Beijing, May 20 (Reporter Liu Huimin) According to the Voice of China report, the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference was held in Beijing from 18th to 19th. This is the first national conference with the theme of ecological environmental protection since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and its importance is self-evident.

　　At the meeting, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, comprehensively summed up the historic achievements and changes in China’s ecological civilization construction and ecological environment protection since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, profoundly expounded the great significance of strengthening ecological civilization construction, clearly put forward the important principles that must be adhered to in strengthening ecological civilization construction, and made comprehensive arrangements for strengthening ecological environment protection and fighting a tough battle against pollution. What important information was released at this conference? How to draw a new picture of beautiful China in the future?

　　From 1973 to 2011, China held seven national environmental protection conferences. The word "ecology" was added to the name of this year’s conference for the first time, and the conference specifications exceeded the past. Lu Jun, Party Secretary and Vice President of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, believes that this shows that the central government attaches great importance to ecological environmental protection.

　　The army said that this meeting was the first national ecological environmental protection conference convened by the CPC Central Committee. Adding the word "ecology" is also related to institutional reform. Simple environmental protection can’t solve big problems, and it must be combined with ecology. "All the Standing Committee members in Beijing attended, and the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech. It should be said that the specifications are unprecedented. The meeting systematically and completely put forward the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, which I think is also the most important achievement of the conference. "

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has carried out a series of fundamental, pioneering and long-term work to promote historic, turning and overall changes in ecological environmental protection. In his speech, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that, on the whole, the quality of China’s ecological environment has continued to improve, showing a steady and positive trend, but the results are not stable. He also used "critical period", "critical period" and "window period" to describe the current situation faced by ecological civilization construction.

　　Wu Shunze, secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the description of the "three phases" not only talked about the arduousness of the task of waiting for no one, but also talked about the extreme importance of accelerating the completion of the shortcomings of ecological protection, and also talked about the objective foundation with conditions and capabilities. Unify thoughts for the whole party and the whole country, face difficulties and strengthen confidence.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that the ecological environment is a major political issue related to the mission and purpose of the Party and a major social issue related to people’s livelihood. To promote the construction of ecological civilization in the new era, we must adhere to six principles.

　　Wu Shunze believes that these six principles are actually the essence of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought. He said: "The first one insisted on the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. You can’t just talk about taking from nature, but don’t talk about input; Can’t just talk about utilization, not repair; We can’t just talk about development, not protection. The second one insisted on Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. This is related to the core path, and actually reveals the essential relationship between development and protection. The third insistence is actually about who and the purpose of development. This time, it is clearly put forward that ecology benefits the people, ecology benefits the people and ecology serves the people, which is the most fundamental starting point or foothold of development. The fourth systematic thinking, which insists on overall consideration and overall policy, is actually a question of basic strategy and methodology. The fifth insistence points out a key point. We must take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, improve the institutional system and enhance the binding force of the system. The sixth insistence involves a global outlook, and building an ecological civilization is the common dream of mankind. "

　　In his speech, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader also proposed to speed up the construction of an ecological civilization system. The Army said that, specifically, the ecological civilization system referred to by the Supreme Leader General Secretary includes five aspects: ecological culture system, ecological economy system, target responsibility system, system of ecological civilization system and ecological security system. Among them, many are new formulations.

　　The army said that speeding up the establishment and improvement of an eco-cultural system based on ecological values has never been mentioned before and should be raised to a cultural level. The eco-economic system with industrial ecologicalization and eco-industrialization as the main body has laid the foundation for high-quality development. For example, how to turn green mountains and green hills into Jinshan Yinshan? There is a process in the middle, that is, to industrialize ecology and establish an ecological economic system. There are system of ecological civilization system and target responsibility system. Finally, an ecological security system focusing on the virtuous cycle of ecosystem and effective prevention and control of environmental risks is put forward, and environmental security and ecological security are regarded as an important part of China’s overall security. In the army’s view, the construction of the five systems is several important contents of the next ecological civilization construction system.

　　By speeding up the construction of an ecological civilization system, the Supreme Leader General Secretary clearly put forward the goals to be achieved by 2035 and by the middle of this century. Wu Shunze believes that these two phased goals are different in both degree and field.

