The western region is an important ecological security barrier in China. General Secretary Xi Jinping, when presiding over the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era, stressed that high-quality development should be supported by high-level protection. This has provided important guidelines for promoting the western development in the new era and strengthening the national ecological security barrier.
It is an important mission for the western region to effectively protect areas with strong ecological functions and create more ecological products. Since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the deployment to promote the western development in the new era to form a new pattern, significant achievements have been made in the protection and restoration of the ecological environment in the western region, and positive progress has been made in high-quality development. This spring, Ningxia has completed afforestation of 30000 mu. In Lanzhou, the urban rainwater and sewage pipeline diversion project is stepping up construction, which will further ensure the water quality safety of the Yellow River. In the "China Water Tower" Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, the population of Tibetan antelope has increased to more than 70000, and the protection level has been lowered from "endangered species" to "near endangered species".
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. The western region has made remarkable achievements in coordinating high-level protection and high-quality development. High level ecological environment protection has added new impetus to regional development, and people's sense of happiness has been significantly enhanced. The per capita disposable income of residents has increased from 24000 yuan in 2019 to 31000 yuan in 2023. All local departments should shoulder the mission bravely, always keep in mind the "big man of the country", and integrate ecological protection into all aspects of the Western Development.
High level protection is an important support for high-quality development. At present, there are still a large area of ecologically fragile areas in the western region. We should always put ecological environment protection first, and adhere to protection in development and development in protection. We will strive to support the development and growth of regional central cities in the western region, enhance the potential of the local market, generate agglomeration effects, promote innovation and derivation, and further promote the development of the western region to accelerate the formation of a new pattern of high-quality development featuring great protection, opening up.
High level protection can be achieved by means of ecological environment zoning management and control, environmental assessment, etc., to ensure high-quality development and keep the bottom line. We need to strengthen ecological protection and restoration, continue to optimize the pattern of land and space development and protection, strengthen the control of ecological environment zoning, speed up the promotion of major projects for the protection and restoration of important ecosystems, and fight the three landmark battles of the "three north" project. At the same time, we should continue to deepen the battle against pollution, deepen the prevention and control of pollution in key regions and fields, vigorously promote the energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation of traditional industries, orderly promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and help to protect the ecological environment at a high level.
High level protection can promote the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure, energy structure and transportation structure by reducing pollution and carbon and improving environmental standards, so as to "reverse" high-quality development. We should work together to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, accelerate the green transformation of the development mode, and develop new quality productivity according to local conditions.
Dealing with the relationship between development and protection is an eternal subject facing the development of human society. In the process of promoting the development of the western region in the new era, all local departments should take the major mission of safeguarding national ecological security, place ecological environment protection in the overall situation of Chinese style modernization, think about positioning, and promote as a whole, and also take measures according to local conditions and classifications according to the endowment conditions of all regions to jointly build and share a beautiful China, Write a new chapter of harmonious coexistence between human and nature in the western region. (Source: Economic Daily Author: Jin Guanping)
