Industry turns green, ecology turns beautiful. Green development is progressing rapidly and steadily. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is a key link to achieving high-quality development." The Central Economic Work Conference has identified "coordinating efforts to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and green growth, and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development" as one of the key tasks to be grasped in 2025. The "Implementation Opinions on Building a Beautiful China Pilot Zone", "Implementation Plan for Beautiful City Construction", "Implementation Plan for Beautiful Rural Construction" and other documents have been successively issued and implemented, continuously improving the "1+1+N" implementation system for the construction of a beautiful China; The release of carbon footprint factor data for electricity is used by different entities to calculate the carbon footprint generated by electricity production and consumption, promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industrial and supply chains; Multiple regions are promoting the construction of "waste free cities" and continuously advancing the reduction and resource utilization of solid waste at the source... Anchoring goals and forging ahead. Since the beginning of this year, various regions and departments have coordinated the adjustment of industrial structure, pollution control, ecological protection, and response to climate change, steadily advancing on the high-quality development path guided by ecological priority and green development. Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments, issued the "Guidelines for the Compilation of Product Carbon Footprint Accounting Standards" to accelerate the establishment of a unified and standardized product carbon footprint accounting standard system. Developing product carbon footprint accounting standards is one of the cornerstones for establishing a product carbon footprint management system The person in charge of the Climate Change Response Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that they will work with relevant departments to promote the widespread application of product carbon footprint accounting standards in policies and measures such as carbon pricing, carbon emission control, and government green procurement, to ensure the effective implementation of related work. Green and low-carbon development is advancing in depth. ——Accelerate the adjustment and optimization of industrial structure, energy structure, transportation structure, etc. The BYD factory in Zhengzhou Airport District, Henan Province is bustling with activity. A new energy vehicle can be produced here every 50 seconds, and a power battery cell can be produced every 3 seconds, "said the person in charge of the BYD factory in Zhengzhou. Driven by the new energy vehicle industry, Zhengzhou's annual automobile production has historically exceeded the milestone of 1 million vehicles. The roof of the warehouse in Xiangyu Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, is tightly and neatly arranged with photovoltaic panels, providing green electricity for the park. We will develop operational strategies based on the daily photovoltaic power generation and the office electricity load of the park itself, "said Jiang Ying, Business Regional Manager of Hainate Electric (Xiamen) New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. At present, equipment such as forklifts and container stackers in the park have basically achieved fully electrified operations. ——The level of resource conservation and intensive utilization has steadily improved. The robotic arm "picks up" solid waste, and microorganisms "eat" organic pollutants... After a complete process, the originally turbid sewage becomes clear and transparent. The Xiejiahe Reclaimed Water Plant in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province purifies a large amount of urban sewage every day. These reclaimed water are not only used for industrial circulating cooling water, but also for park landscape replenishment, road flushing, etc., greatly improving the efficiency of water resource utilization. By developing "green content" to enhance the "gold content" of growth, the green background of high-quality development continues to grow. From the perspective of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, China is committed to building a green, low-carbon, and circular economy system, effectively reducing the resource and environmental costs of development, and continuously enhancing the potential and momentum of development. China has built the world's largest and most complete new energy industry chain, with the largest installed capacity of renewable energy power generation and the fastest development speed in the world. The number of new energy vehicles accounts for more than half of the world's total; The national carbon market system is gradually improving, achieving full coverage of emission reduction entities. Continuously advancing pollution prevention and control, a good ecological environment is the most equitable public good and the most universal welfare for people's livelihoods. Various regions and departments are striving to promote continuous improvement, comprehensive improvement, and fundamental improvement of the ecological environment, continuously meeting the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment. ——Continuously deepen the defense of the blue sky. After the Spring Festival holiday, in Wuyi County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, technicians are busy debugging environmental protection equipment in the vulcanization workshop of Hebei Baite Rubber Technology Co., Ltd.'s new factory. We have just invested 800000 yuan to upgrade and renovate more than 60 sets of equipment in the vulcanization workshop, greatly reducing unorganized emissions, "said Gao Wei, the company's general manager. Hebei Province has introduced policies to include enterprises that have achieved environmental performance A in the ecological environment supervision whitelist. The local environmental protection department invites experts to assist companies in developing benchmarking improvement plans and guide them to meet rating requirements. At present, we are intensifying the implementation of various measures to ensure that the new factory meets the A-level environmental performance standard as soon as possible, releases all production capacity, and achieves production and efficiency, "said Gao Wei. ——Strengthen the comprehensive management of watershed water environment. In Jianyan Gou, Caijia Village, Huaguo Street, Zhangwan District, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, a water truck slowly rotates to transport river water to a biological monitoring pool. Jianyan Gou is connected to Touyan Reservoir and is the core water source area