Improve the "gold content" of development with ecological "green content"!

XiJinpingThe General Secretary pointed out,"Put the construction of Beautiful China in a prominent position in building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, promote significant improvement in urban and rural living environment, achieve remarkable results in the construction of Beautiful China, and support high-quality development with high-quality ecological environment."

In the land of Sanqin, the majestic Qinling Mountains are rolling with clouds of clouds, and the Loess Plateau turns from yellow to green. Shaanxi has the "biggest country" in mind and firmly adheres to the ecological bottom line. The province's forest coverage rate reaches more than 45%.

In the land of Ganpo, the Jinjiang River is surrounded by lakes and the mountains are lush. Jiangxi has solidly promoted the construction of beautiful Jiangxi and strived to create a highland for the construction of ecological civilization. 10 sections of the Jiangxi section of the main stream of the Yangtze River and 33 sections of the main stream of the Ganjiang River maintain Class II water quality.

In the land of eight Fujian, mountains and seas are interdependent. It is green when you look at the eye and blue when you look up. Fujian adheres to the green development path of giving priority to ecology and coordinating land and sea, and deeply implements the ecological province strategy. It accounts for approximately 3% of the country's population, 1.3% of land, and 3% of energy consumption, creating 4.3% of the country's total economic output.

South of the colorful clouds, clear water and green peaks, and everything is full of vitality. Yunnan has accelerated the green transformation of its development model, explored win-win results between ecological values and economic benefits, and strived to become the vanguard of ecological civilization construction. In the first half of the year, the air quality rate of cities where 16 state (city) governments is located reached 98.2%.

China-style modernization is a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,XiJinpingThe Party Central Committee with comrades as the core has integrated the concept of green development into all aspects of the entire process of economic and social development, and unswervingly follows the path of civilized development of production development, affluent life, and good ecology. From north to south, anchor goals, work hard, vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, accelerate the formation of green development methods, promote major steps in my country's green and low-carbon development, and jointly draw a beautiful picture of China.

Protect and expand green

Make every effort to protect the ecological family

XiJinpingThe general secretary pointed out: "We must stand at the height of safeguarding national ecological security, sustainable development of the Chinese nation and being responsible for human civilization, strengthen ecological protection and restoration, and leave an ecological space with beautiful mountains and clear waters for future generations."

A good ecological environment is the most universally beneficial welfare for people's livelihood. From the nine-winding Yellow River to the mighty Yangtze River, from the towering mountains to the blue ocean, we have fought in depth to prevent and control pollution, accelerated the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment, and provided more high-quality ecological products. A picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is slowly unfolding.

Protect the green waters and green mountains, and the mountains and rivers will become more colorful.

The Yangtze River is winding, and Jiujiang City in Jiangxi Province has 152 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline in its arms. "The treated wastewater can raise fish. The electronic screen shows that the COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) is 14, which is better than the national standard." Tang Anzhong, senior expert in environmental management at China Petrochemical Jiujiang Branch, introduced. Reduce pollution and carbon emissions, improve shoreline, and transform industries, Greater Jiangdong has gone to witness ecological changes.

"Egret is here again!" Photographer Chen Bo photographed birds and water in the sea around the east of Xiamen City, Fujian Province. Fujian has solidly carried out high-level protection of marine ecology. From 2021 to 2023, the proportion of excellent water quality in the province's coastal waters will continue to exceed 85%.

From the water to the shore, from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, we continue to promote the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand. Yunnan has comprehensively deepened the river and lake chief system and strengthened the protection and management of nine plateau lakes. Shaanxi, focusing on the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River Basin, has implemented 26 provincial-level landscape projects in the past five years. The ecological protection measures are practical and powerful, in exchange for bluer skies, greener lands, and clearer water.

Photo by Yang Jipei, a seaweed flower from Erhai Lake in Dali

Care for living creatures, vegetation and biodiversity will be richer.

In the pond, six wild Asian elephants were playing and playing. Xu Tuanming operated the drone and observed carefully. "24-hour monitoring and early warning provides all-round protection for Asian elephants." As a full-time ranger at the Guanping Management and Protection Station in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Yunnan, Xu Tuanming searches for elephants in the rainforest, chases elephants in the rain, and coordinates with professional elephant protection teams across regions to protect them hand in hand.

In Jiangxi, the wild population of rare and endangered wild animals such as sika deer and pangolin in South China has recovered. In Shaanxi, crested ibis and Qinling stone butterflies have developed from "endangered" to "growing". In Fujian, 358 nature reserves have been established, with a total approved area of approximately 15.38 million acres. A number of major biodiversity protection projects have been implemented, the biodiversity protection network has been increasingly improved, and the habitat environment of wild animals has been continuously optimized.

