"I remember the APEC meeting was held in Beijing. The weather was very good those days. Someone asked at that time, this is 'APEC blue'. Will it last?"

　　On March 6, while visiting the members of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, the scientific and technological circles, and the environment and resources circles at the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and participating in the joint organizing meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s words evoked many people’s memories.

In those years, in autumn and winter, some areas in northern my country often encountered large-scale severe smog, and "PM2.5" became an environmental indicator that has troubled people for a long time.

　　"There are often sandstorms. Wear a mask in the spring and pick off a layer of dust. When I go out for a day, there is a layer of soil on the ground at home. It was not PM2.5 at that time, but PM250!" The general secretary talked about the city of Beijing when he was a child.

△On March 6, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited members of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, science and technology circles, and environmental resources circles who attended the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and participated in a joint meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions.

　　Whether it is "PM250" or "PM2.5", some foreign observers believe that "it is impossible to change it without taking 30 to 50 years."

　　In the late autumn of 2014, at the welcome banquet of APEC in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly promised: "This is not a short-term blue sky that will never return. Beijing will have a lasting blue sky in the future."

　　Have the courage to face problems head-on and the determination to rise to the occasion.

　　In 10 years, the vision has become a reality, and actions have fulfilled the promise: in 2023, the average proportion of days with excellent air quality in 339 cities at the prefecture level and above across the country will be 85.5%.

△On January 23, 2024, Beijing continued to have fine weather, with blue sky and white clouds in the Temple of Heaven Park.

The latest data shows that the annual average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing has stably reached the standard for three consecutive years, and "Beijing Blue" has become the norm.

　　Still 10 years ago, there was such a detail at the National Two Sessions - when participating in the deliberation of the Guizhou delegation, I learned that the average PM2.5 in Guizhou was below 50. The General Secretary said that air quality is directly related to the happiness of the masses. I feel that Guizhou’s “air cans” can be made in the future.

"Lucid waters and lush mountains are by no means opposite to mountains of gold and silver. The key lies in people and ideas."

　　In April 2022, when he received forestry carbon tickets worth more than 1 million yuan, Wen Junfu, Party branch secretary and village director of Puff Village, Hezhang County, Bijie City, Guizhou, saw the "gold" content of clear waters and green mountains.

This carbon ticket is a benefit brought by more than 7,300 acres of forest in Puff Village, which has increased the income of 227 households in the village by more than 4,400 yuan.

"Relying on the good ecology in recent years, the mud roads in the village have been turned into asphalt roads and cement roads, the 'chacha houses' have been turned into small Western-style buildings, and more than half of the families have bought cars." Wen Junfu said, relying on forestry carbon stamps, single plant carbon With the sink project, the "air can" in Puffin Village is becoming more and more "sweet".

△Puffin Village, Hezhang County, Bijie, Guizhou

　　This is a vivid practice of transforming “lucid waters and lush mountains” into “gold and silver mountains”.

Behind practice, we cannot do without the support of scientific understanding.

For more than 10 years, "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", "ecology first, green development", "harmonious coexistence of man and nature", "people will not let down the mountains, and the mountains will not let down people", Xi Jinping's thoughts on ecological civilization have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and guided new Practice brings new changes.

　　With the further advancement of the construction of Beautiful China, the management of sensory indicators such as "haze" and "black odor" has been significantly improved in my country's ecological and environmental protection work.

Looking at the overall national development situation, my country's economic and social development has entered a stage of high-quality development that accelerates greening and low-carbonization, and ecological and environmental protection must also enter a "high-level" stage.

　　How to move forward under the new situation?

This year’s National Two Sessions, General Secretary Xi Jinping had in-depth exchanges with members of the environmental and resources community and listened to their opinions.

　　The environmental resources sector is a new sector added by the 14th CPPCC National Committee.

More than 80 party and government leading cadres, scientific research experts, and business leaders from the fields of ecological environment, natural resources, water conservancy, and urban planning became the first batch of members of this sector.

△Member Hu Songqin spoke at the joint group meeting on "Strengthening the Control of New Pollutants".

　　Member Hu Songqin comes from the Marine Ecology and Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In her speech, she elaborated on the shortcomings in the treatment of new pollutants.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has been paying attention to this topic for a long time: "It is very timely to propose the treatment of new pollutants now."

　　Compared with conventional pollutants, new pollutants have the characteristics of serious harm, hidden risks, not easy to degrade, wide sources, difficult to reduce and replace, and involve many fields and wide range. They are related to the health of the people and the safety of the ecological environment, and have become the current constraints. "New difficulties" in the continuous and in-depth improvement of air, water and soil environmental quality.

　　At the joint meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave the path to solve the problem: "Comprehensively and accurately implement the guidelines of precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and law-based pollution control, promote green and low-carbon economic and social development, strengthen resource conservation and intensive recycling, and expand ecological products value realization path, actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, inject new momentum into high-quality development and create new advantages."

　　"With new problems, we cannot rest until the old problems have been dealt with. We must tackle them simultaneously." The general secretary warned, "If you don't think about the long term, you will have immediate worries. Environmental protection has a long way to go, and we must continue to do a good job." ."

　　Looking from the past to the present, and then looking to the future, the general secretary emphasized: "As long as you see that we are moving forward, we must stay focused. Moreover, don't just criticize and point fingers, but actually take action and do it."

△Hainan Lingshui Mangrove National Wetland Park.

Mangroves are known as "coastal guards, bird paradise, fish and shrimp granary" and play an extremely important role in purifying seawater, preventing wind and waves, maintaining biodiversity, sequestering carbon and storing carbon.

　　On January 1 this year, the newly revised Marine Environmental Protection Law came into effect.

The revised Marine Environmental Protection Law puts forward the basic principle of "coordination and comprehensive management of land and sea". For example, it stipulates that in accordance with the requirements of river-sea linkage, formulate and implement plans for ecological restoration and other protection measures for estuaries, and strengthen the control of water, sand, salt, tides, etc. Comprehensive monitoring of beaches, biological populations, and estuary morphology, and effective measures to prevent seawater intrusion and intrusion to maintain good ecological functions of the estuary.

　　At the joint meeting, Hu Songqin listened to the General Secretary’s speech and felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier: “This is the General Secretary’s sincere entrustment to us. We will adhere to the coordination of land and sea, linkage of rivers and seas, and continue to promote comprehensive integration of key sea areas. In the battle of governance, we will continue to build a beautiful bay so that the people can enjoy blue seas, blue skies, and clean beaches."

　　It is advisable to take a broad view of the scenery.

　　Let the blue sea and sky last longer, make green development more solid, the ecological environment improve day by day, and beautiful China move forward step by step.

　　Producer | Geng Zhimin

　　Producer丨Xinglai

　　Editor-in-Chief丨Ning Lili

　　Written by Yang Caiyun

　　Vision丨Jiang Yuhang