During the inspection stage of the forum, many guests stood in the lakeside square of Huhaitang Park in Jinhua City, and the beautiful ecology was refreshing.

"The breeding industry here used to be developed, and the environmental pollution was serious, which became a pain in the hearts of the citizens. Since 2013, the waters of the lake and the surrounding areas have been renovated, the dredging of the reservoir area was completed in 2015 and the construction began, and in October 2017, the urban wetland park with the "Ten Views of the Lake and the Sea Pond" as the highlight was opened to visitors. This year, Jinhua implemented water ecological restoration of the lake and sea ponds, planting aquatic plants such as dwarf bitter grass, spiny bitter grass, long's eye weeds and small algae at the bottom of the lake, so as to improve the stability of the water ecology and vigorously promote the harmonious coexistence of "river-lake-forest-field".

"To build a beautiful China, the city is an important carrier, and the governance of Huhaitang Park is a concrete practice to integrate the city into nature. Li Ruinong said that the good mountains, good water and good scenery into the city, so that the city's internal water system, green space and the city's peripheral rivers and lakes, forests, cultivated land to form a complete ecological network, Jinhua in this regard to the forefront.

Jinhua's promotion of the harmonious coexistence of "river-lake-forest-field" is only a microcosm of Zhejiang's ecological environment system governance. Over the past 20 years, Zhejiang has taken five rounds of "811" special action as the traction starting point, played a combination of "five water co-governance", "three reforms and one demolition" and "four sides and three modernizations", and fought a tough battle against pollution with high standards, and the proportion of excellent water quality in provincial control sections has increased from 42.9% to 97.6%, and the inferior Class V sections have been completely eliminated_2.5The average concentration has dropped from 61 micrograms per cubic meter to 24 micrograms per cubic meter, public satisfaction with the ecological environment in the province has increased for 12 consecutive years, and 314 nature reserves at or above the provincial level have been established in the province, with a forest coverage rate of more than 61 percent and a green coverage rate of 42 percent in urban built-up areas.

Nowadays, the beautiful ecological environment of the green river is not only the beautiful background color of Zhejiang, but also the energy source of Zhejiang's "beautiful economy".

The site of the forum, Panda Pig and Pig Liangtou Wu International Ranch, is to revitalize idle resources, create intelligent breeding ranches, and cultivate "Panda Pig Pig" IP through pollution control, protection and improvement of the ecological environment, which has become an Internet celebrity check-in point and activated the "beautiful economy".

"The beauty economy is essentially a green and low-carbon development, which is a fundamental solution to ecological and environmental problems. In the view of Wang Jinnan, member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Party, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, accelerating the green and low-carbon transformation of the development mode and promoting green, low-carbon and high-quality development need to change the traditional production and consumption mode of "mass production, mass consumption, and large emissions", so that resources, production, consumption and other factors can be matched and adapted.

Adhering to green and low-carbon development, Zhejiang has already taken the lead. Over the past 20 years, Zhejiang has implemented the upgraded version of the "991" circular economy, taken the lead in the construction of a collaborative innovation zone for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, combined governance and adjustment to force industrial transformation and upgrading, created a green and low-carbon industrial system, vigorously promoted the application of cleaner production technology, promoted the implementation of recycling transformation in all industrial parks above the provincial level, took the lead in exploring the value realization mechanism of ecological products, issued the country's first provincial GEP accounting standard, and innovatively implemented the "blue cycle" marine plastic waste management model. The province's total economic output increased from 0.8 trillion yuan in 2002 to 7.77 trillion yuan in 2022, and the energy consumption and water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP decreased by 63.8% and 91.7% respectively compared with 2002. Zhejiang accounts for 1% of the country's land, 4% of the population, and 4% of carbon dioxide emissions, creating 6.4% of the country's GDP. The beautiful ecological environment in Zhejiang is constantly giving birth to a "beautiful economy", and it is also tirelessly serving the "beautiful people's livelihood".

Another site of this forum, Yiwu Lizu Village, is a typical representative of "beautiful economy" serving "beautiful people's livelihood". Starting from the small incision of improving the rural living environment, Lizu Village has been stationed in various entrepreneurial entities, and rural tourism has flourished, and it has been rated as a national civilized village. Today, Lizu Village, with a permanent population of just over 500 people, has more than 200 young agricultural makers settled in, 58 maker projects are scattered everywhere, and there are Internet celebrity check-in points everywhere, with more than 300,000 tourists since the beginning of this year.

The exploration and practice of Li Zucun was praised by Zhu Pingguo, chief expert of the General Station of Agricultural Ecology and Resource Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He said: "In Jinhua, I have seen that the 'beautiful economy' and the 'beautiful people's livelihood' are intertwined and complement each other. ”

In fact, Jinhua's "beautiful economy" and "beautiful people's livelihood" promote each other, thanks to Zhejiang's continuous opening of the channel of common prosperity and beauty in the whole region, and promote the balanced "wealth" and "beauty" of urban and rural areas in Zhejiang more colorful. Over the past 20 years, Zhejiang has deeply promoted urban and rural areas to move from beauty to beauty, from ecological beauty to beauty of life, from beauty of form to beauty of temperament, forming a "beautiful countryside, beautiful city, beautiful pastoral, beautiful park, beautiful island" of the province's big garden and beautiful pattern. The province has created 49 national ecological civilization construction demonstration zones and 14 "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" practice and innovation bases, ranking first in the country, and the per capita GDP has increased from US$2,000 to US$17,600.

Achievement release, discussion and exchange, on-site inspection...... In the applause, exchanges, and shutters, the climax of cutting-edge views and the continuous collision of ideological sparks. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, Zhejiang takes green as the pen, strives to build a benchmark for ecological civilization and green development, and strives to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Zhejiang.