Build beautiful homes and make urban and rural areas more livable and suitable for work.

"Looking at the beautiful scenery and shouting a few times, I feel very beautiful in my heart!" On the bank of the Shichuan River, Wei Meiling, a resident of Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, lamented. The county coordinates water resources, water environment, water ecology, water security, and water value, opens up the entire management of the Ishikawa River, and integrates the beauty of nature into the small fireworks town.

Longtan Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province restored abandoned mines and developed the Phalaenopsis industry, turning the "Black Coal Mountain" into the "Huaguo Mountain"; Niulian Village, Jinning District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province renovated household toilets and built rain and sewage diversion pipe networks to create a beautiful countryside; At the Libu Lake Sewage Treatment Station in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, rows of green trees and dotted with pavilions, and the sewage treatment station has become a pocket park. Urban and rural construction respects and conforms to nature, and good scenery brings a good life to the people.

Look at the overall situation from one place to another. All regions and departments adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and legal pollution control, maintain intensity, extend depth, and expand breadth, and continue to improve the quality of the ecological environment. In the first half of the year, the overall quality of my country's air and surface water environment continued to improve; the population of precious and endangered wild animals grew steadily, and the green waters and green mountains became more colorful and had a stronger background.

Pursuing green and promoting green

Accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development

XiJinpingThe general secretary pointed out: "We must correctly handle the relationship between economic development and ecological environment protection, firmly establish the concept that protecting the ecological environment means protecting productivity, and improving the ecological environment means developing productivity, and more consciously promote green development, circular development, and low-carbon development.".

Green determines the quality of development. Optimize the land and space development pattern, accelerate the green transformation and upgrading of industries, comprehensively promote resource conservation and intensive utilization... The high-quality ecological environment supports high-quality development and continues to enhance the potential and stamina of economic development.

Draw boundaries and build a green, low-carbon and high-quality development spatial pattern.

The mountains are steep and the forests are vast. Xu Zikun, a staff member of the Fujian Tongmu Protection Station in Wuyishan National Park, patrols the mountains and protects the mountains."Satellites in the sky and drones in the air have become good helpers."

"In key protected areas in the national park category, the strictest ecological and environmental protection measures will be implemented; in the protection coordination area about 1 kilometer away from the red line of the national park, ecological protection will be prioritized and protection and development will be coordinated; in the periphery of the protection coordination area, about 4 kilometers of development integration zone guide the development of green industries." Wei Jinyu, chief planner of the Natural Resources Bureau of Nanping City, Fujian Province, introduced.

Land is the spatial carrier for the construction of ecological civilization. Shaanxi issued an industrial access list for the Qinling Mountains; Jiangxi promoted the protection and construction of national key ecological functional areas and important ecological corridors; Yunnan applied ecological environment zoning control to areas such as the Gaoligong Mountains to protect biodiversity. A series of measures have been taken to optimize the layout, clarify the bottom line, and solidly advance the construction of the nature reserve system with national parks as the main body.

Map provided by the Propaganda Department of Baoshan Municipal Party Committee in Gaoligong Mountain

Optimize the structure and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of development methods.

In Shaanxi Yulin Chemical Industry Park located in Mu Us Sandy Land, coal lumps are heated, separated, catalyzed, polymerized... turned into white polypropylene particles. "Climbing to the high end and moving green, the coal chemical industry is transforming towards high-end, diversified and low-carbon." The relevant person in charge of the Yulin City Development and Reform Commission introduced.

In the Wanli manufacturing base of China Resources Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. located in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, robotic arms are one after another and the production line is orderly. "The entire process of material collection, pretreatment, filling, and warehousing is automated. Raw materials, waste gas, and wastewater are transported through fully enclosed pipelines. The 'green factory' saves energy and reduces consumption." Zhong Zhijian, head of the base, said.

Promote circulation and improve the level of resource conservation and intensive utilization.

At the source of the Erhai Lake, in Fengyu Town, Eryuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Li Chunxi, a collector of livestock and poultry manure, drove a tricycle and started his day's work."Only when the garbage has land to go can the Erhai Lake be cleaner."

Organic waste from 18 towns (streets) is collected into Yunnan Shunfeng Erhai Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., and 27 production lines are in operation, and the waste is turned into organic fertilizers, biological natural gas, etc. Dali Prefecture has introduced social forces to build an entire industrial chain for the resource utilization of organic waste.

