(A closer look at China) Why does Xi Jinping say that protecting the ecological environment of Qinghai is the "big one"?

  China News Service, Beijing, June 10th. Question: Why does Xi Jinping say that protecting the ecological environment of Qinghai is the "big one"?

  China News Agency reporter Huang Yuqin and Xing Chong

  "To protect the ecological environment of Qinghai is the'big one'," said Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission during a recent inspection in Qinghai.

This latest expression has once again turned the outside world's attention to China's "Three Rivers", focusing on this "China Water Tower" located in northwestern China.

  From the outside, the protection of Qinghai's ecological environment is regarded as the "big one of the country", revealing Qinghai's special status in China's ecological construction.

Spread out the map of China and trace the source of the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Lancang River. The source of the Three Rivers, Qilian Mountains and Qinghai Lake are in front of you.

The continuous Tianshan Mountains meet with China's largest inland lake, and a beautiful picture of Qinghai builds China's ecological security barrier.

  "As the'China Water Tower', Qinghai's ecological status in the country is important and unique, and it is related to the country's ecological security and long-term development." The protection of Qinghai's ecology is not a matter of a province. Based on Qinghai and facing the whole country, if there is no "a river of clear water flowing eastward", the ecology of the entire China will be severely affected.

  As the region with the most large rivers in Eurasia, more than 60 billion cubic meters of pure high-quality water flows out of Qinghai every year, which is equivalent to twice the storage capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir.

Not only that, Qinghai is also the area with the highest concentration of biodiversity in the world's high-altitude areas. Snow leopards, Tibetan antelopes, cordyceps, snow lotus and other rare animals and plants have continuously enriched China's "biological picture book".

  "Qinghai bears a great responsibility for national ecological security and sustainable development of the nation." In recent years, Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the special significance of Qinghai's ecological environment.

In 2016, when he participated in the deliberation of the Qinghai delegation during the National Two Sessions, he used two vivid metaphors to emphasize the importance of the ecological environment-"protect the ecological environment like protecting eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life".

Soon after, when inspecting Qinghai that year, Xi Jinping highlighted the special status of ecology in Qinghai with the "three most"-Qinghai's greatest value lies in ecology, the greatest responsibility lies in ecology, and the greatest potential lies in ecology.

  During the National Two Sessions this year, when Xi Jinping participated in the deliberation of the Qinghai delegation, he once again made it clear that Qinghai must undertake the major mission of maintaining ecological security, protecting the source of the Three Rivers, and protecting the "Chinese Water Tower", and is responsible to the country, the nation, and future generations.

  Ecological and environmental protection is related to the long-term development of the Chinese nation and the realization of the "two centenary" goals.

From Xi Jinping’s continuous attention to Qinghai’s ecology, it is not difficult to find that ecological protection is a game of chess across the country. Qinghai, especially the "Three Rivers", as a water conservation area, undertakes the task of maximizing ecological functions. The positioning of the "big country" lies behind it. Its responsibility for the long-term development of China.

  From snow-capped mountains and glaciers to river basins, from lakes and wetlands to grasslands and meadows, the ecological environment that people can imagine can almost be seen in Qinghai.

Some analysts believe that complex ecological elements have accumulated rich experience in environmental governance. The protection of the ecological environment of Qinghai is regarded as the "big country", and Qinghai is used as a model to explore the meaning of promoting ecological protection experience to a larger scale.

  In the practice of ecological protection in Qinghai, the national park system is regarded as one of the important institutional innovations.

Experts pointed out that in the pilot national park system, Qinghai has broken the "Kowloon Water Control" situation, realized the ecological environment, land and space control and unified law enforcement of natural resources, and provided experience and models for the construction of national parks across the country.

  "Through the national park pilot program, the quality of Qinghai's ecological environment has been significantly improved, and this mechanism also provides an important reference for the wider development of ecological protection." Dai Yanjun, a professor at the Central Party School (National School of Administration), said that "the greatest of the nation" means He put Qinghai’s experience in ecological and environmental protection into consideration in a broader geographical coordinate.

As Xi Jinping said during this inspection, we must continue to promote the construction of national parks, straighten out the management system, innovate operating mechanisms, strengthen supervision and management, strengthen policy support, and explore more replicable and extendable experiences.

  The outside world has noticed that Xi Jinping also talked about the "big country" when he visited Guangxi in April this year. It is the "big country" that allows people to live a happy life.

From the happiness of people’s lives to the protection of the ecological environment, the outside world can read the similarities between the two "big nations"-the green water and the green mountains are the golden and silver mountains.

  "For the protection of Qinghai's ecological environment, the ultimate goal is the happy life of Qinghai and even the whole country." Zhu Lijia pointed out that Qinghai's development practice also proves that the ecological environment and economic development can form a virtuous circle of mutual promotion. It is not a dualistic contradiction.

  "People live up to the green hills, and green hills will surely live up to others."

From the perspective of Qinghai itself, ecological protection is the key to achieving sustainable development.

In Qinghai today, the clean energy industry is developing rapidly, and the disorderly free-range breeding of animal husbandry has gradually entered into history. Eco-tourism is attracting more and more tourists from other places. "The grass and trees are growing and the cattle and sheep are breeding." Reappear under the Qilian Mountains.

  During this inspection, Xi Jinping visited Gongma Village, Guoluo Zang, Shaliuhe Town. The former poverty-stricken village was lifted out of poverty through the two major industries of cattle and sheep breeding and eco-tourism. The improvement of the ecological environment has led to an increasing number of tourists. In the newly-built resorts next to the village, there are staggered rows of felt tents, and the 20 Tibetan-style “chalets” provide tourists with a leisure experience. From the ecological environment to the happy life, this pastoral image of the grassland is telling the profound meaning of the "big man of the country". (Finish)