"Protecting the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Basin is a prerequisite for promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and it is also an inevitable requirement for protecting the cradle of Chinese civilization."

  "Sichuan is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is necessary to strengthen the awareness of the overall situation, firmly establish the awareness of the upstream, and unswervingly implement the policy of cooperating with large-scale protection and not engaging in large-scale development, build a strong ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and protect this river and clear water."

  On the afternoon of June 8, during his inspection tour in Yibin, Sichuan, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Sanjiangkou, looked at the intersection of the three rivers, and listened to the local efforts to promote the ecological restoration and protection of the Yangtze River Basin, and the implementation of the ban on fishing and fishing in the Yangtze River waters.

  General Secretary Xi Jinping has devoted a lot of effort to the future generations and the future generations.

  On January 5, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping held a symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Chongqing and delivered an important speech. He comprehensively and profoundly expounded the major strategic ideas for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and drew a grand blueprint for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

  For more than 6 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has been concerned about the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. He has personally planned, deployed, and promoted himself. He has made many in-depth inspections and investigations along the Yangtze River. He has given important instructions on the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt many times, and has hosted many meetings. And delivered an important speech, standing at the height of history and the overall situation, proceeding from the long-term interests of the Chinese nation, and set the pulse for promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

  For more than 6 years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River have promoted the improvement of the ecological environment and promoted the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

Turning changes have taken place in the ecological and environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, historical achievements have been made in economic and social development, and people's living standards have been significantly improved.

  Long scrolls are spread on both sides of the strait, and the rafters draw macro pictures.

The silent changes of the Yangtze River have created a magnificent monument of the times.

Implementing the new concept: "Together to focus on large-scale protection, not to engage in large-scale development"

  Yibin is known as "the first city on the Yangtze River".

The Jinsha River rushing down from the snow-covered plateau and the Minjiang River winding through the Chengdu Plain converge here, and the Yangtze River was originally called the "Yangtze River".

  During his inspection in Yibin, General Secretary Xi Jinping inquired about the situation of upstream water in detail.

The local responsible comrades said that the water quality of the Jinsha River is stable at the second-class water quality, and the water quality of the Minjiang River is stable at around the third-class water quality.

  The general secretary affirmed and emphasized: "As a city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, we must strengthen the responsibility of the upper reaches, and we must not 'open black shops' and discharge sewage along the river. We must use the standard of brewing good wine, and try our best to protect the water quality of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so as to benefit the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the the entire watershed."

  Trying to protect the water quality of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the people of Yibin have the right to speak.

  The sky was slightly bright, and Li Jikui, a sturgeon ranger from Jiang'an County, Yibin, Sichuan, went into the water.

The key waters of the Yangtze River Basin have been banned from fishing for ten years. Lao Li, who has been fishing for decades, took the lead in "transferring jobs". His identity has changed, but his mood is more comfortable.

  "According to today's calculations, since March, the number of river sturgeon eggs has doubled!" Li Jikui's dark face was full of smiles, "I used to go fishing in the water, but now I patrol the river to protect fish, the income is stable, and it also benefits future generations. "

  The fishermen retreat, and the fish swim happily.

Watching the river fish, blowing the river breeze, and running the riverside greenway have become the new fashions of Yibin people.

"Now the fish are getting more and more courageous, and they often swim to the shoal." Liu Xiaohuan, a resident of Yibin, said excitedly.

  "At present and for a long period of time in the future, we must put the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position, and focus on large-scale protection instead of large-scale development." Implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, the cadres and masses of the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River earnestly protect and restore The ecological environment of the Yangtze River is in an overwhelming position, and the ecological and environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has undergone a turning point change.

  ——Pollution control, emission reduction, water management, and accelerated rectification of outstanding ecological environment problems.