Shaanxi has comprehensively promoted the conservation and intensive use of water resources. In 2023, the water consumption of 10,000 yuan of GDP will drop by 12.38% compared with 2020; Jiangxi has implemented the strictest cultivated land protection system and strengthened the control of cultivated land use; Fujian has vigorously promoted emission rights, carbon emission rights, etc. Resources and environmental rights and interests trading system... Relevant regions will change resource utilization methods according to local conditions and improve resource utilization efficiency.

Guided by the green concept, carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth have been promoted in a coordinated manner. Energy consumption per unit of GDP continued to decline in the first half of this year. "The quality of my country's ecological environment has improved significantly, and green industries have become a new driving force for economic growth." Gao Shiji, director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that next, we must continue to optimize and improve policies and regulations, deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, and accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

turning green into gold

Broaden the path of transforming green waters and green mountains into mountains of gold and silver

XiJinpingThe general secretary pointed out that "we must broaden the path for green waters and green mountains to transform into gold and silver mountains" and "promote ecological industrialization and industrial ecologization, cultivate a large number of ecological products to market, and continuously transform ecological advantages into development advantages."

A good ecological environment contains infinite economic value. Relevant regions and departments have established ecological protection compensation mechanisms to expand the "beautiful economy" according to local conditions, promote the better transformation of green waters and green mountains into gold and silver mountains, and allow the broad masses of the people to share the ecological dividends.

Institutional escort and improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products.

A river surrounds the village, full of mountains and forests. Gangbei Village, Jing 'an County, Jiangxi Province has gone from "cutting trees to making quick money" in the past to guarding green mountains and protecting green water. Through the county's rural revitalization-the "Two Mountains" transformation big data platform, villager Bao Ximeng obtained the right to manage the waters and returned to his hometown to start a business and run a farmhouse. "Resources have turned into assets. Last year, the village collective economic income exceeded 400,000 yuan." Wu Zhulin, secretary of the village party branch, said.

Jiangxi has introduced and piloted the province's unified gross ecosystem product (GEP) accounting standards, statistical reporting systems, results application opinions and ecological asset value assessment and management methods. So far, the cumulative transaction volume of Jiangxi's carbon sinks, water rights, emission rights, and energy use rights is nearly 45 million yuan.

"With the ecological compensation of the Tingjiang River Basin, there are subsidies for the application of organic fertilizers on farms, and the green citrus is of good quality and sells well." Tang Qinhong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Sanzhou Town, Changting County, Fujian Province, said.

Protect the water upstream and use the water downstream. Fujian and Guangdong signed the "Agreement on Compensation for Horizontal Ecological Protection in the Upper and Lower Reaches of the Tingjiang-Hanjiang River Basin." "From 2016 to 2024, Longyan received 2.544 billion yuan in compensation funds from the Tingjiang River Basin. Since 2022, the proportion of Class I to III water quality monitoring sections in 41 national and provincial control sections and 29 small watersheds in the Tingjiang-Hanjiang River Basin has reached 100%." Cai Dengfeng, deputy director of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Longyan City, introduced.

Market-driven, promote industrial ecology and ecological industrialization.

Industries are moving towards new and green. At LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. located in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, the world record for the efficiency of monocrystalline silicon solar cells continues to be set. "Every inch of sunlight can be utilized to the greatest extent." Li Zhenguo, president of the company, said that in the past 10 years, LONGi Green Energy has produced more than 205 gigawatts of photovoltaic products, equivalent to the installed capacity of nine Three Gorges power stations.

The "beautiful economy" thrives. Fuxian Lake is dotted with white sails and sparkling. The new business format was implemented in the Yidu Group of the Customs Community of Chengjiang City, Yunnan Province. "Relying on good ecology, the village has opened 11 B & Bs, 8 farmhouses, 2 sailing bases and 2 diving bases." Shi Yunbin, secretary of the Party Branch of the Customs Community, said.

Photo by Xu Wanlin, Fuxian Lake

The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products" and "improve the green and low-carbon development mechanism." Shaanxi proposed to improve the "three major barriers" protection systems for the Qinling Mountains, the Yellow River Basin, and the water source areas of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project; Jiangxi plans to build more than 50 provincial-level green parks and more than 200 green factories by the end of 2025; Fujian will systematically build a cost-intensive coastal industry A green development pattern with layout, key ecological protection in mountainous areas, and coordinated linkage between mountains and seas; Yunnan explores and innovates the value transformation of ecological products, vigorously develops modern forestry, and effectively protects and utilizes biological resources.

People live up to the green mountains, and the green mountains will surely live up to people. By adhering to ecological priority and green development, perseverance and long-term efforts, we will surely transform green waters and green mountains into invaluable assets, plant a green background for high-quality development, and stride towards modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously.