In a congratulatory letter to China's Host events for the 2022 Environment Day, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the importance of coordinating pollution control, ecological protection and climate change, striving to build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony, and making greater contribution to building a clean and beautiful world. The congratulatory letter from the General Secretary has provided a strong impetus for us to fight the critical battle against pollution and improve the quality of the ecological environment.
Since the eighteenth congress, the party central committee with comrade xi for the core comprehensively strengthen leadership over the construction of ecological civilization and ecological environment protection, carry out a series of fundamental, pioneering, a long-term work, promote the reality of the pollution control measures, strength of large, outstanding achievements of unprecedented, pollution prevention and control of the successful completion of the completed stage task goal, For the first time, the average annual concentration of all six environmental air quality indicators has dropped year on year, strengthening the green background and quality of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
A sound ecological environment is an inherent requirement for sustainable development of the Chinese nation, a priority area for improving people's well-being, and an important foundation for building a beautiful China. At present, compared with the expectations of the general public for clean air, clean drinking water, safe food and a beautiful environment, China still faces problems such as tight resource constraints, serious environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation. It is a long way to go to continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment. This requires us to take a highly responsible attitude and responsibility to the people and future generations, and promote sustained, stable and improved environmental quality.
We will continue to implement coordinated efforts to reduce pollution and carbon emissions. We need to focus on reducing carbon emissions as the source of governance, so as to effectively transfer the improvement of ecological and environmental quality to more focus on prevention and control at the source, and strive to reduce pollutant emissions and improve ecological and environmental quality at the source. We will intensify efforts to achieve carbon neutrality at peak carbon intensity, promote the transition to clean and low-carbon energy, resolutely curb the blind development of energy intensive and high-emission projects, promote clean production and energy-efficient use of energy and resources, and accelerate the formation of green and low-carbon lifestyles. At the same time, we will accelerate the establishment and improvement of an economic system for green, low-carbon and circular development and promote all-round green transformation in economic and social development.
We will uphold higher standards in our efforts to protect our blue skies, clear waters, and clean land. We must take targeted, scientific, and law-based measures to combat pollution, strictly prohibit the use of a one-size-fits-all approach, and work hard to maintain intensity, expand depth, and expand scope. We will focus on achieving breakthroughs in pollution prevention and control in key areas, areas, and key indicators, and move faster to solve prominent ecological and environmental problems, so that the people will feel tangible improvements in the quality of the environment. We will continue to expand areas of challenge, accelerate efforts to strengthen weak links in the control of ozone pollution, intensify efforts to control noise pollution and other pollutants, explore the control of new pollutants, strengthen integrated management of water resources, water environment, and water ecology, work harder to prevent and control soil pollution on agricultural land and safely use it, and steadily advance the development of "waste-free cities".
We will continue to promote ecological protection and restoration in a coordinated manner. We will continue to improve the quality and stability of ecosystems, carry out major projects to protect and restore important ecosystems, improve the system of protected natural areas with national parks as the main body and the biodiversity protection network, and step up efforts to protect and save rare and endangered wildlife. We will carry out large-scale afforestation campaigns, and make scientific and comprehensive progress in bringing desertification, stony deserts, and soil erosion under control. We will establish and improve the monitoring mechanism for ecological damage caused by the red line for ecological protection, strengthen monitoring and assessment of ecological conditions in the red line for ecological protection and key ecological function areas at county levels, and effectively guard against major ecological and environmental risks.
"Those who have a long way to go should not choose the right place." There is no end to environmental improvement. As long as we have the spirit to seize the day, the determination to persevere, and the determination to forge ahead and overcome all difficulties, we will see more blue skies and clear waters on our land, more beautiful mountains and rivers, and a new picture of ecological progress on an even greater scale.