  When visiting the upstream, Yibin set the target of pollution control to each river and ditch, and strived to keep the water at the source as clear as possible, and only let the blue waves enter the Yangtze River;

  Passing through Wushan, intelligent equipment such as satellite remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicles, and pipeline periscopes are all deployed. Chongqing strives to make the Yangtze River sewage outfalls checked and rectified without leaving any dead ends;

  Stopping in the middle reaches, Hubei organizes personnel to enter factories, communities, and docks, weave grids to check the bottom line, and secure every gate...

  For a long time, it is the merit, and the river water is the proof.

In 2021, the proportion of excellent water quality in the Yangtze River Economic Belt will reach 92.8%, and green ecological corridors on both sides of the strait will be gradually formed.

  - Protecting mountains, abundant grass, and clear lakes, the quality of the ecological environment has been further improved.

  On the banks of the Jinsha River, Shigu Town, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, Yunnan, where the Wanli Yangtze River turns out the "first bend".

In the past seven years, Shigu Town has planted more than 40,000 live willows by the river, making the once raging wind and sand bow their heads.

  The Three Gorges Reservoir area is full of green mountains. Chongqing has invested a total of 4.6 billion yuan in special funds for the follow-up work of the Three Gorges, and completed 2.645 million mu of afforestation in the ecological barrier area of ​​the reservoir area, turning Yunyang County in the reservoir area into a 4A-level scenic spot.

  Changxing Island, one of the three islands in Chongming, is beside the Qingcaosha Reservoir. More than 700 mu of ecological forest separates the reservoir from the living and production area.

This water area, equivalent to 10 West Lakes in Hangzhou, provides clean drinking water for more than half of Shanghai's population.

  The river is rushing, and the green is full.

In 2021, afforestation and greening will be carried out on both sides of the Yangtze River, and 17.866 million mu of forest will be planted, 3.915 million mu of rocky desertification will be comprehensively treated, and 5.747 million mu of soil erosion will be treated.

  ——Retire fishing, change production, and protect fishing, and the status of biological resources in the Yangtze River has gradually improved.

  On March 1, 2021, my country's first watershed law, the Yangtze River Protection Law, was officially implemented, and there is a law to follow to protect the mother river; continue to consolidate the achievements of the Yangtze River ban on fishing and the resettlement of fishermen who have withdrawn from fishing; the provinces along the river have implemented Chinese sturgeon and Yangtze finless porpoises. In April this year, about 230,000 second-generation Chinese sturgeons of different sizes were released into the Yangtze River...

  The shore is turning green, the water is turning clear, and the fish are migrating on the river.

The "smiling angel" finless porpoise, once a "rare visitor", is now frequently seen. The fish resources in the Chishui River have reached 1.95 times that before the ban.

Exploring a new way: "Exploring a new way of ecological priority and green development"

  On April 26, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Wuhan and pointed out: "The key to promoting the Yangtze River Economic Belt to explore a new way of giving priority to ecology and green development is to deal with lucid waters and lush mountains and mountains of gold. Silver Mountain's relationship."

  Ecological environmental protection and economic development are not a relationship of contradiction and opposition, but a relationship of dialectical unity.

  "At that time we felt responsibility and pressure, but now we feel the opportunity and confidence of 'ecological priority and green development'," said Fang Cunhao, secretary of the Yibin Municipal Party Committee.

  Since 2018, Yibin City has shut down 28 high-energy-consuming and high-polluting enterprises with the determination of a strong man to break his wrist, banned 1,944 small workshop enterprises such as papermaking along the river, relocated more than 30 enterprises, and withdrawn 8.4 kilometers from the Yangtze River coastline.

  By laying the groundwork for green development and seizing the opportunity of transformation and upgrading, Yibin has opened up a new space for development.

Tianyuan Group, the largest chlor-alkali chemical enterprise in Southwest China, left its old factory building for more than 70 years in 2018 and moved to Sanjiang New District in Yibin as a whole to transform and develop advanced lithium battery materials, green new materials and new polymer materials industries.

In 2021, Tianyuan Group will record a record revenue of 35.2 billion yuan and a profit and tax of 1.34 billion yuan.

