In November 2014, the APEC Business Leaders Summit was held in Beijing. In early winter, Beijing was called "APEC Blue" by netizens because of its blue sky.

"At that time, some people asked," This is APEC blue, Can it last? "I answered them, This is not a short blue sky, A few years later it will be permanent blue.

At that time, North China was plagued by haze, and some foreign observers believed that "it is impossible to change things without spending thirty or fifty years".

During the APEC Summit in 2014, Beijing joined forces with Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and other provinces and cities to vigorously control haze. The emergence of "APEC Blue" sends a strong signal to the world that haze can be managed as long as we make up our minds, take measures and jointly prevent and control.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), under the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, in order to restore the people's "blue sky and white clouds" and "stars twinkle", let green water and green mountains be the golden mountains and silver mountains. China has been relentless and unremitting, and introduced a series of top-level designs and institutional arrangements, so that blue sky and white clouds become no longer "rare".

In the past two sessions of the National People's Congress, the General Secretary praised the good ecology of Guizhou; Advise Guangxi to protect the landscape of Guilin; Heilongjiang is required to delimit the ecological protection red line to reserve enough space for sustainable development; Concerned about the ecological governance problem of "one lake and two seas" in Inner Mongolia, stressed the need to suit the remedy to the case and earnestly implement

△ On April 20, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping learned about the ecological environment protection of Qinling Mountains in Lingniu Valley, a national nature reserve located in the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province.

During the local inspection, the General Secretary came to the shore of Erhai Lake and told the local people to "let the natural beauty of 'Cangshan Mountain without painting for thousands of years, Erhai Lake without strings and thousands of ancient zithers' live in the world forever"; When visiting Anjiyu Village and seeing the great changes in the countryside, he couldn't help sighing that "ecology itself is economy, and protecting ecology is to develop productivity"; Visiting the depths of the Qinling Mountains, he said earnestly: "The construction of ecological civilization does not mean how much real gold and silver to hold in hand, but for the sake of history and future generations"

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has talked about the concept of ecological civilization construction wherever he goes. "Environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beautiful, and blue sky is happiness", "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", "ecological priority, green development", "people can live up to green mountains, and green mountains can live up to people" and other words are deeply rooted in people's hearts, guiding new practices and bringing new changes.

△ On February 16, 2024, Beijing will be sunny and the waterfront greenway will be in spring.

The sky is bluer. Since the new era, China has become the fastest country in the world to improve air quality by tackling one problem after another. In 2023, the average number of days with good air quality in 339 cities at prefecture level and above in China will be 85.5%, and blue sky is gradually becoming the norm.

The rivers and lakes are clearer. The overall planning of water resources, water environment and water ecological management has changed the appearance of rivers and lakes. In 2023, the proportion of sections with excellent surface water quality (Class I - III) in China will be 89.4%, up 1.5 percentage points year on year, 4.4 percentage points better than the goals of the 14th Five Year Plan.

The driving force for green development is stronger. From Beijing Tianjin Hebei Economic Circle to Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle, from the Pearl River Delta to the Yangtze River Delta, there are many green changes in China, such as no longer simply judging heroes by GDP, optimizing the industrial structure and energy structure, promoting the application of energy-saving and low-carbon technologies, and developing green and low-carbon industries.

With the deepening of the construction of a beautiful China, China's ecological environment protection has also moved from the treatment of traditional pollution with strong senses, such as "haze" and "black odor", to the treatment of new pollutants, such as "antibiotics" and "micro plastics".

△ On March 6, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the members of the people's revolution, scientific and technological circles, environmental and resource circles who participated in the second session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, and attended the joint group meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions.

Under the new situation, how to view the problems encountered in development? During the two sessions this year, from the governance order of new and old issues, to the dialectical relationship between "saying" and "doing", to the methodology of ecological environment governance, the General Secretary had in-depth exchanges with members of the environmental and resource community, and expressed his own opinions:

Look at the present - "When there are new problems, we can't say that we can rest our hands before the old problems are solved. We should catch up with them simultaneously".

Seeking the long term - "Don't just criticize and point fingers at others, but really take action and work".

Clear thinking - it is necessary to systematically promote ecological protection and repair, and solve outstanding ecological environment problems by means of "reform thinking, technology strength, transformation mode, and market means".

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As the General Secretary said, "as long as we see that we are moving forward, we must maintain our composure", "people who have no long-term concerns must have immediate concerns, and environmental protection has a long way to go, and we must continue to do well".