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Xi Jinping stressed at the National Ecological and Environmental Protection Conference
Resolutely fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control
Promote the construction of ecological civilization to a new level
Li Keqiang and Han Zheng spoke, Wang Yang, Wang Huning and Zhao Leji attended
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19 (Reporters Zhao Chao and Dong Jun) The National Ecological and Environmental Protection Conference was held in Beijing from May 18 to 19. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. He stressed that it is necessary to consciously coordinate economic and social development with the construction of ecological civilization, give full play to the political advantages of the party's leadership and the ability of our socialist system to concentrate on major events, make full use of the solid material foundation accumulated over 40 years of reform and opening up, increase efforts to promote the construction of ecological civilization, solve ecological environmental problems, resolutely fight the tough battle of pollution prevention and control, and promote the construction of ecological civilization in our country to a new level.
Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, spoke at the meeting. Wang Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and Zhao Leji, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, attended the meeting. Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, delivered a summary speech.
In his speech, Xi Jinping emphasized that the construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation has always respected and loved nature. The Chinese civilization, which has lasted for more than 5,000 years, has nurtured a rich ecological culture. When the ecology prospers, the civilization prospers; when the ecology declines, the civilization declines. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have carried out a series of fundamental, pioneering and long-term work, accelerated the top-level design and system construction of ecological civilization, strengthened the rule of law, established and implemented the central environmental protection inspection system, vigorously promoted green development, and deeply implemented the three major action plans for air, water and soil pollution prevention and control. We took the lead in issuing the "China's National Plan for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" and implemented the "National Plan for Addressing Climate Change (2014-2020)", promoting historic, turning point and overall changes in ecological environmental protection.
Xi Jinping pointed out that, in general, the quality of my country's ecological environment has continued to improve, showing a stable and positive trend, but the results are not stable. Ecological civilization construction is in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy burden. It has entered a critical period of providing more high-quality ecological products to meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment, and it has also reached a window period in which we have the conditions and ability to solve prominent ecological environmental problems. my country's economy has shifted from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage, and it needs to cross some conventional and unconventional barriers. We must grit our teeth, climb this slope, and cross this hurdle.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the ecological environment is a major political issue related to the party's mission and purpose, and it is also a major social issue related to people's livelihood. The broad masses of people are eager to accelerate the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment. We must actively respond to the people's thoughts, expectations, and urgency, vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, provide more high-quality ecological products, and continuously meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment.
Xi Jinping pointed out that in the new era, the following principles must be adhered to in promoting the construction of ecological civilization. First, we must uphold the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, adhere to the principle of giving priority to conservation, protection, and natural recovery, protect the ecological environment like protecting our eyes, treat the ecological environment like treating our lives, let the natural ecological beauty remain in the world forever, and return nature to tranquility, harmony, and beauty. Second, green waters and green mountains are gold and silver mountains. We must implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, accelerate the formation of a spatial pattern, industrial structure, production mode, and lifestyle that conserves resources and protects the environment, and leave time and space for the natural ecology to recuperate. Third, a good ecological environment is the most universal benefit for the people's livelihood. We must adhere to the principle of ecological benefits for the people, ecological benefits for the people, and ecology for the people, focus on solving prominent environmental problems that harm the health of the people, and continuously meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment. Fourth, mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasses are a community of life. We must coordinate and balance, implement overall policies, and take multiple measures to carry out ecological civilization construction in all directions, all regions, and the entire process. Fifth, we must protect the ecological environment with the strictest system and the most stringent rule of law, accelerate institutional innovation, strengthen institutional implementation, and make the system a rigid constraint and an untouchable high-voltage line. Sixth, we should jointly seek global ecological civilization construction, deeply participate in global environmental governance, form solutions for world environmental protection and sustainable development, and guide international cooperation in addressing climate change.
