The Nine-curved Yellow River, with waves overlapping floods, starts from the roof of the world, flows through 9 provinces and regions in China, and runs into the sea day and night.

　　On October 22, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on in-depth promotion of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin in Jinan City, Shandong Province and delivered an important speech.

　　“Protecting the Yellow River is a great plan for the great rejuvenation and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” At the Symposium on Ecological Protection and High-quality Development of the Yellow River Basin held more than two years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that promoting the ecological protection and development of the Yellow River Basin High-quality development is not a day’s work.

　　With a length of more than 5,000 kilometers and a million-year history, it outlines the time and space trajectory of a big river; the turbulent water and the mighty history have cast the spirit and soul of a nation.

　　This mother river has a heavy weight in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

Biaohua-"No matter how busy you are, you still have to arrange time to study the Yellow River problem seriously"

　　The Yellow River is the root of the Chinese nation.

For thousands of years, it has nurtured the descendants of Yan and Huang, and has nurtured the splendid civilization of the Chinese nation.

　　The Yellow River, the worries of the Chinese nation.

Once upon a time, wild and arrogant rivers brought serious disasters to the people along the coast.

　　"Yellow River Ning, the world is peaceful".

From ancient times to the present, the governance of the Yellow River has been a major event for the peace and prosperity of the people.

　　"No matter how busy you are, you still have to arrange time to study the Yellow River issue seriously. The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to this issue." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has inspected the ecological protection and development of the Yellow River Basin on many occasions, and his footprints are all over the place. Concerned, leading the Yellow River Basin ecological protection and high-quality development.

　　Looking back on the past, a deep gaze penetrates the clouds of history-"In a sense, the history of the Chinese nation's governance of the Yellow River is also a history of state governance."

　　In September 2019, at the Yellow River Museum in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping stared at a picture of the diversion of the Yellow River for a long time.

A series of numbers make the long history of governing the Yellow River come to light on paper, whispering about the rebirth of the ancient Yellow River: According to statistics, in the 2500 years before the founding of New China, the lower Yellow River had overflowed more than 1,500 times and diverted 26 times; since the founding of New China, It has not broken for 70 years, and has continued to flow for 20 years. It has withstood 12 major floods successively.

　　From the establishment of a river management committee for the Yellow River, to four large-scale embankment constructions, to a clear water management concept of "water saving priority, spatial balance, systematic governance, and two-handed effort"... "Practice has proved that only in the Chinese Communist Party Under the leadership, to give full play to the advantages of the socialist system, can we truly realize the historic transformation of the Yellow River governance from passive to active, and fundamentally change the painful situation of the Yellow River’s two squads in the past three years."

　　Looking at the present, profound thoughts contain dialectics-"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, great changes have taken place in the economic and social development of the Yellow River Basin and the lives of the people." Difficulties and problems".

　　What's the crux of it?

General Secretary Xi Jinping once sorted out this: flood risk is still the biggest threat to the river basin, the ecological environment of the river basin is fragile, the situation of water resources protection is severe, and the quality of development needs to be improved.

"These problems appear to lie in the Yellow River, but the roots lie in the basin."

　　What's the solution?

"Those who don't seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain."

　　Looking into the future, long-term considerations point out the way forward-"The development along the Yellow River must be aware of the overall situation, consider from the perspective of the country and the overall situation, and firmly establish the idea of'a game of chess'."

　　In September 2019, with the convening of the Symposium on Ecological Protection and High-quality Development of the Yellow River Basin, the regional coordinated development chessboard was once again a key player. Belt development, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta are equally important national strategies."

　　Dahe's new chapter has been drawn from this moment.

Philosophy-"We must persist in protecting in development and developing in protection"

　　"I once said that the Yangtze River is ill, and it is not very sick. Today I want to say that the Yellow River has always been frail and sickly and flooded frequently." In August 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping took the Yellow River during his inspection in Gansu.

　　The disease of the Yellow River is a deep warning to the relationship between man and nature, economic development and ecological protection.

　　How to reconcile the contradiction between man and nature?

How to break through the bottleneck encountered in economic development?

　　In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, there is such a "view of wealth": ecology is resources and wealth, and is our treasure.

　　"We must persist in protecting and developing in development, and we must not separate ecological and environmental protection from economic development, let alone oppose each other."

　　In order to implement policies due to diseases, the Yellow River governance should not only change the landscape, but also change the concept.

　　"Yu's decision to blaspheme is also a teacher because of water." General Secretary Xi Jinping once used the example of Dayu's water management to warn people that ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin must respect the law and abandon the impulse to conquer water and nature.

　　In October 2020, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan", which has become a programmatic document guiding the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin at present and in the future. It can be described as a good medicine.

　　Adhere to the correct concept of ecology and development-"Promote the transformation of the Yellow River Basin from excessive intervention and over-utilization to natural restoration, recuperation", "Ensure the long-term stability of the Yellow River as the top priority", "Comprehensively control soil erosion, and steadily improve water conservation capabilities." , To promote the intensive and efficient use of water resources"...We are concerned about our future plans.

After several visits to the Yellow River Basin, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave a fundamental solution to keep the mother river of the Chinese nation alive and vigorous.

　　Work for a long time and calculate the "overall account" of the economy and society-the general secretary instigated: "The utility of the Yellow River management is good or bad, and it must be counted for a hundred years and thousands of years. You can't be rushed or sloppy."

Goal-"Let the Yellow River benefit the people"

　　The mother river of the Chinese nation has left countless soul-stirring poems for thousands of years.

The magnificence of "You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky", the vastness of "The Yellow River is far above the white clouds", and the majestic "The Yellow River flows into the sea" are still being praised from generation to generation.

People and the river coexist in the long years.

　　"A good ecological civilization is not only related to economic and social development, but also directly related to the happiness of the people's lives and the healthy growth of young people. It is the consensus and voice of the broad masses of people."

　　In March 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was researching and guiding in Lankao, Henan, made a special trip to the Dongbatou section of the Yellow River to understand the production and living conditions of the people in the beach area. In August 2019, the General Secretary emphasized during the inspection in Gansu: "Let the Yellow River become a blessing People’s Happiness River”; In May 2020, the General Secretary inspected the governance of the second largest tributary of the Yellow River in Shanxi, and pointed out that it is necessary to “enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people of Taiyuan”... In governance of the river, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s eyes always Fall on the people's yearning for a better life.

　　By 2030, "the people in the river basin will have a better life, and their sense of gain, happiness, and security will be significantly enhanced"; by 2035, "people's living standards will be significantly improved"... "The Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan Outline" The development goals of the People’s Republic of China have been mentioned many times.

Governing the Yellow River well is related to the happiness of the people.

　　"To maintain historical patience and strategic determination, success does not have to be in my spiritual realm and success must have my historical responsibility. It is necessary to plan long-term and work in the present, drawing a blueprint to the end, one after another. Stubble, let the Yellow River benefit the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping said earnestly.

　　The symposium on promoting the ecological protection of the Yellow River Basin has been held this time, and the deep feeling of "people first" has been consistent: "Set the goal, down-to-earth, work hard, and work hard for a long time to ensure the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Obvious results have been achieved, and we will make unremitting efforts for the Yellow River to benefit the Chinese nation forever."

　　Planning: Du Shangze

　　Written by: Lin Xiaoxi, Xu Haicang

　　Image source: Xinhua News Agency (Photo: Li Xueren, Wang Ye; Coordinator: Bi Xiaoyang, Yu Dongsheng)