浙侨英频 ?Xi calls for building green nation

发布时间：2022-04-01

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, plants a tree during a tree-planting activity in Daxing district of Beijing, capital of China, March 30, 2022. [PhotoXinhua]

 

President says all of society should help to protect country's environment

President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for comprehensive efforts to promote environmental conservation to make greater contributions to advancing global environmental and climate governance and enhancing harmony between man and nature.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while joining Beijing residents in a voluntary tree-planting activity in the Chinese capital's Daxing district. This year marks the 41st anniversary of the country's voluntary tree-planting activity.

Xi has participated in the tree-planting activity in Beijing every year since he became general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in November 2012. While planting saplings of different types of trees, Xi talked with officials and people on-site also taking part.

Xi said that he participated in the tree-planting activity every year to make his contribution to building a beautiful China and encourage the whole of society, especially young people, to promote ecological advancement so that China's environment will be even better.

He commended the nation's efforts in afforestation since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, saying that the Party has led the Chinese people in making historic progress and achieving eye-catching miracles in environmental conservation.

Xi stressed the importance of upholding the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, highlighting the nation's efforts to promote ecological advancement, increase afforestation and improve people's living environment. The vision of building a beautiful China is turning into a reality, he said.

However, Xi noted, conservation and rehabilitation to achieve the fundamental improvement of the environment is a long-term task and still requires arduous efforts.

Noting that forests and grasslands are of fundamental and strategic significance to the country's ecological security, Xi said China has entered a key period in improving its environment.

He reaffirmed the need to unswervingly implement the new development philosophy, put the environment first while firmly sticking to the green development path, and make greater efforts in the integrated protection and management of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands and deserts.

He called for scientifically promoting afforestation nationwide and raising the quantity and quality of forest and grassland resources in order to increase carbon sinks.

Saying that planting trees and protecting nature are traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, Xi urged efforts to further advance voluntary afforestation activities nationwide.

He urged Party and government officials at various levels to assume their responsibilities in work in tree-planting and ecological advancement to enable the people to enjoy a better living environment.

Other leaders, including Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan, also took part in the activity.

 

【背景阅读】

习近平参加首都义务植树活动

中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平30日上午在参加首都义务植树活动时强调，党的十八大以来，我连续10年同大家一起参加首都义务植树，这既是想为建设美丽中国出一份力，也是要推动在全社会特别是在青少年心中播撒生态文明的种子，号召大家都做生态文明建设的实践者、推动者，持之以恒，久久为功，让我们的祖国天更蓝、山更绿、水更清、生态环境更美好。

春回大地，万物更新。上午10时30分许，党和国家领导人习近平、李克强、栗战书、汪洋、王沪宁、赵乐际、韩正、王岐山等集体乘车，来到位于北京市大兴区黄村镇的植树点，同首都群众一起参加义务植树。

植树点位于大兴新城城市休闲公园内，面积约1500亩。这一地块原为水库滩涂地，目前规划为城市公园，建成后将成为周边群众休闲娱乐、亲近自然的生态空间。

看到总书记来了，正在这里植树的干部群众热情地向总书记问好。习近平向大家挥手致意，拿起铁锹走向植树地点，随后同北京市、国家林业和草原局负责同志以及首都干部群众、少先队员一起忙碌起来。

挥锹铲土、培土围堰、提水浇灌……习近平接连种下油松、碧桃、白玉兰、海棠、小叶白蜡等多棵树苗。习近平一边劳动，一边询问孩子们学习生活情况，叮嘱他们要德智体美劳全面发展，不能忽视“劳”的作用，要从小培养劳动意识、环保意识、节约意识，勿以善小而不为，从一点一滴做起，努力成长为党和人民需要的有用之才。植树现场一派繁忙景象，参加劳动的领导同志同大家一起培土浇水、亲切交流，气氛热烈。

植树间隙，习近平对在场的干部群众强调，实现中华民族永续发展，始终是我们孜孜不倦追求的目标。新中国成立以来，党团结带领全国各族人民植树造林、绿化祖国，取得了历史性成就，创造了令世人瞩目的生态奇迹。党的十八大以来，我们坚持绿水青山就是金山银山的理念，全面加强生态文明建设，推进国土绿化，改善城乡人居环境，美丽中国正在不断变为现实。同时，我们也要看到，生态系统保护和修复、生态环境根本改善不可能一蹴而就，仍然需要付出长期艰苦努力，必须锲而不舍、驰而不息。

习近平指出，森林是水库、钱库、粮库，现在应该再加上一个“碳库”。森林和草原对国家生态安全具有基础性、战略性作用，林草兴则生态兴。现在，我国生态文明建设进入了实现生态环境改善由量变到质变的关键时期。我们要坚定不移贯彻新发展理念，坚定不移走生态优先、绿色发展之路，统筹推进山水林田湖草沙一体化保护和系统治理，科学开展国土绿化，提升林草资源总量和质量，巩固和增强生态系统碳汇能力，为推动全球环境和气候治理、建设人与自然和谐共生的现代化作出更大贡献。

习近平强调，植绿护绿、关爱自然是中华民族的传统美德。要弘扬塞罕坝精神，继续推进全民义务植树工作，创新方式方法，加强宣传教育，科学、节俭、务实组织开展义务植树活动。各级领导干部要抓好国土绿化和生态文明建设各项工作，让锦绣河山造福人民。

在京中共中央政治局委员、中央书记处书记、国务委员等参加植树活动。

 

来源新华社