People's Daily Online, Beijing, October 2 (Wan Peng, Any Lin) President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech via video at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit on the 30th.
Xi Jinping emphasized that on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, at the special moment when countries are committed to fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic and promoting high-quality economic recovery, the United Nations will hold a biodiversity summit to discuss ways to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable development. Major issues have practical and far-reaching significance.
Facing the challenges of global environmental risks, how to work together to build a beautiful and harmonious world?
How to seek development opportunities from protecting nature and achieve a win-win situation for ecological environment protection and high-quality economic development?
People's Daily Online and Chinese Communist Party News Interview with Ruan Zongze, Executive Vice President of the China Academy of International Studies, Huang Chengliang, Director of the Theory Department of Ecological Civilization Research Think Tank, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Xu Qinhua, Vice President of the National Institute of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China, and the People's University of China study Many experts, including the deputy dean of the Institute of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Professor Wang Yiwei of the School of International Relations, interpreted.
4 suggestions to condense the "four forces" to build a beautiful and harmonious world
At present, the global species extinction rate is accelerating, and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation pose a major risk to human survival and development.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic tells us that man and nature are a community of destiny.
We must work together and act quickly to protect in development and develop in protection to build a beautiful home in harmony with all things.
Xi Jinping made four suggestions in this regard: First, adhere to ecological civilization and increase the motivation for building a beautiful world.
The second is to adhere to multilateralism and consolidate global environmental governance.
The third is to maintain green development and foster high-quality economic recovery after the epidemic.
The fourth is to strengthen the sense of responsibility and enhance the ability to respond to environmental challenges.
"Chairman Xi Jinping's speech focuses on the overall situation of the global economic recovery, and puts forward very forward-looking important concepts such as strengthening the momentum of building a beautiful world, consolidating the joint force of global environmental governance, cultivating high-quality economic recovery after the epidemic, and improving the ability to respond to environmental challenges. , Has practical significance for how to coordinate the development work in the future, especially the maintenance of biodiversity. The concept of ecological civilization is an organic part of building a community of human destiny, so it is necessary to organically combine the development of human activities and environmental goals to build a clean and beautiful In this world, we can’t care about this and lose the other.” Ruan Zongze told reporters.
The contribution of ecological civilization construction is in the contemporary era and will benefit the future.
Huang Chengliang said that biodiversity is an important foundation for human survival and development. Life must be respected and respected, and the vitality and biodiversity of the earth must be protected. Human activities must be linked with the laws of nature.
To adhere to ecological civilization, maintain green development, and cultivate high-quality economic recovery vitality, we must focus on the long-term, maintain determination, adhere to green, inclusive and sustainable development, and comprehensively enhance the economic power of building a beautiful world.
Xu Qinhua said that the four suggestions form a cooperative, practical and prosperous global ecological civilization construction action plan. In today's world, peace and development are still the themes of the times. The epidemic has sounded the alarm for mankind and forced people to think more deeply about the challenges facing global development. Common challenges.
Under the new situation, how to improve development capabilities, choose a good development direction, and take a sustainable development path with high-quality protection of the ecology has become a common proposition before all countries in the world.
On the issues of people and the environment, human society development, and ecological protection, all countries need to jointly promote the improvement and development of the global governance system in the field of ecological environment, and form a common ecological civilization construction program and action.
Wang Yiwei believes that "protecting in development and developing in protection" to a large extent reflects China's dialectical thinking.
Development is the first priority and the basis and key to solving problems. However, in the process of development, we must enhance our development capacity and protect the natural environment. We must not engage in large-scale development and large-scale protection. This dialectical way of thinking contains the spirit of traditional Chinese culture. It also reflects China’s development experience.
The epidemic has an impact on globalization. Green development and green recovery require international cooperation to jointly meet these challenges.
To practice the concept of biodiversity and harmony between man and nature, the key is to have confidence, trust, and action. We are the largest developing country. We not only do our own affairs well, but also take the initiative to undertake the construction of public products. , Put forward China's propositions, China's suggestions, not only to implement them, but also to call on the world to work together, this is also very inspiring.
Promote green development practices and actively participate in global environmental governance
"China uses the concept of ecological civilization to guide development," "China adopts strong policy actions," "China actively participates in global environmental governance," and President Xi Jinping summarized China's contributions and actions in this way.
From the traditional Chinese wisdom of Taoism and nature, and the unity of nature and man, to the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, China puts the construction of ecological civilization in a prominent position and integrates it into all aspects and the whole process of China's economic and social development. Strive to build a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously.
China strives to lead the economic and social development and the transformation of the development model with the construction of ecological civilization. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the overall layout of the "five in one"; the report of the 19th National Congress of the Party emphasized the need to "speed up the reform of the ecological civilization system". Firmly establish a socialist concept of ecological civilization, and promote the formation of a new pattern of harmonious development between man and nature", strategically attach importance to the construction of ecological civilization, and firmly grasp the direction of ecological civilization construction through top-level design.
Use the way of nature to raise the life of all things.
Xu Qinhua said that China has provided China's experience in global environmental governance, and its position as a responsible power is consistent with providing support for global environmental governance.
China is guided by the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, the top-level design of ecological civilization and the construction of institutional systems have been continuously improved, and the practical exploration at the grassroots level has achieved fruitful results and valuable experience.
China’s green development path takes into account both ecological and economic benefits, incorporates ecological environment resources into the economic system, regards ecological environment and natural capital as endogenous resources and important elements of economic growth, and uses ecological civilization and green development concepts to guide In addition to domestic ecological and environmental protection work, it also plays an active and constructive role in global climate governance and international environmental cooperation, providing public products for regional and global green development, and contributing Chinese wisdom.
China actively promotes the construction of the green “Belt and Road”, uses bilateral or regional cooperation and other methods to contribute solutions to it, and deeply participates in global ecological governance.
Huang Chengliang stated that China has effectively fulfilled its obligations under climate change, biodiversity and other environmental treaties, and has completed the 2020 goal of addressing climate change and establishing nature reserves ahead of schedule. A series of actions have shown that China is the world’s largest population with 1.4 billion people. In practice, developing countries in the world have embarked on a development path that insists that green waters and green mountains are invaluable, economic and social development and environmental protection can achieve a win-win symbiosis, and has realized the green development of “more protection and development”. Civilization construction and its concept have gradually become the green development concept that can be shared by all mankind after the concept of sustainable development in human society.
China will host the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming next year to discuss new strategies for global biodiversity governance with all parties.
Xi Jinping emphasized that "ecological civilization: building a community of life on earth" is not only the theme of next year's Kunming Conference, but also a beautiful message from mankind to the future.
As the chairman of the Kunming Conference, China is willing to share the experience of biodiversity governance and ecological civilization construction with all parties.
"As far as China is concerned, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has not only incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the overall layout of the “Five in One” and the “four comprehensive” strategic layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and has written ecological civilization into the Constitution and formed A new concept of green development. Guided by Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought and China’s ecological civilization philosophy, continue to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and comprehensively strengthen the construction of ecological civilization. This is not only to eliminate the actual needs of the environmental crisis that restricts China’s economic and social development, but also to The strategic need for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation is related to the historical vision of the great rejuvenation and rise of the Chinese nation and the building of a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power. For all mankind, ecological civilization is the prerequisite for the perpetual existence of a community with a shared future for mankind This epidemic has further highlighted the urgency of building a community with a shared future for mankind. It is necessary to take the holding of the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming next year as an opportunity to build a beautiful China and a beautiful world, and jointly protect the home of the earth." Huang Chengliang told reporters.