A good ecological environment is the goal of Jiangsu's high-level and comprehensive construction of a well-off society. On this land of picturesque beauty, Jiangsu people have filled the construction of a new Jiangsu with the endless charm of "poems and distant places".
The Wushan Riverside section of the Yangtze River in Nantong City used to have a dirty, chaotic and poor environment. After a period of ecological restoration and protection, this place has now become a beautiful coastline.
Last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke highly of the great changes when going on an inspection tour on the ecological and environmental protection of the Yangtze River.
The tremendous changes in the Wushan and Yangtze River areas in Nantong reflected the initial results of Jiangsu's adherence to ecological priority, green development, and strengthening of the protection of the Yangtze River.
3110 chemical companies were shut down in eight cities along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, and trees and green vegetation were planted over 920 thousand mu along the Yangtze River.
14,887 fishermen in the main stream of the Yangtze River and protected areas in Jiangsu have given up fishing for a living.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Jiangsu has thoroughly implemented the Xi Jinping Thought on ecological civilization and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches on Jiangsu’s work, striving to promote the balanced development of high-quality economic development and high-level protection of the ecological environment.
Taking "a more beautiful ecological environment" as one of the six goals of building a well-off society at a high level in an all-round way, and systematically planning for carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality, the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Government have strived to promote the construction of ecological civilization to a new level.
Jiangsu has made coordinated efforts to promote the improvement of rural houses in northern Jiangsu, the construction of characteristic rural villages, and the protection of traditional villages to ensure that the countryside carries and inherits the beautiful homesickness.
Today, Jiangsu has the largest scale of energy conservation and environmental protection industry in China. Its green buildings account for a quarter of China’s total. It ranks foremost in the number of demonstration cities and counties for ecological civilization construction. The people of Jiangsu have formed a highly conscious and broad consensus on the construction of ecological civilization.