　　Wu Shunze analyzed that by 2035, the quality of ecological environment will be fundamentally improved, and the goal of beautiful China will be basically achieved. If you look closely, the goal of 2035 is basically that the ecological environment quality itself is more. As for the goal in the middle of this century, it is proposed that the ecological civilization will be improved in an all-round way, the green development mode and lifestyle will be formed in an all-round way, man and nature will coexist harmoniously, and the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity in the field of ecological environment will be fully realized. In addition to environmental quality, it also involves the level of ecological civilization, the way of development and lifestyle, and the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, including the modernization of governance system and governance capacity, with more comprehensive fields and richer connotations.

　　As an important part of the new development concept, green development was also mentioned again by the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader at the meeting. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader also stressed that solving outstanding ecological environment problems should be regarded as a priority area of people’s livelihood, including winning the blue sky defense war, implementing the action plan for water pollution prevention and control in depth, fully implementing the action plan for soil pollution prevention and control, and continuously carrying out rural human settlements improvement actions.

　　Wu Shunze analyzed: "The air, water, soil and rural areas are actually the shortcomings of the ecological environment, or one of the shortcomings of building a well-off society in an all-round way is the ecological environment, and the shortcomings of the ecological environment are concentrated in these key areas. In fact, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, these aspects have also been the key areas that we have made great efforts to promote. In other words, on the basis of past work, we should continue to attack hard, highlight key points, speed up the filling of shortcomings, and achieve such an effect of building a well-off society in an all-round way. "

　　The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader also pointed out that it is necessary to effectively prevent ecological and environmental risks, accelerate the reform of the ecological civilization system, and improve the level of environmental governance. He stressed that it is a big battle, a tough battle and a bitter battle to fight the tough battle against pollution, with tight time, heavy tasks and great difficulties, and the leadership of the Party must be strengthened. The main leaders of local party committees and governments at all levels are the first responsible persons for ecological environment protection in their respective administrative areas. For those leading cadres who damage the ecological environment, we must really pursue responsibility, dare to pursue responsibility, and strictly pursue responsibility, so as to achieve lifelong accountability.

　　Wu Shunze believes that to fight the battle against pollution, party committees and governments at all levels and their relevant departments must shoulder the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction and ecological environmental protection. It is in line with objective laws and basic national conditions to regard the results of ecological environment assessment as an important basis for cadres’ rewards and punishments and promotion and use, and to implement lifelong accountability, which is also a "bull’s nose" to solve China’s ecological environment protection system and the biggest institutional magic weapon. Two of them are very important, one is negative example, the other is positive motivation. It is necessary to severely punish a number of negative examples, and sometimes it is better to publicize it a thousand times than to be accountable. At the same time, the positive incentive effect is also very important, so that those who improve the environment will benefit and cadres who make greater efforts to improve the quality of the ecological environment will be promoted. It is necessary to weaken the baton function of GDP assessment, and at the same time strengthen the baton function of green performance assessment, and form a correct view of performance through assessment and accountability. In this way, there will be a good foundation for fighting a tough battle in the next 2-3 years.

　　Yesterday, the State Council held a press conference, and Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, was invited to introduce the national economy in the first three quarters of 2023.

　　At the meeting, he disclosed data showing that, according to preliminary accounting, the gross domestic product in the first three quarters was 91,302.7 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2% at constant prices. "Overall, the national economy continued to recover in the first three quarters. However, we must also see that the economic recovery still needs to be consolidated. "

　　The contribution rate of consumption expenditure to economic growth is 83.2%

　　Sheng Laiyun said that in the first three quarters, the national economy continued to recover and steadily advanced to good and high-quality development.

　　According to preliminary accounting, the GDP in the first three quarters was 91,302.7 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2% at constant prices. Quarterly, GDP increased by 4.5% in the first quarter, 6.3% in the second quarter and 4.9% in the third quarter. From the ring comparison, the GDP in the third quarter increased by 1.3%.

　　Among them, in the first three quarters, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than that in the first half of the year. From January to August, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide decreased by 11.7% year-on-year, which was 5.1 percentage points narrower than that in the first half of the year. In the first three quarters, the added value of service industry increased by 6.0% year-on-year.

