Published by China Economic Weekly | Zhou Jinfeng: Promote Economic “Quality Improvement” Recovery with Ecological Civilization
2021/1/26 15:38:00 本站

"China Economic Weekly" recently published a feature article "Ecological Civilization Promotes Economic ‘Quality Improvement’ Recovery" by Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF). The article pointed out that Xi Jinping’s thought of ecological civilization is an important contribution to Marxist philosophy, a new world outlook and a new methodology. In 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan" begins. To ensure that the economy undergoes transformation during development, "high-quality development" is the key word, and it is also the only way to achieve "green" recovery and meet the people's growing demand for a better life.

 

Zhou Jinfeng believes that mankind has gone through primitive civilization, farming civilization, and industrial civilization, and now enters ecological civilization. Challenges and opportunities coexist at the intersection of industrial civilization and ecological civilization. The biodiversity crisis, climate crisis, and public health security crisis brought about by the unsustainable development of industrial civilization are also issues that ecological civilization needs to face and urgently solve. Only by actively taking measures to deal with these crises can humankind have the possibility of sustainable development.

 

In the process of promoting ecological civilization, the "three axioms" and "four principles" must be followed. The "three axioms" are the axioms of "non-proliferation", "no harm", and "full publicity". The "four principles" are the "principle of economy", "principle of nature", "principle of finiteness" and "principle of macro". Through scientific planning, the development concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" and "ecology itself is the economy" is truly reflected. Let ecological civilization be the only way to promote the sustainable development and green recovery of China's social and economic fields.

 

The article again emphasizes the concept of GEP, which is Gross Ecosystem Product. Zhou Jinfeng believes that as a set of statistical accounting systems that correspond to GDP and are carried out in parallel to measure the effectiveness of ecological protection and construction from the perspective of the ecosystem, GEP provides guidance for the scientific and rational use of ecological resources and economic construction in various regions, thereby promoting the marketization of regional ecological products. With the gradual deepening of China's ecological civilization construction, GEP, as an effective indicator to measure the local ecological environment and sustainable economic development based on the principle of protection first, will receive more and more attention.

 

Zhou Jinfeng pointed out that COVID-19 has brought many uncertainties to China's economic development. At a time when the domestic epidemic is effectively controlled and the international epidemic is becoming more and more severe, do a good job in the domestic cycle, dig deep into domestic demand, build the integrity and self-sufficiency of the domestic industry chain, and continue to focus on industrial adjustment, including the leap towards technology, high value-added, and the entire industry chain, focusing on the improvement of "quality" rather than the increase of "quantity". This also puts forward higher requirements for the 14th Five-Year Plan for economic development and technological empowerment. This higher requirement is that any form of development and technological innovation must fully demonstrate its “ecological civilization characteristics”. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thoughts on ecological civilization, spare no effort to promote the construction of ecological civilization, and promote green economic recovery and high-quality development.


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Original Chinese article:

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Wv7onTUZR6JVurz-icmEaA


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