of the South to North Water Diversion Project. Water conservation and protection are of paramount importance, "said Cai Qing, Secretary of the Caijia Village Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee. The monitoring pool is home to aquatic animals and plants, which are highly sensitive to water quality. Caijia Village has also installed two intelligent monitoring devices to monitor wetland water quality and air quality, which are connected to the city and district environmental monitoring platforms to ensure that problems are dealt with in a timely manner. ——Promote comprehensive management of solid waste. On February 8th, at the site of the historical solid waste treatment project in Laowu Village, Yuehu District, Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, the project leader Li Liang was inspecting the construction progress of the interception and drainage ditch. "The solid waste in Laowu Village is the waste residue left over from copper mine flotation many years ago. The waste residue has been cleared and the interception and drainage ditch is being built to divert surface water and protect the stability of the slope. This year, new soil will be filled in, grass and trees will be planted, and the environment will be restored," said Dong Huihua, a villager from Laowu Village. Spread out. The sky is even bluer, and China has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world. In 2024, the average concentration of PM2.5 in cities at the prefecture level and above in China will be 29.3 micrograms per cubic meter, which has been consistently meeting the standard for five consecutive years. The water has become clearer, and there has been a turning point in the national water environment quality. In 2024, the proportion of excellent water quality sections in China will reach 90.4%, exceeding 90% for the first time. The water quality of the Yangtze River main stream will remain stable at Class II for five consecutive years and the Yellow River main stream for three consecutive years. The land has become greener, and China has become the country with the largest and fastest growth in forest resources and the largest area of artificial afforestation in the world. At present, China's forest coverage rate exceeds 25%, the forest stock exceeds 20 billion cubic meters, and the annual carbon sink of forests and grasslands reaches over 1.2 billion tons. Efforts should be made to enhance the diversity, stability, and sustainability of ecosystems, and promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. A stable and balanced ecosystem is the fundamental foundation. Each region and department should increase their efforts to protect ecosystems, promote effective governance models based on local conditions and science, and focus on enhancing ecosystem diversity, stability, and sustainability. ——Significant achievements have been made in promoting the landmark campaign of the "Three North" project. At the end of November last year, in the Wanhuayuan Desert Prevention and Control Zone of Yutian County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, the green sand barrier covering a total length of 3046 kilometers around the edge of the Taklamakan Desert was fully sealed with the last rose seedling planted in the sand. Carry out the border locking project on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, block sand and protect roads, block sand and protect cities, and provide solid support for the local economic and social development Zhu Lidong, Deputy Director of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said. Green areas continue to extend and expand, and the Great Green Wall in northern Xinjiang is even more solid. In 2024, the "Three North" project will arrange 287 key projects throughout the year, completing over 57 million acres of construction tasks. This year, the "Three North" project has reserved 400 projects, and 14.8 billion yuan of central funds have been allocated in advance. ——Accelerate the construction of the "Shagehuang" new energy base. In Dengkou County, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Mengneng 1.6 million kilowatt photovoltaic storage+ecological governance project has been successfully connected to the grid for power generation. In the grass squares between the photovoltaic panels, sand fixing seedlings such as Haloxylon ammodendron are planted. When they grow up, the roots can be inoculated with Cistanche deserticola to develop the traditional Chinese medicine industry. The integration model of 'producing green electricity on the board, growing green grass between boards, and producing green gold below the board' will achieve three benefits at once: new energy development, ecological restoration, and industrial development, "said Han Yinglian, Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Dengkou County Sand Prevention and Control Bureau. The relevant person in charge of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration stated that they will take the sixth phase plan of the "Three North" project as a blueprint and comprehensively promote the deepening of the "Three North" project's tough battle. ——Implement major projects for biodiversity conservation. In early February, Tian Bin, the full-time deputy director of the National Plateau Wetland Research Center at Southwest Forestry University, carried monitoring equipment and counted the number of overwintering birds in the candidate area of Shangri La National Park located in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. "After years of ecological protection, the population of black necked cranes and other birds that come to Shangri La for wintering continues to increase." One of the purposes of comprehensively promoting the construction of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body is to protect biodiversity. Zhang Liming, Director of the Natural Reserve Management Department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, stated that we will effectively consolidate and enhance the achievements of the first batch of national park construction, and actively promote the creation and establishment of new national parks and related work. At present, China is preparing the Implementation Plan for Major Biodiversity Conservation Projects. The relevant person in charge of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration stated that the goal will be to save key endangered species such as Hainan gibbons and orchids, promote the rejuvenation of endangered species in the wild, and promote biodiversity conservation throughout the entire chain. By supporting high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment and accelerating the modernization of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will become more colorful, and green mountains and waters will sustainably benefit the people and benefit future generations. (New Society)