From "hoping for blue sky" to "shooting blue sky" and "basking in blue sky"
China has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality
Jinan, 6 Jun (Reporter Liu Yi, Dong Siyu, Kou Jiangze) June 5 is World Environment Day, which is also the environment day stipulated in China's new environmental protection law, and the theme of this year's June Five-Year Environment Day set by China is "Building Modernization in Harmony with Nature."
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Office and the People's Government of Shandong Province jointly held the National Main Event of the June Five-Year Environment Day in Jinan, Shandong Province on the 5th. In the theme exhibition of "Building a Modernization of Harmonious Coexistence between Man and Nature", the outstanding works of the "Sunshine My 'Hometown Blue'" photography collection activity is an important section, and more than 20 photographic works from all over the country are splendid, vividly showing the great changes of the people from "hoping for blue sky" to "shooting blue sky" and "basking in blue sky" in the past ten years in the new era, which has aroused widespread resonance.
Since the 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has grasped the construction of ecological civilization with unprecedented intensity, made great strides in the construction of a beautiful China, and made historic achievements in the defense of blue skies. In June last year, the People's Daily Ministry of Economy and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Department of Education and Education jointly launched the "Tanning My 'Hometown Blue'" photography collection activity, and in just one month, more than 1,7000 works were received from all over the country. The sense of gain, happiness and security brought by China's ecological environmental protection to the people in the new era has aroused strong resonance among readers at home and abroad.
The photography collection activity originated from the story of Wang Ruchun, a photographer in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, who took a long-term photo of "Sky Diary". Since New Year's Day 2014, Wang Ruchun has insisted on shooting the same sky every morning, with almost no interruption, "Since the age of 69, the blue sky has been shining more and more year by year." On the occasion of June 2022th Environment Day in 3000, People's Daily launched the integrated media product "Sky Diary: More than 8,<> Photos Record the Increase of Blue Sky in <> Years", and the story of the elderly Wang Ruchun quickly brushed the screen and appeared on social media hot searches, and netizens relayed "hometown blue". In response to the demands of netizens, the Ministry of Economic and Social Affairs of People's Daily, the Department of Publicity and Education of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and People's Daily jointly launched a photo collection activity, and people from all over the country actively participated.
"The sky is getting bluer, the mountains are getting greener, and there is the most beautiful background color no matter how you shoot." Wind farms stand on top of mountains, the Milky Way shines brightly in the night sky, and verbenas merge into a purple ocean under the blue sky... Wu Chaohong, a technician at Ansha Hydropower Plant in Fujian Province, has been fascinated by photography in recent years, and the photos taken have been selected for the photography collection activity.
The stories of the people show the rule of China, and the blue sky album records the great achievements. "More than 7000,<> photos, from a wide range of sources, true and real, from these vivid and rich photographic works, we can see that in many places there is 'Wang Ruchun' who faithfully records the improvement of the ecological environment with lenses!" The relevant responsible person of the China Press Photo Society said.
From the past "hope for blue sky" to now competing to "shoot blue sky" and "bask in blue sky", a series of blue sky photos and the stories behind them have been published and launched in newspapers and new media platforms, netizens have liked and left messages, and the influence of "sky diary" continues to extend.
To promote the prevention and control of air pollution, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "The primary task of coping with smog pollution and improving air quality is to control PM2.5" and "return the blue sky and white clouds and twinkling stars to the people".
"The environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beauty, and blue sky is happiness." In the past ten years in the new era, China has focused on the key problems, identified the root cause of the disease and prescribed medicine, successively implemented the air pollution prevention and control action plan, and won the three-year action plan for the blue sky defense, becoming the first developing country in the world to comprehensively control PM2.5. In the past ten years in the new era, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution has been revised and improved twice, and "adhere to the common rule of the whole people, prevent and control at the source, continue to implement air pollution prevention and control actions, and win the blue sky defense war" was written into the report of the <>th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In the past ten years of the new era, a series of top-level designs and institutional arrangements have been introduced one after another, and measures such as adjusting industries, reducing dust and controlling vehicles, reducing coal combustion, and joint prevention and control have been unprecedented, escorting the people to breathe clean air.
Protect the ecological environment like protecting the eyes, treat the ecological environment like life, and the blue sky is getting more and more every year.
China's air quality has undergone historic changes. Ecological environment monitoring data shows that in 2022, the average proportion of days with good air quality in 339 cities at the prefecture level and above in China will be 86.5%, and the average concentration of PM2.5 will be 29 micrograms per cubic meter. The average concentration of 6 major pollutants has been stable for three consecutive years. The proportion of days with severe pollution and above was 3.0%, which was reduced to less than 9% for the first time. Since 1, the PM2013.2 concentration in Beijing has dropped from 5.89 micrograms per cubic meter to 5 micrograms per cubic meter in 2022, achieving "ten consecutive reductions", reaching the national air quality secondary standard for two consecutive years, and the number of heavily polluted days has dropped from 30 days to 58 days, creating a miracle of air pollution control in the world's megacities.
"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved a series of historic changes in the field of air pollution prevention and control, becoming the fastest country in the world to control air pollution and improve air quality, and has also contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to global environmental and climate governance." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China profoundly expounded the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is an important feature of China's modernization, and put forward the important thesis that "respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature are the inherent requirements for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way". We must fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, continue to fight the battle of blue sky, clear water and pure land, and strive to promote green development and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
(People's Daily)