China News Service, Beijing, February 2nd. On the afternoon of January 31st, Xi Jinping’s Vivid Practice Exchange Seminar on Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on Ecological Civilization was held simultaneously online and offline in Shenzhen. With the theme of "In-depth study and practice of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thoughts, and taking the lead in creating a beautiful Chinese model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature", this seminar systematically summarized Shenzhen's vivid practice of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thoughts and comprehensively demonstrated the impact of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thoughts on Guiding significance for the construction of ecological civilization in Shenzhen.

  Seminar site. Photo provided by the organizer

  Yu Hai, deputy director of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in his speech that Shenzhen is the window for China's reform and opening up and a wonderful interpretation of socialism with Chinese characteristics on a blank piece of paper. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Shenzhen has adhered to the path of green development with ecological priority and explored a path of sustainable development. In the new era and new journey, Shenzhen City should continue to position itself as a pioneer in sustainable development, shoulder the major historical mission of taking the lead in creating a model of beautiful China where man and nature coexist harmoniously, anchor the goal of building a beautiful Shenzhen, and actively take the lead in the construction of ecological civilization. role and demonstration effect.

  "Shenzhen should advance the construction of ecological civilization in depth with higher standards, stricter requirements, and more practical measures, strive to continue to write more spring stories, and provide a Shenzhen model Shenzhen solution for the construction of a beautiful China." Yu Hai said.

  Zhang Yali, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, said at the seminar that Shenzhen has always kept in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping’s earnest instructions, insisted on integrating the concept of ecological civilization into all fields and the entire process of urban development, and promoted high-level ecological and environmental protection with high-level ecological environment protection. Quality development, continuous struggle on the road of accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and the construction of ecological civilization has undergone historic, turning and overall changes.

  "We will take this opportunity to sum up experience, find gaps, make up for shortcomings, and promote Shenzhen to start a new journey towards building a higher-level, higher-level, more benchmarking and leading 'Beautiful China Model City' and promote Xi Jinping’s Thought on Ecological Civilization has taken root in Pengcheng and produced fruitful results,” said Zhang Yali.

  At the seminar, Li Hongwei, director of the Ecological Civilization Construction Teaching and Research Office of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Administration), Xia Guang, vice chairman of the China Environmental Protection Federation, Chang Jiwen, deputy director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and the Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Dong Zhanfeng, Director of the Institute of Ecological Environmental Management and Policy, Zhang Yunfei, Professor of Renmin University of China, and other experts and scholars gathered together to focus on the truth and great power of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought, the theoretical connotation and practical path of the beautiful China model, and Shenzhen’s implementation of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought. Exchanges, discussions and ideological collisions were carried out in terms of vivid practice and experience enlightenment, providing consultation and intellectual support for the next step of scientific decision-making in Shenzhen’s ecological civilization construction.

  The research team of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment introduced the project results in detail. This project carefully selects a number of practical cases to systematically summarize and refine the vivid practice of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought in Shenzhen, further enhancing the theoretical connotation and practical value of the “Shenzhen Sample” of ecological civilization construction.

  Representatives from relevant units, enterprises and institutions shared Shenzhen’s excellent cases in many aspects and fields such as mangrove wetland protection, green and ultra-low emission transformation of power plants, waste-free city construction, and high-quality development of the environmental protection industry. Experts attending the meeting said that these cases comprehensively reflect Shenzhen’s efforts and effectiveness in promoting the first model of beautiful China where man and nature coexist harmoniously, and are of great inspiration and reference significance. Shenzhen's experience shows that the key to creating a beautiful China model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is to plan development from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and to identify new "starting points" to promote ecological environment protection and the construction of a beautiful China. (over)