Strengthen the government's leadership over the construction of ecological civilization
Enterprises are the commandos of ecological civilization construction, and play an important social responsibility in the construction of ecological civilization. At present, it is still a long way to go to adjust the industrial structure and change the development mode. Enterprises are an important force in building a well-off society in an all-round way, and also the most critical link in implementing sustainable production. Enterprises should actively adapt to the requirements of the times of green development and set an example for promoting the construction of industrial ecological civilization in China.
To promote the construction of industrial ecological civilization, we must strengthen the awareness of enterprises to develop green economy. The concepts of green economy and sustainable development come down in one continuous line. Through the organic combination of low-carbon economy, circular economy and ecological economy, the harmony between man and nature, economy and environment will be finally realized. As a rational economic man, enterprises take the pursuit of maximizing economic benefits as their fundamental goal. However, in the social tide of advocating green economy, enterprises can no longer take reducing environmental protection costs as one of the ways to increase profits. They must improve their awareness of green responsibility and develop from traditional moral choice to realistic rational choice. Enterprises must change passive adaptation into active search, have a clear understanding of the development trend of green economy under the background of economic globalization, have a deep understanding of the growing green demand of consumers, be fully prepared for the increasingly complex green barriers in international trade, run the concept of green development through the whole process of economic activities, and strive to expand the new space of green development. On the journey of enterprises seeking sustainable development, those enterprises that actively conform to the green trend, have the courage to undertake green responsibilities and implement green strategies in depth will surely reap fruitful results.
To promote the construction of industrial ecological civilization, we must strengthen the green display ability of enterprises. By strengthening green technology development and independent innovation, optimizing product structure and promoting industrial upgrading, we can better meet the growing green demand of consumers and provide increasingly rich green products for the society. Enterprises should establish and improve the green management mechanism, strictly implement various environmental management systems, conscientiously implement national environmental protection laws and regulations, eliminate backward production capacity and processes, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and more effectively assume social responsibilities of energy conservation and emission reduction by implementing a clean production model with low energy consumption, low emissions and low pollution. In addition, enterprises should actively promote the development level and level of green economy by cultivating green emerging industries, developing dynamic carbon dioxide industries, developing and utilizing clean new energy, and rationally utilizing carbon dioxide resources.
To promote the construction of industrial ecological civilization, it is necessary to optimize the green display environment of enterprises. On the one hand, make rational use of the reverse mechanism of ecological environment to economic development, and build an economic operation system that meets the requirements of ecological protection and green development on the premise of ecological foundation, environmental capacity and resource carrying capacity. Make full use of the rule of law to enhance the external pressure of green development of enterprises, strictly regulate the bad behaviors that damage the ecological environment by establishing carbon tax collection means and improving the ecological accountability mechanism, and urge enterprises to assume the legal responsibility of protecting the ecological environment. On the other hand, we should actively play the role of market regulation and government regulation, tap the internal driving force of green development of enterprises, and provide a fair, orderly, unified and open market environment for green development of enterprises by improving the guidance and incentive mechanisms such as carbon sink trading, green technology support and green financial services, so as to push enterprises out of a new road of relying on green technology, reducing green costs, innovating green products and realizing green benefits, so that enterprises can undertake green responsibilities and reap green benefits and achieve balanced development.
The government is the leader of ecological civilization construction and bears the primary responsibility of organizing and implementing the strategy of ecological civilization. In the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the strategic thinking of ecological civilization construction was clarified, and four key points of current ecological civilization construction were put forward, namely, optimizing the pattern of land space development; Comprehensively promote resource conservation; Strengthen the protection of natural ecosystems and the environment; Strengthen the construction of system of ecological civilization. To implement the strategic deployment of ecological civilization construction, governments at all levels need to further raise awareness, innovate management, improve systems, and comprehensively enhance their leadership ability in ecological civilization construction.
