Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for breaking new ground in ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when he convened a symposium in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province.
At the symposium, Xi listened to work reports and suggestions from the director of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Party heads of Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan provinces, and then delivered an important speech.
In his speech, Xi hailed the achievements made since the CPC Central Committee put forward the Yellow River ecological conservation and high-quality development strategy.
He said that many highlights, such as the improvement in local environment, water security, food security and energy security, have elevated the cause of ecological conservation and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin to a higher starting point, but warned that there are still issues that need to be solved with more efforts. The Chinese president stressed the need to continuously improve the comprehensive and coordinated ecological protection efforts in the Yellow River basin, so as to build a national system of ecological security shields.
Xi called for the implementation of the most strict system for water resource protection and utilization, and a higher level of water resource conservation and intensive utilization.
The disaster prevention and reduction system should be further improved to ensure the safety of the Yellow River, Xi stressed. Xi pointed out that it is necessary to promote a comprehensive green transformation of the development mode, and build a modern industrial system with special advantages in the Yellow River basin.
Xi emphasized the need to comprehensively deepen reform and expand opening-up to add impetus to high-quality development in the region.
New urbanization and rural revitalization should be advanced in a coordinated way to steadily improve people's well-being, Xi pointed out.
Stressing that the Yellow River basin is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, Xi said it is necessary to protect and promote the Yellow River culture and pass on the heritage of history, civilization, and the Chinese nation. Xi urged more guidance and support for coordinated regional development from the central government, and more efforts from provinces and regions along the Yellow River.
He also called on local authorities to earnestly implement the CPC Central Committee's deployment and major measures for economic work, and strive to achieve this year's development targets. Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang also delivered a speech at the symposium, and urged efforts in green development, promoting new quality productive forces, and comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, saying they will inject strong impetus and vitality into ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin.
Xi urges breaking new ground in Yellow River basin eco conservation, high-quality development
Xi urges breaking new ground in Yellow River basin eco conservation, high-quality development