Xi Jinping stressed that we should accelerate the construction of an ecological civilization system, accelerate the establishment and improvement of an ecological cultural system based on ecological value concepts, an ecological economic system with industrial ecology and ecological industrialization as the main body, a target responsibility system with the improvement of ecological environmental quality as the core, an ecological civilization system with the modernization of governance system and governance capacity as the guarantee, and an ecological security system with the benign cycle of ecosystems and effective prevention and control of environmental risks as the focus. We should accelerate the construction of an ecological civilization system to ensure that by 2035, the quality of the ecological environment will be fundamentally improved and the goal of a beautiful China will be basically achieved. By the middle of this century, material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization will be comprehensively improved, green development methods and lifestyles will be comprehensively formed, people and nature will coexist harmoniously, and the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity in the field of ecological environment will be fully realized, and a beautiful China will be built.
Xi Jinping pointed out that we should promote green development in an all-round way. Green development is an inevitable requirement for building a high-quality modern economic system and a fundamental solution to the problem of pollution. The focus is to adjust the economic structure and energy structure, optimize the layout of land space development, adjust the regional river basin industrial layout, cultivate and expand energy-saving and environmental protection industries, clean production industries, and clean energy industries, promote comprehensive resource conservation and recycling, realize the circular link between production systems and living systems, advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle, and oppose extravagance, waste and unreasonable consumption.
Xi Jinping emphasized that solving prominent ecological and environmental problems should be a priority area for people's livelihood. Resolutely winning the battle to protect the blue sky is the top priority. It is necessary to take the significant improvement of air quality as a rigid requirement, strengthen joint prevention and control, basically eliminate heavy pollution weather, and return the blue sky, white clouds and shining stars to the people. It is necessary to implement the water pollution prevention and control action plan in depth, ensure the safety of drinking water, basically eliminate urban black and smelly water bodies, and return the people to the scene of clear water, green banks and fish swimming in the shallows. It is necessary to fully implement the soil pollution prevention and control action plan, highlight key areas, industries and pollutants, strengthen soil pollution control and remediation, effectively prevent risks, and let the people eat and live with peace of mind. It is necessary to continue to carry out rural human settlement environment improvement actions, create beautiful villages, and retain the pastoral scenery of birdsong and flowers for the people.
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to effectively prevent ecological and environmental risks. Ecological and environmental security is an important part of national security and an important guarantee for the sustained and healthy development of the economy and society. Ecological and environmental risks should be included in the regular management, and a full-process and multi-level ecological and environmental risk prevention system should be systematically established. We should accelerate the reform of the ecological civilization system, implement the reform measures that have been issued, and formulate new reform plans in a timely manner.
Xi Jinping stressed that the level of environmental governance should be improved. We should make full use of market-oriented means, improve the resource and environmental price mechanism, adopt various methods to support government and social capital cooperation projects, increase scientific and technological research on major projects, and conduct policy research on major ecological and environmental issues related to economic and social development. We should implement the national strategy of actively responding to climate change, promote and guide the establishment of a fair, reasonable, cooperative and win-win global climate governance system, demonstrate my country's image as a responsible major country, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Xi Jinping stressed that the battle against pollution prevention and control is a big, hard and bitter battle with tight time, heavy tasks and great difficulty, and it is necessary to strengthen the leadership of the Party. All regions and departments should strengthen the "four consciousnesses", resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction. The main leaders of local party committees and governments at all levels are the first responsible persons for ecological and environmental protection in their administrative regions. All relevant departments must perform their duties for ecological and environmental protection, so that all departments have the responsibility to guard their territory and fulfill their responsibilities, divide the work and cooperate, and work together. It is necessary to establish a scientific and reasonable assessment and evaluation system, and the assessment results shall serve as an important basis for the rewards, punishments, promotions and use of leading groups and leading cadres at all levels. For those leading cadres who damage the ecological environment, we must truly hold them accountable, dare to hold them accountable, and strictly hold them accountable for life. We must build an iron army for ecological and environmental protection, which is politically strong, highly skilled, tough in style, dares to take responsibility, and is particularly able to endure hardships, fight, and make sacrifices. Party committees and governments at all levels should care about and support the construction of the ecological and environmental protection team, and take the initiative to support and encourage cadres who dare to do things and can do things.
