Qinghai, Hubei, south of Qilian Mountains, and Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture are inlaid in between.
On the shore of Qinghai Lake, June and July are the most beautiful seasons, when sand gulls gather and naked carps trace the stream.
On June 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Gangcha County of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to investigate and investigate.
He first came to the Fairy Bay of Qinghai Lake to listen to the introduction of Qinghai Province's strengthening of the Qilian Mountain area and Qinghai Lake's ecological environment protection.
"Ecology is resources and wealth, it is our treasure." Weaving the ecological picture scroll of Qinghai is an exhortation from the general secretary Nianzi.
From June 7 to 9, 2021, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission visited Qinghai.
This is the afternoon of the 8th. Xi Jinping was in the Fairy Bay of Qinghai Lake in Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, to learn about Qinghai Province’s strengthening of the Qilian Mountain area and Qinghai Lake’s ecological environment protection.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
"Fish and Bird" Picture Scroll——
One-tailed fish's "ecological cycle journey" witnesses the effectiveness of biodiversity maintenance
How to protect this "life-saving fish"?
Huangyu, also known as Qinghai Lake naked carp, this unique fish species of Qinghai Lake is an important link in maintaining the balance of the "water-fish-bird-grass" ecosystem.
Entering June, the temperature warmed up, ushering in the migration season of Qinghai Lake Huangyu.
Thousands of yellowtail fish set off from Qinghai Lake and started their "ecological cycle journey" upstream, forming a spectacular sight of "half river and half river fish".
In the 1960s, in the face of famine, Huangyu became the "life-saving fish" of Qinghai people as a "feed for hunger".
However, large-scale fishing caused a rapid decline in Huangyu resources, and once reached the minimum threshold of population extinction.
In 2004, it was listed as an endangered species by the "China Red List of Species".
The decline of Huangyu resources directly threatens the migration and reproduction of birds and the diversity of ecological species.
Closing the lake for fish breeding, artificial breeding and releasing, building migratory channels, and gathering scientific and technological forces-to protect this "life-saving fish", more and more ecological protection measures have been implemented.
Qinghai Lake began to implement fishing restrictions in 1982, and the fifth closure of the lake for fish breeding started in 2011 for a period of 10 years, until December 31, 2020... Now, Qinghai Province has unveiled the sixth closure of Qinghai Lake. The curtain of raising fish.
During the fifth time the lake was closed for fish breeding, Qinghai Province built 2 new Huangyu rescue center factory-based constant temperature circulating water seed breeding workshops, and built 7 overflow weir-type fish passages in Hargai River, Shaliu River, and Quanji River... …After years of hard work, Huang fish has increased, birds are prosperous, and the ecosystem is tending towards a virtuous circle.
Waterfowl is an indicative species in the entire wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake. According to the "Environmental Protection Status of Qinghai Lake" released in 2020, the number of birds in Qinghai Lake has increased from 164 in 1996 to the current 225 species, and the number of waterfowl species has increased from 69. The number of species increased to 95, becoming the habitat and breeding ground for the most concentrated population of migratory birds in China.
The protection of biodiversity is Xi Jinping's consistent concern.
On September 30, 2020, Xi Jinping emphasized in his speech at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit: “China adheres to the life community of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses, and coordinated efforts to promote biodiversity governance. Accelerate the national biodiversity protection legislation and delineate ecological protection. Red line, establish a national park system, implement major biodiversity conservation projects, and increase social participation and public awareness."
"I visited Sanjiangyuan and Qilian Mountain before, and this time I will specifically come to see Qinghai Lake. Qinghai’s strategic position in ecological civilization is very important, and the weight is very heavy. It is necessary to build Qinghai’s ecological civilization, protect ecological resources, and protect the country. The ecological strategy is well implemented and the construction of national parks is good." Xi Jinping said during this trip to Qinghai.
On the shore of Fairy Bay, Xi Jinping pointed out that the hard-won achievements in ecological protection and environmental governance of Qinghai Lake should be cherished and strengthened and expanded.
Ecology is our precious resource and wealth.
It is necessary to implement the national ecological strategy, sum up the experience of the three-river source and other national park system pilots, accelerate the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, nature reserves as the foundation, and various natural parks as supplements, and protect the natural ecology and conservation Good natural resources and maintaining biodiversity.