First of all, do a good job in the construction of ecological consciousness civilization and lead the whole society to establish the value concept of ecological civilization. Ecological consciousness civilization refers to the idea of understanding and pursuing social development from the goal of overall optimization of biology and environment, including ecological anxiety consciousness, ecological science consciousness, ecological value consciousness, ecological aesthetic consciousness and ecological responsibility consciousness. Ecological consciousness civilization is not only the premise of coordinating the relationship between man and nature, but also the link of coordinating human internal environmental rights and interests, and the concentrated expression of improving human cognitive ability. To build ecological civilization, the government should first set an example, adhere to the value orientation of ecological rationality, pursue the goal of green governance, establish the concept of green development, guide practice with Scientific Outlook on Development, do a good job in overall planning, organization and coordination of ecological civilization construction, integrate ecological civilization construction into the whole process of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and social construction, promote the coordinated progress of all aspects of modernization, and realize the harmony of economy, society and nature.
Secondly, do a good job in the construction of ecological management civilization and promote the whole society to explore the innovative practice of green exhibitions. The construction of ecological civilization essentially belongs to the field of social public management. Only by integrating the concept of ecological civilization into the process of public management can the government promote the green development of the whole society. To build an ecological management civilization, the government should make great efforts to innovate the green governance mechanism, establish an index system for ecological civilization construction, formulate a medium-and long-term action plan for green development, improve the government performance evaluation mechanism with green GDP as the core, effectively embody the government's green governance concept, and give play to the leading role of the government in promoting green development. At the same time, the government should continue to actively promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, increase the proportion of green economy in the national economic structure, accelerate the development of service industries and high-tech industries, vigorously support the development of strategic emerging industries, strictly control industries with high energy consumption and high emissions, and accelerate the transformation of economic development mode. In addition, the government should take eco-economic benefits as the core basis of public management decision-making, and build a complete policy system to promote green development by formulating green industry development plans, implementing green industry quality certification standards, and establishing a system of paid use of resources, so as to ensure the standardization and long-term effectiveness of government ecological management.
Finally, do a good job in the construction of ecological system civilization and create a good environment for the whole society to participate in the construction of ecological civilization. Ecological system civilization is the result of ecological construction and protection system norms, the yardstick to measure the level of ecological civilization construction and the fundamental guarantee for the healthy development of ecological civilization. To build an ecological system civilization, the government should improve the legal policy system to promote ecological construction, strengthen the legal responsibility of ecological management, realize the harmonious development between man and nature, and promote the coordinated and sustainable development of economy, society and environment; By improving the accountability system for ecological environmental protection, the compensation system for environmental damage, the ecological compensation mechanism and other measures, we will strengthen the ability to guarantee ecological rule of law, improve the initiative of social members to implement ecological system norms, and truly implement the construction of ecological civilization; By improving the green financial system, enriching green tax means, supporting green scientific and technological innovation, giving full play to the reasonable role of government regulation and market regulation, coordinating and integrating various management elements, and creating a good environment for the whole society to serve green development and work together to build ecological civilization; By continuing to promote the pilot work of regional low-carbon development and carbon emission trading, we will classify and summarize the typical models and successful experiences of low-carbon development in different industries and regions, and constantly improve the institutional system of green low-carbon development.
Gathering the power of the whole people to build ecological civilization
The people are the main force in the construction of ecological civilization and bear the main responsibility of the practitioners of ecological civilization construction. As an advanced form of human civilization, ecological civilization covers all the contents of interpersonal harmony, social harmony and harmony between man and nature, and fundamentally embodies the higher interests of social people. At present, how to enjoy the fruits of economic development while enjoying a high-quality and harmonious social ecological environment is still a problem that the general public is highly concerned about and needs to be solved urgently. The construction of ecological civilization is an important part of safeguarding and improving people's livelihood, which meets the actual needs of the people and has won their heartfelt support. The public is the main body of ecological civilization behavior construction. As long as we gather the source power of the whole people to build ecological civilization, we will surely write a beautiful new chapter.
