Ecological civilization is a major achievement of human social progress and an inevitable requirement for the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.

To build an ecological civilization, we should take the carrying capacity of resources and environment as the foundation, take the laws of nature as the criterion, and take sustainable development and harmony between man and nature as the goal, firmly follow the path of civilized development with production development, affluent life and good ecology, and build a beautiful China.

The relationship between man and nature is the most basic relationship in human society. The natural world is the foundation and premise of the generation, existence and development of human society, and human beings can purposefully use and transform nature through social practice activities, but human beings are part of nature in the final analysis, and human beings cannot blindly override nature, and human behavior must conform to the laws of nature.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Man and nature are a community of life, and human beings must respect, conform to and protect nature. "Man and nature are interdependent and interconnected as a whole, and we cannot only talk about taking without putting in the natural world, only talking about using and not building.

To protect the natural environment is to protect human beings, and to build an ecological civilization is to benefit mankind. Ecological prosperity leads to civilization prosperity, and ecological decline leads to civilization decline.

There are many examples of this in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Engels wrote in his book "Dialectics of Nature",

"The inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Greece, Asia Minor, and elsewhere destroyed forests in order to gain arable land, but they could never have dreamed that these places would be barren today."

In this regard, he profoundly stated: "Let us not be overly intoxicated by the triumph of our human beings over the natural world. For each such victory, nature takes revenge on us. According to China's historical records, the Loess Plateau, the Weihe River Basin, and the Taihang Mountains, which are now sparsely vegetated, were once full of forests, beautiful mountains and rivers, and the land was suitable for cultivation, water and grass and livestock.

Due to deforestation and indiscriminate logging, the ecological environment in these places has been seriously damaged. The spread of the Taklamakan Desert has annihilated the once-prosperous Silk Road.

The ancient city of Loulan declined due to reclamation and blind irrigation, which led to the diversion of the Peacock River. Practice has proved that the harm done by human beings to nature will eventually hurt human beings themselves.

Only by respecting the laws of nature can we effectively prevent detours in the development and utilization of nature, and this truth should be kept in mind and implemented.

Our party has always attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization. In the early 80s of the 20th century, environmental protection has become a basic national policy.

In the 21st century, resource conservation has been taken as a basic national policy. After 40 years of rapid development of reform and opening up, China's economic construction has made historic achievements, but at the same time, it has also accumulated a large number of ecological and environmental problems, which have become obvious shortcomings.

All kinds of environmental pollution are in a high incidence trend, which has become a problem for people's livelihood and a pain in people's hearts. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of social development and people's living standards, the people's requirements for clean water, fresh air, safe food, and beautiful environment have become higher and higher, and the status of the ecological environment in the people's life happiness index has been continuously highlighted, and environmental problems have increasingly become important livelihood issues.

Ordinary people in the past

"Hope for food and clothing", now

"Looking forward to environmental protection"; past

"Survival", now

"Seeking ecology". General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that the environment is the people's livelihood, the green mountains are beautiful, the blue sky is also happiness, and the lucid waters and lush mountains are the gold and silver mountains; Protect the ecological environment like protecting your eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life; Temporary economic development must not be sacrificed at the expense of the ecological environment.

Socialist modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, which should not only create more material and spiritual wealth to meet the people's growing needs for a better life, but also provide more high-quality ecological products to meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment.

We must adhere to the principle of giving priority to conservation, protection and natural restoration, form a spatial pattern, industrial structure, mode of production and way of life that conserves resources and protects the environment, and strive to build a beautiful China where you can see the mountains, see the water, and remember the nostalgia.