Today, the Huangyu resource reserves have increased by 38 times compared with before the implementation of protection, reaching 29.1% of the original reserves.
Over the river, there are many waterbirds hovering, thousands of brown-headed humming, fishing gulls, and cormorants flying across the lake. The beautiful picture of "fish and bird" symbiosis witnesses the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation.
June 5th is World Environment Day. This year, my country has set the theme of "Harmonious Coexistence between Man and Nature", aiming to further awaken the awareness of biodiversity conservation in the whole society, firmly establish the concept of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature. A beautiful home where man and nature coexist harmoniously.
On the same day, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Central Civilization Office, and the People's Government of Qinghai Province jointly held the 2021 6th Five-Year Environment Day national home event in Xining, Qinghai.
The Gangcha County branch of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, about 180 kilometers away from Xining, carried out the yellow fish breeding and release activities. The masses of officials and volunteers released 500,000 yellow fish into the Shaliu River.
In Qinghai Lake today, water bird records are constantly being refreshed, Huang fish reserves are recovering quickly, and the ecological environment continues to improve. Qinghai Lake's ecological balance system has initially taken shape.
Scroll of "Landscape"——
Deeply promote the ecological protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, return the mountains, the green waters and the green lakes to Qinghai Lake
How to protect the earth's third pole ecology?
Qinghai Lake is not only an ecological paradise of "water-bird-fish" symbiosis, but also an important ecological barrier.
The important water ecosystem and water-gas cycle process of Qinghai Lake are closely connected with Qilian Mountain glaciers, forests, grasslands, and wetlands, and interact and support each other to form a set of ecosystems, which are essential for preventing desertification in the west from spreading eastward and maintaining Qinghai-Tibet The ecological security of the plateau and the ecological balance of the western region play an important natural barrier and regulation function.
In recent decades, affected by climate warming and human activities, Qinghai Lake has experienced ecological and environmental problems such as lake shrinkage, grassland degradation, land desertification, ecological degradation, serious soil erosion, and reduction of biodiversity.
On March 7, 2021, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission participated in the deliberations of the Qinghai delegation at the Fourth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Tao
From August 22 to 24, 2016, Xi Jinping emphasized during a survey in Qinghai that "Qinghai's greatest value lies in ecology, the greatest responsibility lies in ecology, and the greatest potential lies in ecology."
On March 7, 2021, when Xi Jinping participated in the deliberations of the Qinghai delegation at the Fourth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress, Qinghai has a major responsibility for national ecological security and the sustainable development of the nation, and must undertake to maintain ecological security and protect the source of the Three Rivers. , The major mission of protecting the "China Water Tower" is responsible for the country, the nation, and the future generations.
Visiting Qinghai again, Xi Jinping listened to the introduction of Qilian Mountain and Qinghai Lake's ecological environment protection, and how did the on-site "acceptance" of Qinghai Ecology's landscape answer sheet:
Mountain forests are "green"-the vegetation coverage of sandy grassland in the Haihu Basin has been increasing year by year.
Since 2005, Qinghai has implemented comprehensive ecological protection and restoration measures such as enclosure, grazing prohibition, rotation grazing, artificial grass planting, and water environment management. The two rounds of returning farmland to forest and grassland have focused on areas around the lake. 286,200 acres of forest and 90,800 acres of grass were returned.
Nowadays, the area of sandy land, bare land, and salinized land has continued to decrease, the ability of water and soil conservation and wind-proof and sand-fixing capacity has been significantly improved, and the functions of wetlands, grasslands, forests, and desert ecosystems have been significantly improved.
The lake is "clear"-Qinghai Lake keeps "growing up" and "higher".
In the past 15 years, the water level of Qinghai Lake has risen by 3.65 meters, the water area has increased by 344.31 square kilometers, and the water area of the lake has returned to the level of the 1960s.
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, with the opportunity of the central environmental protection inspection issue, domestic sewage treatment plants in Daotanghe Town and Heimahe Town of Gonghe County were built successively, which improved the outstanding problem of direct domestic sewage discharge in key towns and towns in Qinghai Lake.
Since 2010, the water quality of the main rivers in the Qinghai Lake Basin has reached Class II and above, and the surface water quality is generally good.