To give full play to the main role of the people in the construction of ecological civilization, we must establish the concept of green life and advocate a green lifestyle. Through the education of ecological civilization values, the popularization of green economy knowledge and the publicity of environmental protection laws and policies, the public's ecological civilization literacy will be improved, and the public's cognition and support for ecological civilization will be improved, so that green development, green consumption and green life will become the public's conscious will and consistent concept. By constructing a natural, healthy, moderate and thrifty green consumption system, we can make the best use of things, recycle and save the environment in the daily life habits of ordinary people. Through the leverage of market regulation means such as green consumption subsidies and carbon taxes, we will guide the public to curb and eliminate the bad habits of extravagance and waste, consciously choose a resource-saving and environment-friendly consumption mode, and make the pursuit of green and low-carbon life a social trend.
To give full play to people's main role in the construction of ecological civilization, it is necessary to gather people's wisdom and expand social management channels. Modern public governance respects the people's dominant position in social management, pays attention to the gathering role of social organizations, and mobilizes the enthusiasm of the public to participate in social construction. Practice at home and abroad shows that all kinds of green public welfare organizations have performed well in advocating the concept of green life, promoting green environmental protection projects and supervising the implementation of environmental protection policies. It has played a very good role in promoting people to change from passive to active, from heteronomy to self-discipline, and guiding people to participate in the construction of ecological civilization in an orderly manner. The government should strengthen communication and cooperation with the public and social organizations, improve the necessary management and incentive measures, guide the public to participate in social construction through green proposals, public interest litigation, voluntary service and other channels, fully express the people's inherent enthusiasm for participating in ecological civilization construction, gather the wisdom of the whole people, and promote the process of ecological civilization construction.
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With the development of science and technology and the deepening of human understanding of the law of social and natural development, it is a natural historical process for human civilization to change from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization and then enter the social and historical development stage of ecological civilization. Therefore, ecological civilization should be the result of the development of human civilization, and has nothing to do with ideology and social system. Just as market economy is an inevitable economic form when social economy develops to a certain stage, it is not the patent of any social system.
Recently, many people have published articles on the necessity, urgency and social significance of ecological civilization construction. However, some people unilaterally emphasize the socialist nature of ecological civilization, think that capitalism cannot promote ecological civilization, and even assert that capitalism is the natural enemy of ecological civilization. I think this view is debatable.
They quoted classics and found theoretical basis from Marx and Engels to prove their views and explain the correctness of their views. Drawing on the words of celebrities or great men as the basis is a common argument method used by many people now.
Of course, Marx and Engels criticized the destruction of primitive capitalist mode of production to the natural environment and resources in those years, but now those who quote classics ignore the most fundamental problem, that is, with the progress of technology and the self-reform of capitalism, the modern capitalist mode of production has been very different from the primitive capitalist mode of production. Criticize modern capitalism with Marx and Engels' criticism of primitive capitalism more than 60 years ago, and draw the conclusion that modern capitalism will inevitably hinder ecological civilization. This conclusion seems a bit biased and arbitrary, which is not in line with the actual situation in today's world.
If we insist on linking ecological civilization with ideology and social system, saying that it is unique to socialism, then uncivilized ecological behavior marked by environmental pollution, resource destruction and ecological destruction should only be unique to capitalism, and socialist countries should not have such behavior. If this inference holds, then we can't explain why socialist countries have environmental pollution and ecological crisis today, while capitalist countries have good environmental ethics and environmental behavior. Moreover, why can sustainable development be different for human beings?
Agricultural civilization, industrial civilization and ecological civilization are not only the historical process of civilization development that human beings have gone through together, but also the continuous sublimation of human understanding of society, nature and themselves from low to high. Therefore, ecological civilization is the common achievement of the development of human civilization. No matter what ideology and social system a country or nation is, it has experienced the historical development process of agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. Everyone has experienced the experience of environmental destruction, resource shortage and ecological crisis. They are all faced with ecological problems of sustainable development and have the same understanding and desire for ecological civilization. Therefore, no matter what kind of social system the country needs for sustainable development, it will definitely enter the ecological civilization together.
