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On the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, accurately grasp the great significance and strategic task of planning development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, put the construction of beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference: "We should plan development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, constantly shape new kinetic energy and advantages of development through high-level environmental protection, and strive to build a green and low-carbon circular economy system, effectively reduce the resource and environmental costs of development and continuously enhance the potential and stamina of development." This is a new requirement for planning and promoting high-quality economic and social development based on the new stage of development, which reflects the deepening understanding of the laws of economic and social development and the laws of ecological civilization construction by the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. On the new journey, we should adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, thoroughly study and implement the Supreme Leader’s ecological civilization thought, plan development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, promote the overall green transformation of economic and social development, and lay a solid ecological foundation for Chinese modernization.
The great significance of promoting the harmonious symbiosis between man and nature
The harmonious symbiosis between man and nature is directly related to human destiny. A history of the development of human society, in a sense, is a history of the development of the relationship between man and nature. Promoting the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is a wise choice made in the face of the increasingly prominent deep-seated contradiction between man and nature, one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization, and one of the basic strategies for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
The harmonious symbiosis between man and nature is the cornerstone of human survival and development. In the view of Marxism, man and nature are an interactive and inseparable organic unity, which is manifested in the fact that nature provides sources of production and living materials and living environment for human beings, while human economic and social activities also profoundly affect the structure, function and evolution of nature. When human activities conform to the laws of nature and are within the tolerance of ecological environment, it will naturally promote human economic and social development; On the contrary, when human beings over-exploit and even cause harm to nature, human survival and development will become passive water and trees without roots. Man and nature are a community of life. Only by respecting, conforming to and protecting nature and balancing the relationship between man and nature can we continuously consolidate the foundation of human survival and development.
Harmonious coexistence between man and nature is an important feature of Chinese modernization. In the process of human modernization, western developed countries generally take a road of pollution first and then treatment, which not only creates huge material wealth, but also accelerates the grab of natural resources and brings ecological environment destruction. Chinese modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Our Party conforms to the people’s new expectations for a better life, establishes and practices Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s ideas, plans development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, promotes high-quality economic and social development and high-level protection of ecological environment in coordination, and has embarked on a civilized development path of production development, affluent life and good ecology.
The harmonious symbiosis between man and nature is an important embodiment of the development and progress of human civilization. Ecological prosperity leads to civilization prosperity, while ecological decline leads to civilization decline. The degree of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is an important measure to measure the development and progress of human civilization. The industrial revolution has greatly improved the level of social productive forces and promoted the leap of human civilization from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization. However, alienated labor under capitalist private ownership sets the relationship between man and nature against each other, and the sustainable development of social productive forces lacks a solid foundation of natural productive forces. Socialist ecological civilization is an important embodiment of the development and progress of human civilization, and it is a reference and transcendence of the outstanding achievements of capitalist industrial civilization, enabling us to overcome the disadvantages of capitalist industrial civilization and realize the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The inherent requirement of promoting the harmonious symbiosis between man and nature
What kind of development view there is, what kind of development path there is. Adhering to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is not a lack of development or inaction, but a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature through high-quality green development. At present, China’s ecological civilization construction is still in a critical period of pressure superposition and heavy burden. In the development practice, we must stand on the height of being responsible for human civilization and embark on a road of coordinated development of ecology and economy and harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Adhere to Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets and establish a correct concept of development. Idea is the forerunner of action. Only with scientific idea and development can the hoof move steadily. Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s scientific judgment transcends the monism of eco-centrism and anthropocentrism, profoundly reveals that protecting the ecological environment means protecting the productive forces, and improving the ecological environment means developing the productive forces, and points out a new path to realize the synergistic symbiosis of development and protection. Firmly establish and practice Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s idea, we can neither fish for the ecological environment in the process of economic development, nor abandon economic development in the process of protecting the ecological environment, but stick to the sustainable development path of win-win for green mountains and green hills and Jinshan Yinshan.
Adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and enhance the concept of system. The ecosystem is an organic living body, and the mountains, rivers, fields, lakes, grass and sand contained in it are interdependent and closely linked life communities, which provide a solid material foundation for the sustainable development of mankind. To promote the integrated protection of mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, grass and sand, we should pay attention to grasping the organic connection and interaction between various components of the ecosystem as a whole, scientifically arrange the ecosystem protection projects, and promote the overall improvement of ecosystem quality. To coordinate the management of grass and sand system in landscape forest fields and lakes, we should consider the integrity of physical geography units, the relevance of ecosystems and the comprehensiveness of natural ecological elements in accordance with the integrity, systematicness and inherent laws of ecosystems, enhance the relevance and coupling of various measures, and pay more attention to comprehensive management, system management and source management.
Adhering to green development is a profound revolution in the concept of development and clarifying the strategic path. Green development is the inevitable requirement of building a high-quality modern economic system and the fundamental solution to the pollution problem. We must persist in promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, greening and growth in a coordinated manner, and promote a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Carbon reduction, pollution reduction, greening and growth are an organic whole that is interconnected and mutually promoted, and each part is relatively independent and closely related. Reducing carbon and pollution will reduce the high-carbon economy, reduce the "black economy" and increase the low-carbon economy, green economy and beautiful economy. Greening and growth can enhance the carbon sink capacity and enhance the diversity, stability and sustainability of the ecosystem. Only by making overall plans, making concerted efforts, doing subtraction to reduce pollutant emissions, and doing addition to expand environmental capacity, can we achieve higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable and safer development.