In his speech, Li Keqiang pointed out that we must earnestly study, understand and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, take Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the guidance, focus on building an ecological civilization system, strengthen institutional and legal construction, persevere in doing a good job in ecological civilization construction and ecological environment protection, and resolutely fight the tough battle against pollution. We must focus on key areas in key regions, highlight the strengthening of the governance of the "three major pollution sources" of industry, coal burning, and motor vehicles, and resolutely win the battle to protect blue skies. We must thoroughly implement the "Ten Water Regulations" and "Ten Soil Regulations", strengthen the construction of pollution control facilities, and improve the collection and treatment capacity of urban sewage. We must target polluted agricultural land. We must focus on the treatment of rural garbage and sewage and the improvement of village appearance, and promote the comprehensive improvement of rural environment. The state's investment in rural areas should be tilted towards this aspect. We must promote green development and prevent and control environmental pollution at the source. We must deepen the supply-side structural reform, implement the innovation-driven development strategy, and cultivate and expand new industries, new formats, new models and other new development drivers. We must use new technologies such as the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence to promote the intelligent and clean transformation of traditional industries. We must accelerate the development of energy-saving and environmental protection industries, improve the level of clean energy utilization, and develop clean energy. We must advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle to promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of expanding domestic demand and improving the ecological environment. We must strengthen ecological protection and restoration and build an ecological security barrier. Establish a unified spatial planning system and a coordinated and orderly pattern of land development and protection, strictly observe the red line of ecological protection, adhere to the overall protection, systematic restoration, regional coordination, and comprehensive management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, and improve the management system and mechanism of nature reserves. Adhere to overall planning and coordination, promote high-quality economic development and high-level ecological environmental protection, coordinate the leading role of the government and the main role of enterprises, and coordinate the battle against pollution and the protracted battle for ecological civilization construction.
Li Keqiang stressed that we must rely on reform and innovation to improve environmental governance capabilities. Gradually establish a normalized and stable fiscal funding mechanism, improve the diversified environmental protection investment mechanism, and study and introduce structural tax reduction policies that are conducive to green development. Continue to promote reforms in streamlining administration and delegating power, and put more efforts on in-process and post-process supervision, including environmental protection. Grasp the key technologies and equipment. Strengthen supervision and law enforcement, and significantly increase the cost of environmental violations. Guide the whole society to establish an awareness of ecological civilization. Ensure the completion of the goals and tasks of the battle against pollution and the construction of ecological civilization.
In his concluding speech, Han Zheng pointed out that we must earnestly study and understand Xi Jinping's thoughts on ecological civilization, and earnestly enhance our sense of responsibility and mission in doing a good job in ecological environmental protection; deeply grasp the important development concept that green mountains and clear waters are gold and silver mountains, and unswervingly follow the new path of ecological priority and green development; deeply grasp the purpose and spirit that a good ecological environment is the most universal benefit to people's livelihood and well-being, and strive to solve prominent environmental problems that harm people's health; deeply grasp the systematic thought that mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses are a community of life, and improve the scientificity and effectiveness of ecological environmental protection work. All regions and departments must pay close attention to implementation, refine and implement policies and measures, and ensure that they can be implemented, operational and effective. We must strictly implement the main responsibilities and increase the intensity of central environmental protection supervision; adhere to everything from reality, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, highlight the root causes, overcome difficulties, and prevent quick success and superficial work; stick to the goal and do not deviate steadily, firmly and orderly advance the work, and solve problems around the goal in a down-to-earth manner; effectively deal with it in accordance with the law, strictly enforce the law, and speed up the integration of relevant pollution prevention and control and ecological protection law enforcement responsibilities and teams; ensure that the statistical assessment data of various goals and tasks of the tough battle are true and accurate, and win the trust of the people with actual results.
Officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Hebei Province, Zhejiang Province, and Sichuan Province made speeches.
Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretaries of the Central Secretariat, relevant leaders of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, State Councilors, the President of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and relevant leaders of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference attended the meeting.
Officials from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and cities with independent planning status, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, relevant departments of the central and state organs, relevant people's organizations, relevant large state-owned enterprises, and relevant military units attended the meeting.