Agricultural civilization and industrial civilization are more reflected in technological revolution and progress, while ecological civilization includes not only technological progress, but also ideological, conceptual, moral and cultural progress. Although ideological, moral and cultural categories are influenced by ideology and social system, on the issue of environmental protection and sustainable development, based on the common destiny, conscience and responsibility of mankind, a consensus will also be reached in ideological, moral and cultural aspects. Ecological civilization is human's understanding of thought, morality and culture, which has nothing to do with social system.
From a historical point of view, agricultural civilization and industrial civilization have laid a solid foundation for modern material civilization and spiritual civilization and made great historical contributions. Similarly, modern ecological civilization was born on the basis of agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. Without the development of agricultural civilization and industrial civilization, the birth of ecological civilization is unimaginable. Therefore, ecological civilization originated from industrial civilization and surpassed it. It is the sublation and sublimation of industrial civilization, rather than simple abandonment and arbitrary negation. Our understanding of ecological civilization must not cut off history in order to establish the so-called new socialist culture, new customs, new ideas and new habits, as in the Cultural Revolution, but completely get rid of all the old cultures, old customs, old ideas and old habits in history. Thus causing the ideological and cultural catastrophe in the history of China. We believe that no matter how ecological civilization develops, it is inextricably linked with agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. After all, all the material foundations of our modern life are based on agricultural civilization and industrial civilization, whether it is a socialist country or a capitalist country.
Agricultural civilization and industrial civilization are both industrial civilizations, which directly create material wealth, while ecological civilization is a civilization of thought, morality, culture and values, and a sublimation of the relationship between man and nature that has been neglected in agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. Although it does not directly produce material wealth, it in turn leads and influences agricultural civilization and industrial civilization, and promotes the production of human material wealth, the change of social production mode and the harmony between man and nature. The relationship between the three is substitution, not substitution.
In the ideological treasure house of ancient civilization in China, the philosophy of the unity of man and nature advocates the harmonious relationship between man and nature, which is actually the bud and embryonic form of ecological civilization thought, but it was abandoned by later industrial civilization instead of being inherited and carried forward. The ecological civilization we propose today is not only the inheritance and promotion of Chinese traditional excellent culture, but also the development and innovation of Chinese excellent culture.
From this point of view, the emergence of ecological civilization is not determined by ideology and social system, but the inevitable civilization form and civilization achievement of the development of human society at this stage, which is the expression of human understanding of the relationship between man and nature on the basis of the creation and accumulation of predecessors.
Ecological civilization is not only a beautiful slogan, or just an advanced concept, but also an objective social practice, which is not only manifested in a country's policies, guiding ideology, development strategy, development mode and production mode, but also in a group or individual's thoughts, culture, morality, values and behavior. These are only related to the development level of a country or the degree of social civilization of citizens, and have nothing to do with social system and ideology. Of course, in countries with different social systems, different levels of economic development and different levels of ecological civilization, the form and degree of practicing ecological civilization will be different, but the connotation of ecological civilization is the same. Otherwise, we can't understand the human behavior of publishing the Declaration on Human Environment at the first human environment conference, putting forward the sustainable development strategy at the second human environment conference, and then signing a number of global environmental protection conventions.
Not everything in the world is related to ideology or social system. If we always observe everything with the colored eyes of ideology and label everything with social system and ideology, we may have wrong understanding and behavior, just as we did not admit that there is environmental pollution in socialist countries at the beginning, but we still have to respect objective facts and take the increasingly serious environmental problems seriously in the end. We should learn from the past and not always make the mistake of amnesia.
Nowadays, in the face of the worsening ecological environment and the urgent task of ecological civilization construction, we don't need to spend a lot of time discussing whether ecological civilization is a socialist patent, but should practice, innovate and enrich the theoretical treasure house and profound connotation of ecological civilization according to the ideas and thoughts of ecological civilization put forward by the 17th National Congress. Let ecological civilization not only become the gorgeous flower of modern civilization, but also become the fruitful fruit of contemporary social practice. This is much more meaningful than sitting there and discussing the ideological attributes of ecological civilization in an empty way.