CCTV News (News Broadcast): The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has led the people across the country to carry out a series of fundamental, pioneering, and long-term work to promote historic, turning and overall changes in ecological and environmental protection. The concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" has become the consensus and action of the whole party and society. At present, the broad masses of cadres and people everywhere are actively practicing Xi Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization, insisting on ecological priority and green development, and striving to promote the construction of ecological civilization to a new level.

　　A good ecological environment is the most inclusive welfare of the people. Regarding the construction of ecological civilization, General Secretary Xi Jinping is here. In April of this year, the general secretary emphasized when participating in voluntary tree planting activities in the capital that it is necessary to firmly establish the concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", and strive to create a beautiful China with green mountains, green waters and fresh air. This is also the eighth consecutive year since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that he has participated in voluntary tree planting.

　　In recent years, my country has carried out in-depth large-scale national land greening operations, achieving continuous growth in forest resources and continuous reduction in the area of ​​desertified land. In Beijing, since the first round of afforestation of one million acres was launched in 2012, more than 1.6 million acres of forest have been planted in plain areas. The per capita green area has increased from 10.23 square meters in 2012 to 16.4 square meters at the end of 2019. In the Kubuqi Desert in western Inner Mongolia, one third of the desert has been controlled, and Kubuqi's practical experience in sand control has been recognized by the world.

　　Mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses are a community of life. In recent years, all localities have insisted on overall planning and overall implementation of policies.

　　In the prevention and control of water pollution in the Chaohu Lake Basin, Anhui has built a complete cascade wetland system and implemented both prevention and restoration. Tibet has delineated ecological protection red lines for 74 counties (districts), covering an area of ​​more than 530,000 square kilometers. In the Sanjiangyuan area of ​​Qinghai, more than 17,000 ecological managers have started a new round of ecological patrol. At the same time, the "China Water Tower" protection action plan was formulated, the layout of the integrated monitoring system for the sky and ground was completed, and the use of clean energy was fully covered. Monitoring shows that the water quality of the mainstream of the Yangtze River and Lancang River is stable in Class I, and the water quality of the main stream of the Yellow River is stable above Class II, and human beings and nature are living in harmony.

　　Protect the ecological environment with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization" and the "Overall Plan for the Reform of the Ecological Civilization System" have been issued successively to comprehensively deploy ecological civilization construction from the top-level design. A number of systems have been introduced and implemented, such as the evaluation and assessment of ecological civilization construction goals and the accountability of ecological environmental damage. The frequency of system introduction and the strictness of supervision and enforcement standards have never been seen before.

　　Give full play to the role of inspectors. The central eco-environmental protection inspector started a pilot program in 2015. By 2018, it has achieved full coverage of routine inspections in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and carried out a "look back" in 20 provinces. In each round of inspections, a total of about 190,000 reports were received from the masses, and more than 540 issues of accountability for major ecological damage were handed over. It has greatly promoted the implementation of the same responsibility of the party and government for ecological environmental protection, and the double responsibility of one post.

　　The green mountains are beautiful, and the blue sky is also happiness. my country has implemented three major action plans for the prevention and control of air, water, and soil pollution. It is the first developing country in the world to carry out PM2.5 control on a large scale and has formed the world's largest sewage treatment capacity.

　　With the solid progress of ecological civilization construction, a beautiful new picture of China with blue sky, white clouds, clear water and green banks is slowly unfolding. At present, more than 11,800 nature reserves of all levels and types with national parks as the main body have been established nationwide, covering 18% of the land area of ​​land. The country's forest area has reached 220 million hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 22.96%, and the newly increased vegetation coverage in the past 20 years has ranked first in the world. The number of cities with air quality standards across the country increased from 73 in 2015 to 157 in 2019; the average concentration of PM2.5 in key cities across the country dropped by 43% compared to 2013.