In the past five years, the city of Zhenjiang has implemented the "ecological priority and green development" strategy, making green low-carbon a feature of high-quality development of Zhenjiang in the new era, and promoting ecological core competitiveness of Zhenjiang with ecological development.
A river dredging project is being carried out in two rivers on Shiye Island and expected for completion in mid-December.
Wu Gang, head of agricultural machinery station, Shiye Town
When the project is completed the watercourse will become wider and the water quality will be greatly improved With the construction of the ecological retaining wall there will be no water and soil erosion while the greening will be added to beautify the environment.
In the past five years since General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the island, the township government has launched an overall environmental revolution to upgrade the rural toilets and sewage systems, lay underground pipelines and construct cement roads.
In Shiye Island, the environmental change is not limited to blue sky and green water. It is more about improving the overall living environment. Take the Huanqingzhou Village as an example. While improving the village environment, it has also built a new cultural square and a fitness park, enabling the local people to feel the happiness brought by the change of ecological environment.
Riding the rollercoaster of the low carbon city campaign, Shiye Town has also actively built a "near-zero carbon demonstration zone" in a bid to vigorously promote photovoltaic solar grid-connected power generation, straw burning prevention and comprehensive utilization of crops.
The environmental overhaul along the Yangtze River and closure of illegal shipyards has paved the way for the construction of wetland parks, and reserve space for the settlement of green industry projects.
Huang Guodong, deputy CPC secretary of Shiye Town
We have explored the development path of "efficient agriculture + tourism" by expanding ecological advantages introducing a group of green industries to develop the local economy with high quality and at the same time continue to fight the pollution along the Yangtze River so as to contribute to the high-quality development.
In the past five years, 345 polluting enterprises have been closed in Zhenjiang, and five heavily polluted cement plants have been shut down.
The city has also appointed river-chiefs at the municipal, county, township and village levels for 3902 rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
In the meantime, Zhenjiang has accelerated the construction of a green and low-carbon circular economic system, and has taken the lead in achieving the full coverage of the cyclical transformation of the economic development zones at or above the provincial level in the province.
Zhenjiang has taken the lead in the country to establish a low-carbon city construction management cloud platform to enable the city to go global with an ecological low-carbon image.
As one of the key emerging strategic industries in Zhenjiang, the new energy industry has formed a strong agglomeration effect. In the past, the Zhenjiang base of BAIC Group mainly produced traditional cars. With the diversified energy structure shifting to clean energy and the transformation and development of the automotive industry, it is becoming a production base for new energy and intelligent connected cars for BAIC Group.