  "Economic development cannot be based on exhausting resources and the ecological environment, and ecological environmental protection is not about abandoning economic development and seeking fish. It is necessary to adhere to protection and development in development, and to achieve economic and social development in harmony with population, resources and the environment, so that green water can be achieved. Qingshan produces huge ecological benefits, economic benefits, and social benefits." Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's ardent entrustment, the cadres and masses of the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River forge ahead and move forward.

  ——Explore the old and accept the new, leave space, and the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River vacate the cages for birds, and new industries develop vigorously.

  Upstream, in Yibin, Sichuan, the traditional advantageous industries "old trees grow new branches", and the emerging industries "small seedlings become big trees", which are called the new name of "power battery capital".

  In the middle reaches, Yichang, Hubei, all chemical enterprises within 1 km along the Yangtze River will be "cleared" within 3 years, emerging industries will be "filled and carried" in a timely manner, and new material industrial parks and automobile industrial parks will rise.

  Downstream, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, after shutting down pesticide factories, pharmaceutical factories, dyeing factories and other enterprises in the Canal Sanwan area, the production coastline has turned into an ecological coastline.

Today, relying on the ancient canal site to lay out non-heritage streets, cultural and creative industrial zones, science and technology industrial zones, and the Grand Canal Museum, the transformation and upgrading of the economy, the protection and inheritance of culture, and the protection and restoration of ecology have produced a superposition effect here.

  ——The river flows silently, and the green transition takes place quietly.

Along the Yangtze River, more and more people are eating ecological rice.

  Lishui, Zhejiang, a river with clear water beautifies the village and enriches the people.

The Tongji Ancient Weir on the Oujiang side has lush camphor trees and a picturesque countryside. In Dagangtou Town on the other side, artists gather, and the local villagers also eat "Painting Township Rice".

Relying on the leisure business such as farmhouses and homestays, the per capita annual income of residents in Guyanhua Village has increased from more than 3,000 yuan in 2005 to more than 30,000 yuan today.

  Jiujiang, Jiangxi, is green on one side to conserve ecology, and green becomes gold.

Abandoned mines have been re-covered with greenery, nursery lawns have been planted along the river bank, and many companies have built pastoral complexes.

"In the past, the dust covered the crops, and almost all the four acres of land in the family were abandoned. Now I work in a flower greenhouse with a monthly salary of 3,500 yuan. I deal with 'mei' every day, and I feel good." Zhou Daofeng, a villager in Mashan Village, Pengze County, Jiujiang is not happy. Self-prohibition.

Build a new pattern: "Unswervingly implement the new development concept and promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt"

  The Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River and spans the three major sectors of my country's east, middle and west. It has a prominent ecological position and huge development potential. It plays a pivotal role in implementing new development concepts, building new development patterns, and promoting high-quality development.

  On November 14, 2020, Nanjing, Jiangsu, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when presiding over a symposium on comprehensively promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, "Unswervingly implement the new development concept, promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and write a new concept of ecological priority green development. This chapter will create a new model for coordinated regional development, build a new highland for high-level opening to the outside world, create new advantages for innovation-driven development, and paint a new picture of the harmonious integration of mountains, rivers, people, and cities, so that the Yangtze River Economic Belt will become the main battlefield of my country's ecological priority green development, and smooth domestic development. The international dual-circulation aorta, the main force leading the high-quality economic development."

  To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River should identify their respective positions in the new development pattern, take the initiative to act, and have the courage to take responsibility, and strive to build the Yangtze River Economic Belt into a "more beautiful ecology, smoother transportation, more coordinated economy, and more unified market." , the golden economic belt with more scientific mechanism”.

  ——Accelerate the transformation and write a new chapter of ecological priority green development.

  Up the river, there are 6 cascade hydropower stations including Gezhouba, Three Gorges, Xiangjiaba, Xiluodu, Baihetan and Wudongde, which will generate 262.883 billion kWh of electricity in 2021, equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 216 million tons. The world's largest clean energy corridor.

