China News Service, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, November 14th. On the 12th local time, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) "Ecological Civilization and the Practice of Beautiful China" was held in Saudi Arabia, Egypt. Msheikh.
The side event was jointly sponsored by Xi Jinping Thought Research Center for Ecological Civilization/Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China News Service, and hosted by China News Network.
Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative of President Xi Jinping and China's Special Envoy on Climate Change, attended the "Ecological Civilization and the Practice of Beautiful China" and delivered a speech.
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Xie Zhenhua, the special representative of President Xi Jinping and China's special envoy for climate change, said in his speech that over the past decade, China has become an important participant, contributor and leader in the process of global climate governance, and the green and low-carbon transformation has achieved remarkable results.
President Xi Jinping has pointed out many times that tackling climate change is an inherent requirement of China's sustainable development and an international obligation of a responsible major country. This is not what others want us to do, but what we do ourselves.
"Although many developed countries are currently affected by geopolitical conflicts and energy crises, and climate action has taken a step back, China still adheres to President Xi Jinping's request and adheres to the strategic determination to actively respond to climate change. We have to overcome a series of difficulties, Promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality." Xie Zhenhua said that China's climate policy has also been further strengthened in the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the 20th National Congress has also made clear arrangements for China to promote climate action and global governance in the future. Do what you say.
Zhao Yingmin, head of the Chinese climate change negotiation delegation and deputy minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in a written speech that in the past ten years, President Xi Jinping has stood at the height of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and has incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. "The overall layout, vigorously promote the innovation of ecological civilization theory, practice and system innovation, and formed the systematic and scientific Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought.
President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas and new strategies with Chinese characteristics and leading the trend of the times, which provide fundamental compliance and action guidelines for the construction of China's ecological civilization.
Zhao Yingmin said that China has always been an activist and a doer in response to climate change.
China has always believed that when the world is good, China can be good; when China is good, the world can be better.
As a responsible major country, China will continue to uphold the concept of ecological civilization and move forward towards the goal of building a beautiful China.
This is not only China's own business, but also its contribution to the world.
The picture shows the guests watching the opening film of the side event.
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Eric Solheim, former UN Under-Secretary-General and former Executive Director of UNEP, and Tim Yeo, former chairman of the British House of Commons' Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change, delivered video speeches on China's efforts to address climate change. Practical actions were highly appraised.
Eric Solheim said that China has resolutely won the battle of pollution prevention and control, and at the same time actively responded to climate change, so that the mountains and rivers have regained their former beauty.
China is already leading the way in green practices to better protect the natural environment.
China has established an ecological protection red line, which is a great system for protecting wetlands and urban ecosystems.
Tim Yeo said that China now accounts for almost 40% of the world's wind power generation capacity and over 33% of the world's solar power generation capacity. This achievement is a good example for other countries to follow.
With more than half of the world's electric fuel cell and hybrid vehicles currently in China, the transition to electric vehicles could benefit the world by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, especially by improving air quality in many large cities for billions of people. came the immediate health benefits.
In the keynote speech, Qian Yong, director of Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought Research Center and director of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, pointed out that in the past ten years, China has created a world-renowned ecological miracle and green development miracle.
The urban air quality has improved the fastest, and the water quality of large rivers is close to the level of developed countries. Significant steps have been taken in the construction of a beautiful China.
With the blue sky, green mountains, and clear water, urban residents can see the green through the windows and see the scenery when they go out, fully enjoying the beauty and gifts of nature.
Zhang Mingxin, editor-in-chief of China News Service, said that since Beautiful China was proposed ten years ago, China has coordinated economic development and ecological protection, and the construction of ecological civilization has undergone historic, turning and overall changes.
By going all out to defend the blue sky, clear water and pure land, not only a large number of prominent ecological and environmental problems related to people's livelihood have been solved, but also the concepts of green development and ecological civilization have become increasingly popular among the people.
On the road of ecological civilization construction and development and transformation, China has taken the lead in the world.
Sun Zhen, a first-level inspector of the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that China takes climate change as a national strategy, and the system concept runs through the entire process of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.
He specifically mentioned that China's carbon market has achieved initial results.
After the construction and operation of the first compliance cycle, the national carbon market has established a basic framework system, opened up various key process links, and initially played the role of the carbon price discovery mechanism, effectively improving corporate emission reductions of greenhouse gases and accelerating green and low-carbon emissions. The awareness and ability of carbon transformation have achieved the expected goals.
The picture shows the scene of the "Ecological Civilization and the Practice of Beautiful China".
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Warren Evans, the Asian Development Bank's special envoy for climate, said that China has achieved remarkable results in mitigating climate change and adapting to climate change. China is also at the forefront of the world in using carbon pricing as a means of adjusting climate policy.
Zou Ji, CEO of the Energy Foundation and President of China, believes that ecological civilization is actually the highest national development strategy in China, an important part of the overall layout of the five-in-one economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization. The basic characteristics of Chinese-style modernization.
In the roundtable forum, two foreign professors, American professor Pan Weilian of Xiamen University and professor of School of Politics and International Relations of East China Normal University, who have lived in China for many years, shared their own experiences and shared the journey of "beautiful China" in their eyes. .
Pan Weilian admired China's determination to protect the environment. He said that China's commitment to protect the environment reflects the Chinese people's admiration for the symbiotic relationship between man and nature since ancient times.
China's promotion of ecological civilization, like the battle against poverty, is both top-down and bottom-up.
Mahoney said that the Chinese government carefully listened to the opinions of the masses and responded effectively, the air quality has improved significantly, and cities such as Beijing have undergone amazing changes, with more green spaces and cleaner air in the city, which reflects the China's determination to build an ecological civilization and efforts to address climate change and contribute to global ecological well-being.
Long Di, Director of the Asia Region of the European Environmental Protection Association and Chief Representative of the Beijing Representative Office, and Zhang Jianyu, Executive Director of the International Research Institute for Green Development of the "Belt and Road" conducted in-depth discussions on the synergistic effect of China's response to climate change and biodiversity protection.
In Long Di's view, the outside world often misunderstands China. In fact, the international community does not know enough about China's efforts to improve the environment and reduce carbon emissions.
The ecological civilization advocated by China is a beautiful vision that all mankind should strive to pursue.
Special Envoy Xie Zhenhua presented the "Xiyan Dao" souvenir to the COP20 chairman and former Peruvian environment minister Vidal.
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In the case sharing session of the side event, Zhang Yali, deputy director of Shenzhen Ecological Environment Bureau, shared the practice and exploration of Shenzhen's construction of a beautiful city.
She said that Shenzhen is constantly exploring the sustainable development and innovation of super-large cities and embarking on a development path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Xu Yiyao, general manager of the international market of TBEA New Energy Company, said that the new energy industry is an important industry for realizing the optimization and adjustment of the national energy structure, providing green energy, and realizing the harmonious development of man and nature. support.
Chai Gaofeng, vice president of the State Grid Energy Research Institute, pointed out that State Grid strives to be a "promoter", "pioneer" and "leader" of the clean and low-carbon transformation of energy, strengthen upstream and downstream cooperation in the industrial chain, and strive to create a new international leading new type of energy with Chinese characteristics. The energy digital economy platform helps build a new power system and actively serves carbon peaks and carbon neutrality.
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