[Ten-Year Strategy] How can China's economy achieve "green development"?

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 19th,

　　Reporter Song Yusheng

　　"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have adhered to the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, comprehensively strengthened the construction of ecological civilization, promoted the greening of the land, and improved the living environment of urban and rural areas. Beautiful China is constantly becoming a reality." March 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when he participated in the voluntary tree planting activities in the capital.

　　"People live up to the green hills, and the green hills will live up to the people." In the past ten years, the concept of green development has become the consensus of the whole society in China, and it has also brought new opportunities for the Chinese economy.

Green development has become a consensus

　　In 2021, a group of migrating Asian elephants has attracted the attention of the whole world, and netizens from all over the world are following the daily itinerary of this group of wild elephants from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, like "chasing a drama".

　　They went all the way to the north, passing Pu'er, Honghe, Yuxi and other places in Yunnan Province, over 110 days and over 2,000 kilometers.

In the places where the elephants passed, people did not drive these behemoths, but put food to help them return.

In the end, the elephants returned to their original habitat safely under the care of people.

　　An accidental elephant northward migration, a tolerant response, the protection of China's target group has been praised by the world.

Some foreign media commented, which fully proves that the green development concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature has been deeply rooted in China.

　　How does green development become the consensus of the whole society in China?

　　Back in time ten years ago.

In December 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection in Guangdong that we owe too much in terms of ecological environment.

We have no other choice on this issue.

　　"Adhering to green development is a profound revolution in the concept of development."

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping said that we should put ecological environmental protection in a more prominent position, protect the ecological environment like protecting our eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life. , Calculate the comprehensive account, not because of the small lose the big, take care of this and lose the other, eat all the food, and be eager for quick success.

　　How is this account calculated?

In the final analysis, ecological and environmental issues are issues of development mode and lifestyle. One of the keys is to coordinate the relationship between economic development and ecological and environmental protection construction.

Green Development Leverages Changes in Efficiency

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that protecting the ecological environment and developing the economy are fundamentally organic unity and complement each other.

Just because the economic development encounters a little difficulty, we should not start to spread the project, sacrifice the environment in exchange for economic growth, or even try to break through the red line of ecological protection.

　　He pointed out that to protect the ecological environment is to protect productive forces, and to improve the ecological environment is to develop productive forces.

　　The practice of the past ten years shows that green development has led to changes in China's efficiency.

　　The "Beijing Blue" at the Winter Olympics has made the world see the improvement of air quality; the water quality of Baiyangdian has improved year by year from inferior to Class V, and the overall water quality will reach Class III in 2021, which has ranked among the national good lakes; the key waters of the Yangtze River Basin " The effect of the ten-year fishing ban has begun to show, and the rare finless porpoise in the past has also appeared in people's field of vision.

　　These achievements stem from changes in the way of development.

　　Taking the improvement of air quality as an example, China is the first developing country to control PM2.5, and is known as the fastest country in the world to control air pollution.

The data shows that the average concentration of PM2.5 in cities above the prefecture level in 2021 will drop by 34.8% compared with 2015.

　　In the past decade, two-thirds of China's energy consumption increase has come from clean energy, and the number of coal-fired boilers and kilns nationwide has decreased from 500,000 to 100,000.

　　In the past ten years, we have eliminated outdated and excess production capacity, including 300 million tons of steel, 400 million tons of cement, and 150 million tons of flat glass weight boxes.

　　Over the past decade, more than 30 million old and high-emitting motor vehicles have been phased out.

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Natural wealth is also economic wealth

　　"Lucid waters and lush mountains are both natural wealth and economic wealth."

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that green, circular and low-carbon development is the direction of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation in the current era, and it is the most promising area of ​​development. my country has considerable potential in this area and can form many new economic growth points.

　　"The trend of green development is improving, and the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is accelerating." A new report from the National Bureau of Statistics pointed out.

　　In the past decade, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP have dropped by 34.4%, and the proportion of coal in primary energy consumption has also dropped from 68.5% to 56%.

The scale of renewable energy development and utilization, and the production and sales of new energy vehicles ranked first in the world.

In 2021, the proportion of clean energy will rise to 25.3%, and the installed capacity and power generation of photovoltaic and wind energy will rank first in the world...

　　Practice has shown that ecological environmental protection and economic development are dialectically unified and complementary. Building ecological civilization and promoting green, low-carbon and cyclical development can not only meet the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment, but also promote the realization of higher quality and efficiency. , more equitable, more sustainable and safer development, and embark on a civilized development path with production development, affluent life and good ecology.

　　"The predecessors planted trees, and the later generations enjoyed the shade. Our generation is to use our own efforts to benefit future generations."

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the protection and restoration of ecosystems and the fundamental improvement of the ecological environment cannot be achieved overnight, and long-term and arduous efforts are still required.

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