On the morning of May 24, the Information Office of the State Council held a series of press conferences on the theme of "Promoting High-quality Development", and the relevant responsible comrades of Qinghai Province introduced the relevant situation around "unswervingly being the guardian of the 'China Water Tower' and taking the road of Qinghai's high-quality development".
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Qinghai twice and participated in the deliberations of the Qinghai delegation to the National People's Congress twice, emphasizing that "it is necessary to protect the source of the three rivers, protect the 'China Water Tower', and ensure that 'the clear water of the river flows eastward'", "Qinghai's greatest value is in the ecology, the greatest responsibility is in the ecology, and the greatest potential is also in the ecology", "Entering a new stage of development, implementing the new development concept, and building a new development pattern, Qinghai's ecological security status, homeland security status, and resource and energy security status are more important", Encourage Qinghai to embark on a path of high-quality development with local characteristics. Wu Xiaojun, deputy secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and governor, said that we have kept in mind the entrustment, forged ahead with gratitude, worked hard along the blueprint drawn by General Secretary Xi Jinping, solidly promoted ecological protection and high-quality development, and made new steps and created a new situation in the construction of a modern new Qinghai.
Focusing on building an ecological civilization highland, the "China Water Tower" is more solid and abundant
According to Wu Xiaojun, Qinghai transports 60 billion to 90 billion cubic meters of source water downstream every year. Resolutely shoulder the great responsibility of the guardian of the "China Water Tower", solidly promote the construction of national parks, Sanjiangyuan National Park has become the first batch of national parks in China, the largest area, and the construction of Qilian Mountain National Park and Qinghai Lake National Park has been accelerated. Today, the source of the three rivers has regained the beauty of a thousand lakes, the number of Tibetan antelopes has increased to more than 70,000, the number of snow leopards has been monitored to more than 1,200, the number of various birds in Qinghai Lake has reached more than 600,000, and the number of naked carp in Qinghai Lake has increased to more than 120,000 tons.
Qinghai adheres to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, sand and ice, and continues to improve the quality and stability of the ecosystem, which is prominently reflected in "one increase, two reductions, and three excellences". "One increase" means that the green foundation is constantly abundant, and the grassland vegetation coverage reaches 58.12%. "Double reduction" means that the area of desertification and desertification continues to "double decrease". The "three excellences" mean that the environmental quality of the air, water and soil continues to be excellent, the proportion of days with good air quality in the province has always been maintained at more than 96%, and the water quality of the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River out of the province has been maintained at Class II and above, ensuring that "the clear water of the river flows eastward".
Qinghai has set up public welfare posts for ecological stewards, and 146,000 herdsmen have put down their whips, become stewards, and eat ecological meals.
We will focus on building a green and low-carbon industrial system, and continue to enhance the vitality of development momentum
In terms of building a green and organic agricultural and livestock products export area, Qinghai has given full play to the geographical and ecological advantages of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an area of more than 150 million mu of organic monitoring and certified grassland, more than 8 million cattle and sheep have achieved origin traceability, and the output of salmon trout accounts for about 40% of the country.
We will focus on deepening the construction of a demonstration province for national unity and progress, and solidly promote common prosperity