"Financial Eyes of the Two Sessions" Series Report Six
Turn "green" into gold and seek development: building a beautiful China in which man and nature coexist harmoniously.
Chinese-style modernization is a modernization in which man and nature coexist harmoniously.
"Strengthening the construction of ecological civilization and promoting green and low-carbon development" has been written into the 2024 government work report. The path to green development is becoming increasingly clear, and the "new picture" of Beautiful China is slowly unfolding.
Many experts said in interviews with reporters from People's Daily that my country's current economic development has entered a stage of high-quality development that is accelerating greening and low-carbonization. It is necessary to maintain the strategic position of ecological and environmental protection and promote high-quality development and high-level protection to complement and complement each other.
Building a beautiful China is a long-term task that requires perseverance and continuous efforts to build a foundation for high-quality development.
Promote comprehensive management of the ecological environment for a long time
The environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beautiful, and blue skies are happiness.
"Currently, one-quarter of the world's new green area comes from China." At the first "Member Channel" of the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Zhang Xingying, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Climate Change of the China Meteorological Administration Answering a reporter’s question, “In the face of global problems, we must uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, work together to address climate and environmental challenges, and protect this blue planet.”
How to safeguard the "blue planet" from the perspective of ecological and environmental governance and make "the sky bluer, the mountains greener, and the water clearer"?
The 2024 Government Work Report proposes to further implement the action plan for continuous improvement of air quality, coordinate the management of water resources, water environment, and water ecology, strengthen the prevention and control of soil pollution sources, and strengthen the management of solid waste, new pollutants, and plastic pollution.
On March 6, Hu Songqin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy director of the Marine Ecology and Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, held a joint meeting of committee members from the Revolutionary Committee of the Communist Party of China, the science and technology community, and the environment and resources community, focusing on "strengthening the management of new pollutants and improving the level of building a beautiful China." "The subject made a speech.
She said that it is necessary to carry out new pollutant treatment and scientifically determine the control and treatment requirements for their production, use and post-use emissions.
This plays an important driving role in the prevention and control of air, water, and soil pollution, and is conducive to continuously improving the quality of the ecological environment and ensuring the health and safety of the people.
The battle to defend clear water requires achieving "harmony between man and water."
"Water is the foundation of survival and the source of civilization. Green has always been the background color of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. In the past nine years since the first phase of the East and Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been fully open to water, a total of more than 10 billion cubic meters of ecological water replenishment has been implemented, which has provided relief for overexploitation of groundwater in North China. It has made important contributions to comprehensive management and the recovery of the ecological environment of rivers and lakes." said Jiang Xuguang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Party Secretary and Chairman of the China South-to-North Water Diversion Group.
This year’s government work report proposes to improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products, improve the ecological protection compensation system, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties to protect and improve the ecological environment.
How to realize the value of ecological products and mobilize social enthusiasm?
Ouyang Hua, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Party branch of Baita Village, Xizhu Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, shared the village's experience, "Keep green mountains, green water, and pure land. Good ecology 'building nests to attract phoenixes' attracts good industries. The days are getting better every day.”
During the National Two Sessions this year, Ouyang Hua brought the "Recommendations on Utilizing Ecological Resources to Promote Rural Economic Development", proposing that various localities should combine the use of ecological resources with new industries, rural tourism, and history and culture to explore new industries that can be developed based on local realities. Make full use of land resources to develop high-quality new industries that are "small and special, small and high-quality, small and excellent".
Create a cultural brand with local characteristics to ensure that the people have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security in the rich ecological resources and beautiful ecological environment.
The industry moves towards innovation and continuously develops a green and low-carbon economy
Looking across the land of Guangzhou, "green" is surging everywhere.
In the Gobi desert of Xinjiang, a "hydrogen" wind blows the "green" southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains.
On August 30, 2023, my country’s first 10,000-ton photovoltaic green hydrogen demonstration project, the Xinjiang Kuqa Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project, was fully completed and put into operation, providing refining and chemical companies with large-scale use of green hydrogen to achieve carbon emission reduction and green transformation and development. explore.
In Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, the “No. 1 offshore wind power city”, Binhai North H1, Binhai North H2 offshore wind power and supporting operation and maintenance station projects are operating safely.
"In the past three years (2020, 21, and 22), the project's average annual grid-connected power generation is approximately 1.23 billion kilowatt hours, which can meet the annual electricity needs of approximately 600,000 families of three and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 810,000 tons." Introduction by the relevant person in charge of the Investment Management Department of China Life Group.
Green waters and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver.
The environmental protection industry is developing rapidly. Data from Tianyancha shows that there are currently 1.862 million ecological and environmental protection-related companies in my country, and 479,000 new registered companies will be registered in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 13.7% in 2022.
"It should also be noted that there are still some companies that lack awareness of green transformation and have weak enthusiasm and initiative." Hu Chengzhong, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the board of directors of Delixi Group, said that China's manufacturing must embark on the road of transformation and upgrading. Intelligentization, greening and low-carbonization will be the ultimate path.
We should actively lead the formulation of standards, clarify the specific requirements and indicators to be achieved in terms of zero carbon and carbon neutrality, and attract the participation of experts and business representatives in related fields to ensure the scientificity and feasibility of the standards.
"Green and low-carbon economy will become the key direction for cultivating new productive forces." A representative member said that we must persist in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the entire energy structure, industrial structure, transportation structure, and social life structure, and lay a solid foundation for the green and low-carbon economy and society. The economic foundation for carbon transformation activates new momentum for high-quality development.
The "carbon" road will steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the future.
When talking about key tasks, the government work report stated that it is necessary to "actively and steadily promote carbon peak carbon neutrality" and proposes to "improve the statistical accounting and verification capabilities of carbon emissions, establish a carbon footprint management system, and expand the coverage of the national carbon market industry."
On the morning of March 8, Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, walked into the "ministerial aisle" and answered reporters' questions.
Huang Runqiu said that we should vigorously promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development, focus on reaching carbon peak and carbon neutrality, take pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the starting point, and promote the optimization and adjustment of the industrial structure, energy structure, and transportation structure.
Accelerate zoning management and control of the ecological environment, further implement and build the national carbon emissions market, especially the recently launched greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market, to provide support for the green transformation.
The ocean is the largest carbon reservoir on earth. Improving the carbon sequestration capacity of the ocean is conducive to achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.
In August 2023, the country's first "Seagrass Bed and Seaweed Farm Carbon Sequestration Loan" was held in Yantai City. Taiping Property & Casualty Marine Carbon Sequestration Index Insurance provided risk protection of 24.373 million yuan for 3.047 million acres of shellfish breeding waters.
Entering the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, solar photovoltaic panels stand facing the sun, continuously providing new energy to the data center building.
Here, by changing the cold source power supply method, we have realized the self-production and sales of hot and cold power supplies.
"If all the waste heat in winter is recovered and used for home heating, it can meet the heat needs of more than 5,100 households, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 52,400 tons, and the carbon emission equivalent is about planting 2.864 million large trees." Tianjin Data Center the person in charge said.
"Carbon" seeks new models of energy conservation and emission reduction.
Yang Zhi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Secretary and Chairman of the Wuhan CPPCC Party Group, believes that as the "double carbon" work continues to advance, the development of the carbon trading market, as one of the important market-based means to promote energy conservation and emission reduction in enterprises, will be increasingly The more attention we pay, the faster the development will be.
"As the world's largest carbon market with the largest emission controls, my country should actively participate in the formulation of global carbon market rules and play a leading role in the development of the global carbon market." Yang Zhi suggested that we should continue to improve the construction of a national carbon market system and accelerate the promotion of a carbon clearing house. establishment work, gradually improve the platform functions, and better serve the construction of the national carbon market system.
Ouyang Yijia
(People's Daily Online)