Author: Qin and Han Dynasties (special researcher of Beijing Supreme Leader New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, associate professor of China Institute of Language and Literature, university of international business and economics)
On August 15th, China ushered in the first National Ecological Day. This groundbreaking and symbolic anniversary embodies the important position of ecological civilization construction in the new era and the determination to comprehensively promote the construction of beautiful China.
At the recent national conference on ecological environmental protection, the Supreme Leader stressed that the next five years will be an important period for the construction of beautiful China. We should thoroughly implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s ecological civilization thought in the new era, persist in taking people as the center, firmly establish and practice Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s concept, put the construction of beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, promote the obvious improvement of urban and rural living environment, achieve remarkable results in the construction of beautiful China, support high-quality development with high-quality ecological environment, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought profoundly reveals the objective law of harmonious development between man and nature and comprehensively promotes the construction of ecological civilization, which provides us with a powerful ideological force to build the ecological foundation of Chinese modernization.
People live up to the castle peak, and the castle peak will live up to people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, China’s ecological civilization construction has made remarkable achievements. China has achieved the goal of zero growth of global degraded land by 2030 put forward by the United Nations ahead of schedule, and achieved the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 40%~45% in 2020 compared with 2005 ahead of schedule; Under the guidance of the idea of "jointly protecting and not developing", the Yangtze River Economic Belt has achieved green development with ecological priority. The Mu Us Desert has changed from a "barren land" to an "oasis", making the surrounding villages embark on the road of green poverty alleviation; The first batch of national parks have been formally established, and the protection of biodiversity has been continuously strengthened … … All localities and departments have fully implemented the concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", continuously intensified pollution control, solidly carried out ecological protection and restoration, constantly broadened the path of transforming green mountains and green hills into Jinshan Yinshan, and jointly promoted high-level protection and high-quality development, scientifically, reasonably and effectively transformed ecological values into economic development momentum, and continuously opened up new beautiful ecological spaces for future generations.
Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward that "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s idea must be firmly established and practiced, and development should be planned at the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature". As an important part of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, the concept of "two mountains" is the fundamental follow-up and action guide for us to do a good job in ecological civilization construction. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader’s important thesis on "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" profoundly reveals the dialectical unity and complementary relationship between development and protection, that is, protecting the ecological environment means protecting the productive forces, and improving the ecological environment means developing the productive forces. On the one hand, the concept of "two mountains" looks at environmental problems from the perspective of development and the needs of the times, and is committed to building an eco-economic system characterized by industrial ecologicalization and eco-industrialization, promoting high-end, intelligent and green traditional industries, and promoting high-quality economic development in the process of improving the environment; On the other hand, the concept of "two mountains" deeply responds to the people’s actual demands, embodies our party’s people-centered development thought, promotes ecological benefits for the people, benefits the people, and serves the people, and provides more high-quality ecological products, so that people can truly feel the ecological benefits brought by development in the beautiful China with sky blue, green land and clear water.
The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "it is necessary to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of development mode, adhere to green and low-carbon development as a fundamental solution to ecological and environmental problems, accelerate the formation of green production methods and lifestyles, and plant a green background of high-quality development." Chinese-style modernization is the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must more firmly and systematically implement the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought and practice the concept of "two mountains". To embark on a new journey of ecological civilization construction, we should actively explore and promote the transformation path of "two mountains" and accelerate the establishment of the value realization mechanism of ecological products.
Specifically, the first is to continuously strengthen the concept of system, consider all elements of natural ecology as a whole, promote the governance of ecological environment system, collaborative governance and source governance from a global perspective, focus on improving the quality and stability of ecosystem, and enhance the ecological service function while maintaining ecological balance. The second is to actively explore the transformation path model of "two mountains". In the top-level design, we should explore the establishment of a policy framework oriented to the value of eco-products, cultivate new eco-industrial business entities, promote the formation of a construction pattern with consistent goals, up-and-down linkage, discussion and sharing, and a sustainable eco-product value realization mechanism led by the government, with the participation of enterprises and all sectors of society, and market-oriented collaborative operation, and explore transformation path models including green banks and "ecological plus" composite formats, so as to accumulate experience for the innovative practice of the concept of "two mountains". Third, we will continue to strengthen the legal protection of the ecological environment, improve the legislative system of ecological civilization, adhere to the strictest system and the strictest rule of law to protect the ecological environment, actively promote the revision of laws and regulations in key areas, strengthen the coordination of the legal system of ecological environment, and consolidate the foundation of the rule of law in order to practice the concept of "two mountains" and create a new paradigm for the development of ecological civilization. All in all, we will constantly enhance our consciousness and initiative in promoting the construction of ecological civilization, protect green mountains and green hills more beautifully, and make Jinshan Yinshan bigger.
Guangming Daily (August 15, 2023, 02 edition)