The Yangtze River Economic Belt is related to the overall development of the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must adhere to joint efforts to protect and avoid large-scale development, further promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and better support and serve Chinese-style modernization. Following the direction guided by the General Secretary, in the new year, the 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt will adhere to ecological priority and green development, and use greater efforts and more practical measures to promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and achieve new and greater achievements.
At the beginning of the new year, the Yangtze River Economic Belt is full of vitality and vitality.
Looking upstream, we can see a bumper harvest of navel oranges and sugar cane along the Jinsha River in Yunnan. The barren hills along the river in the past are now harvested all year round.
Looking at the midstream, on the Yangtze River coastline in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, green coverage and slope management in mining areas continue to advance, and more than 150 kilometers of coastline are being built into high-quality scenic belts.
Looking downstream, in the Yangtze River Delta region, a world-class new energy vehicle industry cluster is accelerating its rise. On average, a new energy vehicle can roll off the production line in less than 10 seconds.
Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made many in-depth inspections and surveys along the Yangtze River, covering the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. He also hosted four symposiums in Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Nanchang, pointing out the way forward and providing fundamental guidelines for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Zhang Xueliang, Executive Director of the Yangtze River Delta and Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Research Institute at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: Since the implementation of the Yangtze River Economic Belt strategy eight years ago, in accordance with the requirements of the General Secretary, the 11 provinces and cities along the river have jointly focused on large-scale protection and not carried out large-scale development. The Yangtze River Economic Belt The high-quality development has effectively supported and served the great process of Chinese modernization.
At present, 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt have fully completed the delineation of ecological protection red lines, covering an area of approximately 520,000 square kilometers. The ecological safety barrier has been further strengthened; the water quality of the main stream has maintained Category II for many consecutive years; "fishing is prohibited for ten years" The results have been remarkable, and the number of finless porpoises in the Yangtze River has achieved a historic recovery.
Data from the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments show that since 2023, various places along the Yangtze River have focused on new energy vehicles, energy equipment, biomedicine and other emerging fields, accelerated the cultivation of 28 national advanced manufacturing clusters, and newly identified specialized and special "little giant" enterprises. 2086, accounting for 57% of the country. We accelerated the green transformation and upgrading of industries and created 666 green factories and 59 green industrial parks.
Today, the beautiful natural scenery and good ecological environment along the Yangtze River benefit people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and have become a vivid practice of building a beautiful China.
Qian Jihong, a citizen of Jiujiang, Jiangxi: How beautiful this place is now. I take my children for a walk here every day to enjoy the beautiful river scenery.
We must firmly adhere to the path of ecological priority and green development. In the new year, various places along the Yangtze River have taken active actions to coordinately promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth.
In Guizhou, the ecological environment law enforcement department is carrying out joint law enforcement with Yunnan and Sichuan. This year, the three countries will continue to promote the implementation of the second round of horizontal ecological protection compensation in the Chishui River Basin.
In Anhui, ecological protection of the Yangtze River is advancing from shoreline management to entire basin management. In the past two days, staff from relevant departments in Ma'anshan have been planting trees in areas that have completed ecological restoration. 36 terminals have also built fixed receiving stations for ship waste, and all have completed shore power transformation.
In Hubei, this year, staff used new technologies to build a digital application system covering flood control, water quality, dams, reservoir areas, etc., to make all-weather, all-round monitoring along the Yangtze River more scientific.
Guo Yang, deputy director of the High Technology Department of Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission: We can conduct comprehensive monitoring and data analysis of ecological environment data such as hydrology, water quality, rainfall, flow, and sewage discharge in the Yangtze River Basin, providing scientific basis for our ecological and environmental protection construction work. .
High-level protection has achieved remarkable results, and high-quality development has been solidly advanced.
Jiangsu Zhenjiang Port’s high-quality development plan will be officially implemented this year, further promoting the upgrading of green ports.
Zhejiang will build more than 10 green and low-carbon industrial parks at or above the provincial level this year and hundreds of green and low-carbon factories, covering emerging industries such as new energy and integrated circuits.
In the new year, a number of modern green chemical projects exceeding 10 billion yuan have started construction in Hunan. In the future, a large number of high-end projects such as biomedicine and polymer materials will be launched along the Yangtze River.
Zhang Jian, deputy director of the Development and Reform Commission of Yueyang City, Hunan Province: Promote the chain extension of advantageous industries and the construction of emerging industries to achieve intelligent, green and integrated development, and enhance the green momentum of high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
This year, the Yangtze River Economic Belt will further coordinate the promotion of ecological environmental protection and economic and social development, jointly focus on high-level protection of the ecological environment, and accelerate the full coverage of railways entering major ports along the Yangtze River trunk line. Promote high-quality development from a higher starting point to better support and serve Chinese-style modernization.
(CCTV News Client)