  Take it from the river, but also protect and love the river.

In 2021, the Three Gorges Dam will contain a total of 17.2 billion cubic meters of floodwater, effectively protecting the safety of flood control areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

During the dry season, cascade reservoirs replenished more than 34 billion cubic meters of water downstream, improving the navigation conditions of the "golden waterway"; a total of 8 ecological dispatches were carried out, during which the total number of fish spawned downstream of Gezhouba exceeded 12.4 billion.

  —— Coordinate and link to create a new model of regional coordinated development.

  Mutual benefit and mutual assistance, the negotiation mechanism is smoother.

The exploration of cross-provincial transactions such as pollution rights and water rights has been intensified, the “inter-provincial handling” of government services has been expanded to improve efficiency, and the “Implementation Plan for Supporting the Establishment of a Horizontal Ecological Protection Compensation Mechanism in the Whole Yangtze River Basin” has been officially released... Establish a game of chess thinking, national development reform The committee has established a "1+3" inter-provincial consultation and cooperation mechanism for the Yangtze River Economic Belt with 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, which has achieved remarkable results in the joint prevention and control of the ecological environment, and the co-construction and sharing of public services.

  Interconnected, more powerful transportation leadership.

The 10,000-ton ships with a draft of less than 6 meters can reach Wuhan all year round. The construction of the port's rail-water combined transportation project is accelerated. In 2021, the cargo throughput of the ports along the Yangtze River will exceed 3.5 billion tons, a record high.

  —— Improve the level and build a new highland for high-level opening to the outside world.

  Upstream, Chongqing Orchard Port, "One Belt One Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt "seamlessly connected"; midstream, Hunan Chenzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone, enterprises can provide bonded maintenance services around the world, products involving 55 categories; downstream, Shanghai Port, international routes exceed 300, and the container throughput ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years.

  The Yangtze River Trunk Line has been the golden waterway with the busiest and largest volume of inland water transportation in the world for many years in a row. More than 30 China-Europe train lines have been operated in the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River... The Yangtze River Economic Belt has basically realized the organic connection between domestic and international circulation, showing international economic cooperation and competition. new ambience.

  ——Leading by innovation, creating new advantages for innovation-driven development.

  A number of cross-border areas such as the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community, the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, and the industrial transfer agglomeration area in northern Anhui took the lead in making breakthroughs; Chengdu and Chongqing jointly built the Western Science City, and started the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Industrial Internet Integration Development Demonstration Zone...

  For more than 6 years, the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River have insisted on focusing on the real economy for economic development, focusing on the advanced industrial foundation and the modernization of the industrial chain, giving full play to the overall advantages of synergy and linkage, and comprehensively shaping the new advantages of innovation-driven development.

  —— Mutual benefit and sharing, draw a new picture of the harmonious integration of landscape and city.

  The Yangtze River Economic Belt is prosperous because of the river and is adjacent to the river.

The pollution was cut off on the shore, and the former chemical plant was transformed into an ecological green corridor, and the residents of Yanziji Street in Nanjing, Jiangsu felt more comfortable.

Combining the embankment with the construction of the park, it can be calm during the flood season, and it can be used for leisure and sightseeing on weekdays.

  The city is beautiful because of the water. People reap the gifts of the Yangtze River in the process of loving the river, managing the river and protecting the river.

The economic aggregate of the 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River will increase from 45.1% in 2015 to 46.6% in 2021; its contribution to national economic growth will increase from 47.7% in 2015 to 50.5% in 2021.

  Overlooking thousands of miles of blue waves, the "leading head" of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta is high-spirited, the "dragon body" of high-quality development in the middle reaches takes off, the "dragon tail" of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle is dancing, the land and the sea are linked, the east and the west are mutually beneficial, and the hundreds of boats compete for the flow. The iron dragon is galloping, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt is becoming the main force leading high-quality development.

  Our reporter Lu Yanan Li Xinping Li Kaixuan