Adhere to the strictest system and the strictest rule of law to protect the ecological environment and improve the system guarantee. System and rule of law are not only a solid foundation for the construction of ecological civilization, but also an important guarantee for green development. To protect the ecological environment with the strictest system, we should pay attention to the systematicness, integrity and coordination of system design, focus on improving the quality of the ecological environment, and adhere to strict prevention at the source, strict management of the process, severe punishment of damage and accountability. To protect the ecological environment with the strictest rule of law, we should pay attention to the overall planning of legal formulation, implementation, supervision and protection of the rule of law, and strive to form a joint force of the rule of law. Ecological environmental protection is a long-term task, and we must adhere to the strictest system and the strictest rule of law, so that the system and the rule of law become rigid constraints and untouchable high-voltage lines.
Persist in transforming the construction of beautiful China into the conscious action of all the people and unite social forces. Building a beautiful China is a long-term strategic task, which requires the joint participation and construction of all people. This requires the broad masses of people not only to agree with the concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" and other ecological civilization, but also to actively participate in activities such as pollution prevention, ecological construction and environmental protection supervision. Faced with the severe situation of tight resource constraints, serious environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation, we must adhere to the people’s dominant position, fully stimulate all people’s subjective consciousness and sense of responsibility in protecting the ecological environment, encourage and guide all people to consciously participate in the construction of ecological civilization, and gather great strength for promoting green development and building beautiful China.
Accelerate the development path of modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
People live up to the castle peak, and the castle peak will live up to people. On the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, accurately grasp the great significance and strategic task of planning development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, put the construction of beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Accelerate the green transformation of development mode. Adhere to overall planning and systematic planning, and continuously optimize and adjust the structure of industry, energy, transportation and land use. Cultivate and expand industries such as energy conservation, environmental protection, clean production and clean energy, accelerate the research and development, popularization and application of advanced technologies for energy conservation and carbon reduction, promote energy conservation and emission reduction and comprehensive utilization of resources in agriculture, industry and service industries, promote the green transformation of key industries and fields with digital technologies such as the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, and strive to build a green and low-carbon circular economy industrial chain. Increase publicity and education on ecological civilization, enhance the awareness of saving, environmental protection and ecology of the whole people, guide green and low-carbon consumption, promote the classification, reduction and recycling of domestic waste, and promote the formation of green and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles.
Strengthen the protection and restoration of ecosystems. Focusing on national key ecological function area, the red line of ecological protection and nature reserves, we will speed up the implementation of major projects for the protection and restoration of important ecosystems and promote the construction of a nature reserve system with national parks as the main body. Implement major biodiversity conservation projects, optimize the spatial pattern of biodiversity conservation, and strengthen the protection and restoration of rare and endangered wild animals and plants and their habitats. Scientifically carry out large-scale land greening operations, promote grassland forests, rivers, lakes and wetlands to recuperate, implement the ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River, and improve the farmland fallow rotation system. Establish an eco-product value realization mechanism, clarify the eco-product value accounting index system and specific algorithm, and promote the application of eco-product value accounting results in ecological protection compensation and ecological environment damage compensation.
Actively and steadily promote carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions. Based on China’s energy resources endowment, we will persist in establishing first and then breaking, pay attention to properly handling the relationship between development and emission reduction, overall and local, long-term and short-term goals, government and market, and implement the peak carbon dioxide emissions Action step by step in a planned way. Deepen the energy revolution, strengthen the clean and efficient use of coal, accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system, improve the efficiency of energy utilization in key areas, strictly control the consumption of fossil energy, actively develop non-fossil energy, and promote the transformation from "double control" of energy consumption to "double control" of total carbon emissions and intensity. Promote industrial optimization and upgrading, accelerate the development of agricultural green cycle, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as steel, chemicals and building materials, and make overall plans to promote the construction of low-carbon transportation system.
Constantly improve the system of ecological civilization system. We will improve the fiscal, taxation, finance, investment and price policies and standard systems that support green development, improve the market-oriented allocation system of resources and environmental factors, and encourage and guide all kinds of subjects to actively participate in the construction of ecological civilization. Build a market-oriented green and low-carbon technological innovation system, and promote new development momentum with green and low-carbon technological innovation. Accelerate the study and formulation of regulations on ecological protection compensation, and bring ecological protection compensation into the track of rule of law. Improve the legal system of ecological environmental protection and the judicial system of law enforcement, and strengthen the statistical monitoring and law enforcement supervision of ecological civilization construction. Improve the evaluation system of ecological civilization construction objectives, strengthen the assessment of the implementation of carbon-neutral objectives and tasks in peak carbon dioxide emissions, promote the outgoing audit of natural resources assets of leading cadres, and take the assessment results as an important reference for the comprehensive evaluation and performance evaluation of leading cadres.
(Written by: Huang Maoxing, Qiu Shuilin)