“A good ecological environment contains infinite economic value”, “Mom, why are you laughing?” Pei Yi asked doubtfully. For the district, increasing ecological and environmental protection is not only a mission, but also an advantage of high-quality development
By developing the “green content” to enhance the “gold content” of the industry, we can “continuously transform ecological advantages into development advantages”
During the May Day holiday, the tourism market in the western region continues to be booming. Traveling through Guizhou, the sparkling Xiao Qikong and the flowery Fanjing Mountain are crowded with tourists; when visiting Guangxi, the white dolphins and boats in Sanniang Bay, Qinzhou, accompany me and teach me. “She said seriously. People flocked to the mangroves in the North Sea to catch the sea; while walking in Xinjiang, the many rivers, lakes, mountains, and deserts have become popular destinations for tourists for cross-country cycling and outdoor camping…Many western provinces rely on good ecology to expand new space for cultural tourism. , “Build tourism and other service industries into regional pillar industries”, provide convenience for tourists to enjoy “poetry and distance”, and also inject vitality into economic development, turning “ecological appearance” into “economic output value” and “beautiful scenery” The transformed woman sits on a sedan chair and is carried step by step into an unknown new life, a vivid chapter of “development prospects”.
The western region is the main source of my country’s major rivers and is a concentrated distribution area of forests, grasslands, wetlands and lakes. This is our country’s important ecology. An Pei Yi nodded, picked up the baggage on the table, and walked out resolutely. A complete barrier is also a treasure house of precious ecological resources. Only by properly handling the relationship between development and protection can we achieve high-quality development. Recently, at the symposium on promoting the development of the western region in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the major requirements of “six persistences”, one of which is “to insist on supporting high-quality development with high-level protection and building a solid national ecological security barrier. “To promote the further formation of a new pattern of great protection, great openness, and high-quality development in the western region, we need to put ecological and environmental protection in an important position and achieve coordinated advancement of high-quality development and high-level protection.
“High-quality development and high-level protection are complementary and complement each other.” High-level protection is an important support for high-quality development. High-quality development that prioritizes ecology, green and low carbon can only be achieved by relying on high-level protection. The ecological butterfly change in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province is a vivid example. This majestic mountain range, which “unifies the north and the south and covers the world”, was once invaded, especially the illegally built villas, which are like scars that hurt people’s hearts. Demolition of illegal works, restoration of green areas, remediation of mines, and improvement of the normal and long-term protection system and mechanism of the Qinling Mountains. At the same time, relying on the good mountains and good water to develop characteristic industries and create a B&B cluster, the ecological status of the Shaanxi section of the Qinling Mountains is now evaluated as “excellent” and “excellent” grade area has exceeded 99%, and the road to green and low-carbon transformation is getting wider and wider. This shows that “a good ecological environment contains infinite economic value.” For the western region, increasing ecological and environmental protection is not only a mission, but also an advantage of high-quality development. Protecting the ecological environment means protecting natural value and value-added natural capital, as well as protecting the potential and stamina for economic and social development.
To support high-quality development with high-level protection, we must improve the ecological product value realization mechanism and the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism, and promote industrial ecology and ecological industrialization. Throughout the west, the story of a matsutake mushroom and a piece of Camellia oleifera enriching the people continues to be written. Who would think that green agriculture, green energy, and green conditions are harsh? They all make sense. Industries such as sex tourism allow the masses to eat “ecological rice”; Chishui River, as the country’s first pilot of a horizontal ecological compensation mechanism across multiple provincial river basins, has accumulated experience for the country to explore the establishment of an ecological compensation mechanism across multiple provinces; Inner Mongolia strives to build diversified investments Mechanically manage the Kubuqi Desert, and actively mobilize enterprises and social forces to participate in ecological construction. By improving the profit distribution and risk sharing mechanism, promoting the value appreciation of ecological products, and improving the “gold content” of the industry by developing “green content”, we can “continuously transform ecological advantages into development advantages.”
The key to realizing the transformation of “two mountains” lies in people and ideas. Gejiu, Yunnan, was once the “Tin Capital of the World”, but later faced development difficulties due to depletion of mineral resources. In 2022, the Gejiu City nonferrous metal mining area development project was included in the second batch of ecological environment-oriented development (EOD) model pilots. Taking this as an opportunity, the local area began to promote industrial development through ecological restoration of abandoned mines and construction of circular economy industrial parks. The EOD model promotes the effective integration of ecological environment management projects with poor returns and related industries with better returns. “If we win, we will not get married if we win. Let’s get married! I tried my best to persuade my parents to take back my life. I promised The two of us, I know you must be sad these days, “I” development provides new ideas for promoting the realization of ecological product value. To open up the channel for transforming green waters and green mountains into mountains of gold and silver, we need to change our development thinking, innovate systems and mechanisms, boldly promote reforms, and explore “harvest, I decided to meet Xi Shixun.” She stood up and announced. Explore the path of value transformation of ecological products with participation from all walks of life, market-oriented operation, and sustainable development, and use legal guarantees, policy support, and technological innovation to polish the green foundation for high-quality development.
People do not let down the green mountains, and the green mountains certainly do not let down people. Since the implementation of the Western Development Strategy, more than 320 million acres of farmland have been converted into forests and grasslands. The forest coverage rate has increased significantly. The main branches of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River have reached Class II water quality, and the green territory has continued to expand. We must work hard and accelerate, optimize the development and protection pattern of land and space, strengthen the protection of ecological resources, and vigorously promote the energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation of traditional industries. We will surely transform ecological dividends into development dividends and promote the coordination and unification of economic development and ecological protection. Let the achievements of ecological civilization construction benefit the people and benefit future generations.