"Protecting the ecological environment of Qinghai is the'bigger of the country.' It is necessary to firmly establish the concept of green water and green mountains as golden mountains and silver mountains, and effectively protect the earth's third pole ecology." On the morning of June 9, Xi Jinping listened to the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and the province. When reporting on the work of the government, it was emphasized that the ecological management and restoration of snow-capped mountains, glaciers, river basins, lakes and wetlands, grasslands and meadows, and sandy deserts should be strengthened, and the protection of biodiversity on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should be fully promoted.
Today's Qinghai is speeding up the construction of a model province with a national park as the main nature reserve system to protect the mountains, rivers, and trees of the plateau.
"Humanities" Picture Scroll——
To "maintain value" but also "value-added" to build a good "ecological tourism park"
With blue sky, white clouds, snow-capped mountains, grasslands and colorful ethnic customs, Qinghai Lake, the most beautiful lake and plateau in China, shows the beauty of ecology everywhere, attracting countless tourists to stop.
Self-driving tours, cycling tours, hiking tours around the lake...There are mountains and waters, birds and fishes. Relying on the natural and cultural landscapes of Qinghai Lake, the emerging form of eco-tourism is favored by tourists.
Facing the rapidly developing tourism industry, how to achieve tourism development and ecological protection "walk on two legs"——
In the old days, tourism development and tourist activities left traces in the core area of Sand Island, and human-made commercial development caused ecological damage.
Starting from August 29, 2017, the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area Protection and Utilization Administration has closed the Sand Island Scenic Area on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, suspending all tourism operations, and closed the sand island scenic area for remediation.
The plank roads, public toilets, viewing platforms and other facilities in the scenic area have disappeared, and the sand island is gradually becoming a "green island".
"Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", Qinghai Lake restricts tourism operations to improve the ecological environment, but attracts many tourists.
This year, as of May 31, the number of tourists to Qinghai Lake reached 541,700, and the total tourism income reached 66,238,300 yuan.
Since June, the number of tourists visiting Qinghai Lake has exceeded 7,000 per day.
In order to build an ecological Qinghai Lake in an all-round way, and strive to promote the high-level protection of the ecological environment of Qinghai Lake and the high-quality development of eco-tourism, the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area Administration has reached a cooperation agreement with more than 600 domestic travel agencies, and the number of tourists and tourism income have increased year by year.
Li Guobin, director of the office of Qinghai Lake Tourism Holdings Co., Ltd., told reporters that while developing tourism, we pay special attention to ecological protection, focusing on ecological management and protection.
Through ecological display and ecological experience, we welcome tourists from all over the world.
In 2020, cultural tourism enterprises in Qinghai Province will directly or indirectly drive 1.06 million jobs, and 54,500 people will get rid of poverty by participating in eco-tourism.
Facing the unique natural advantages, how to build a "big eco-tourism park" and build an international eco-tourism destination——
During the two sessions this year, Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to "correctly handle the relationship between the development of eco-tourism and the protection of the ecological environment, resolutely rectify outstanding problems in the ecological field, and take the lead in establishing a system of nature reserves with national parks as the main body, so that green waters and mountains will last Become Qinghai’s advantage and pride, benefiting the people and the children and grandchildren of Qinghai."
In June 2021, tourists play in the Erlangjian Scenic Area of Qinghai Lake.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Gang
During the inspection in Qinghai, Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to actively cultivate emerging industries based on the unique resource endowment of the plateau, accelerate the construction of a world-class salt lake industrial base, and create a national clean energy industrial highland, an international eco-tourism destination, and a green organic agricultural and livestock product export destination.
"The general secretary came to our Qinghai Lake this time, which strengthened our determination and confidence in the construction of Qinghai Lake National Park!" said He Yubang, director of the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau. Qinghai Lake’s biodiversity, national representation, The integrity of the ecosystem and the endowment of natural resources have the ability to build a national park.
Now, the three-river source and Qilian Mountains (Qinghai area) national park system pilot projects have successfully passed the evaluation and acceptance.
At the beginning of May 2021, the "Qinghai Lake National Park Master Plan" also passed the authoritative demonstration by national experts.
Today's Qinghai has basically established a destination system centered on eco-tourism.
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