【New ideas lead a new journey】Ecological priority and green development draw a new picture of the Yangtze River
CCTV News (News Network): Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and is a major strategy related to the overall development of the country. In accordance with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, all provinces and cities along the river have strived to promote the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the main battlefield of China's ecological priority and green development and the main force leading high-quality economic development.
The Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and cities along the river, and its population size and total economic volume account for half of the country.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has presided over forums on many occasions, emphasizing that we must insist on putting the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an important position in promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and jointly grasp the great protection and not engage in large-scale development. He traveled all over the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to conduct field research and profoundly explain the dialectical relationship and strategic considerations for the protection and development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Adhere to ecological priority and green development. A series of institutional designs have built a benign pattern of coordinated protection of provinces and cities along the river. In the upper reaches, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places have established horizontal ecological compensation mechanisms for river basins, and the integration of Sichuan and Chongqing has promoted the implementation of hundreds of transboundary river treatment projects. In the middle stream, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces have implemented consultation and decision-making, implementation and coordinated promotion, and jointly grasped the protection and ecological restoration of lakes and wetlands. In the downstream, the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta have strengthened joint protection and co-governance to improve the ecological quality of cross-border water bodies in the river basin.
Adhering to ecological priority and green development, the mother river will regain its vitality and vitality. In 2022, the proportion of excellent water quality sections in the Yangtze River Basin will be 98.1%, and the water quality of the main stream will remain Class II. for three consecutive years. The number of fish in the Chishui River has doubled in five years, and finless porpoises, known as the ecological "barometer" of the Yangtze River, have frequently appeared. Today, a new picture of the interdependence of cities and rivers and the harmonious integration of mountains and rivers and people and cities is slowly unfolding in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Ecological advantages have stimulated new momentum, the high-quality development of provinces and cities along the river has reached a new level, and a number of competitive and influential advantageous industrial clusters have accelerated their growth. Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang jointly built the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community and the Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center to jointly build a highland of scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing R&D with national influence. In 2022, there will be 11,6 high-tech enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, accounting for 29% of the country; There are 233 listed enterprises on the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Board, accounting for 46.51% of the national total. Chongqing has focused on the development of digital economy, intelligent networked new energy vehicles, advanced materials and other industries, and its energy consumption per unit of GDP has decreased by 2.9% per year in the past five years. Jiangxi focuses on emerging industries such as lithium batteries, rare earths, and new energy to build a modern industrial system. Hubei Yichang's pillar industrial industry, relying on scientific and technological research, accelerates the iterative upgrading to new materials, new energy batteries and high-end equipment manufacturing.
Thousands of miles of the Yangtze River, flowing endlessly, benefiting both sides of the river. The people along the river keep in mind the entrustment, and on the new journey full of glory and dreams, they are working together to draw a more magnificent picture of the Yangtze River.