　　In the first three quarters, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 34,210.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%. In September, the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 5.5% year-on-year, 0.9 percentage points faster than the previous month, and the growth rate accelerated for two consecutive months. In addition, in the first three quarters, the national consumer price (CPI) rose by 0.4% year on year.

　　As for the "troika" of economic growth, he explained that the contribution rate of final consumption expenditure to economic growth in the first three quarters was 83.2%, driving GDP growth by 4.4 percentage points; The contribution rate of total capital formation to economic growth is 29.8%, which drives GDP growth by 1.6 percentage points; The contribution rate of import and export of goods and services to economic growth is -13.0%, which pulls down GDP by 0.7 percentage points.

　　Imports and exports to countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road" increased by 3.1%

　　Regarding the investment situation, Sheng Laiyun said that in the first three quarters, the national fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) was 375.035 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; After deducting the price factor, it increased by 6.0% year-on-year. Among them, investment in real estate development decreased by 9.1%. The national commercial housing sales area was 848.06 million square meters, down 7.5% year-on-year; The sales of commercial housing reached 8,907 billion yuan, down 4.6%.

　　In view of the development of the real estate industry, Sheng Laiyun emphasized that from 2003 to 2020, China’s real estate continued to maintain a high-speed growth, which made important contributions to the high-speed growth and medium-high-speed growth of China’s economy in that period. However, real estate, like other industries, can’t keep high growth continuously, and it’s normal to make adjustments. This adjustment is conducive to eliminating backward production capacity, structural optimization, and especially to the high-quality development of the real estate industry. The sustained and high-quality development of real estate still has strong support. Judging from the development stage of China, we are still in the stage of economic transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, and our rigid demand and improvement demand are still relatively large.

　　Regarding the import and export situation, Sheng Laiyun said that in the first three quarters, the total import and export volume of goods was 308.021 billion yuan, down 0.2% year-on-year. Among them, the export was 176025 billion yuan, an increase of 0.6%; Imports reached 13,199.6 billion yuan, down 1.2%. Imports and exports offset each other, with a trade surplus of 4,402.9 billion yuan. Among them, the import and export of countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road" increased by 3.1%, accounting for 46.5% of the total import and export.

　　The improvement of population quality provides guarantee for high-quality development

　　The data shows that in the first three quarters, the national urban survey unemployment rate averaged 5.3%. In September, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, falling for two consecutive months. In the first three quarters, the per capita disposable income of national residents was 29,398 yuan, a nominal increase of 6.3% year-on-year; After deducting the price factor, it actually increased by 5.9%.

　　On the issue of population, he also responded that the total population grew negatively for the first time last year, but our total population is still relatively large, especially the working-age population is nearly 900 million.

　　In addition, the quality of the population is really improving now. "According to the latest data, the average length of education of the working-age population has reached 10.93 years, nearly 11 years. Although the population has declined, the quality of our population has improved faster, which provides a good resource guarantee for the high-quality development of China’s economy. "

　　Text/Reporter Yan Li Coordinator/Xu Feng

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　　I am very confident in achieving the expected goal for the whole year.

　　As for the economic performance in the first three quarters, Sheng Laiyun explained that the overall recovery continued to improve, especially from the situation in the third quarter, and the overall recovery of economic recovery became more obvious.

　　He said that GDP grew by 4.9% in the third quarter, which was slower than the year-on-year growth rate in the second quarter, mainly because of the rise of the comparative base last year. In terms of chain growth rate, it increased by 1.3% in the third quarter of this year, 0.8 percentage points faster than that in the second quarter, and the growth continued to recover. "This growth rate is among the best in major international economies, both year-on-year growth rate and cumulative growth rate in the first three quarters."

　　He also mentioned that foreign trade was better than expected. Judging from the actual operation, the decline in the third quarter was significantly narrowed, which was better than expected, which provided important support for the stable recovery of the economy. In addition, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays just past, both the number of people traveling, tourism consumption, accommodation and catering income data maintained a strong growth momentum, which showed that the activity of China’s economic market increased and the potential and vitality of market consumption were highlighted.

　　He also disclosed that according to our preliminary calculation, if we want to achieve the expected target for the whole year, as long as it increases by more than 4.4% in the fourth quarter, we can guarantee to achieve the expected target of about 5% for the whole year. "From this perspective, we are very confident in achieving the expected goals for the whole year."