Xi Jinping Composing the "Song of the Yangtze River" in the New Era"

For many years, General Secretary Xi Jinping's gaze has always been focused on the magnificent Yangtze River with surging waves, contemplating the dialectical law of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and mapping out the path of development that will keep the mother river of the Chinese nation vibrant forever.

In April 2018, Xi Jinping visited the Yangtze River (Source: Xinhua)

"Those who do not seek the world are not enough for a while; those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough for a domain." From the local to the central government, Xi Jinping has always been deeply attached to the Yangtze River. From the source of the three rivers in the west to Chongming Island in the east, he has traveled all over the river.

Fresh Fujian, Fujian water is vast. As early as 2001, Xi Jinping, then governor of Fujian Province, proposed that Fujian "should pay attention to finding its own position from the overall situation of national development, and connect the prosperity belt on the west coast of the Straits under construction with the east coast of the Straits, and connect with the adjacent Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta".

Poetry and painting Zhejiang, mountains and rivers show. During his tenure as secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Xi Jinping repeatedly discussed the strategy of promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region. In May 2004, he led a party and government delegation from Zhejiang Province to inspect Sichuan, Chongqing and Wuhan along the Yangtze River.

On the banks of Chongming Island, rivers and seas meet. In May 2007, Xi Jinping had just completed two months of work in Shanghai. When planning the future development of Shanghai, he proposed to "think and plan in the overall deployment of the country for the development of the Yangtze River Delta region".

Xi Jinping visited Wuhan in July 2013 (Source: Xinhua)

Jingchu land, rivers crisscross. In July 2013, Xi Jinping braved the heavy rain to go to the Yangluo container port area of Wuhan Xingang, rolled up his trouser legs, held an umbrella, and asked while watching. He stressed that the Yangtze River Basin should strengthen cooperation, give full play to the role of inland navigation, and turn the whole basin into a golden waterway.

Liangjiang New District is full of vigor and vitality. On the afternoon of January 4, 2016, Xi Jinping came to the frontier platform of Chongqing Orchard Port to inspect the Yangtze River shipping and port loading and unloading operations. During the inspection, he also held a symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Jingchu Sanxiang, full of green. In April 2018, Xi Jinping passed through Jingzhou and entered Yueyang, inspected the Yangtze River, took the development of the Yangtze River economic belt, and encouraged everyone to protect the clear water of a river.

The Yangtze River nourishes Chinese civilization and witnesses national rejuvenation. Looking at the Yangtze River is also looking at China. To take the pulse of the development of the Yangtze River economic belt is also to lay the road to national rejuvenation. In April 2018, Xi Jinping made a clear statement at the symposium on in-depth promotion of the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt: "Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee. It is a major strategy related to the overall development of the country. 'The goal of struggle and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are of great significance."

The "First Bay of the Yangtze River" under the green trees and farmland in Shigu Town, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province (Source: Xinhuanet)

Looking to the future, how will the Yangtze River Economic Belt develop? Xi Jinping indicates the direction:

"To promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we must consider the long-term interests of the Chinese nation, take the road of ecological priority and green development, so that the green waters and green mountains will produce huge ecological, economic and social benefits, and the mother river will remain vigorous forever."

"at present and for quite a long time in the future, it is necessary to put the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position, pay attention to large-scale protection, and not engage in large-scale development."

"Not to engage in large-scale development is not to avoid development, but not to engage in destructive development, and to take the road of ecological priority and green development."

"We will never allow the ecological environment of the Yangtze River to continue to deteriorate in the hands of our generation. We must leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River for future generations!"

"We must be determined to move out all polluting enterprises along the Yangtze River. The relocation of enterprises must be clear of people, equipment, garbage, and land, so as to completely eradicate the hidden dangers of pollution in the Yangtze River."

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The words are so powerful that the sound is heard.

"Ecological priority, green development", the eight words are clear-cut, providing ideological guidance and action guidance for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

"Grasp great protection together and do not engage in large-scale development." The ten words are enlightening and set the tone and rules for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Milu deer released in the wild run in the Poyang Lake wetland in Jiangxi Province (Source: Xinhua)

The river is rolling eastward, the river bank is yellow and green, and the Yangtze River is changing day after day.

In the first half of 2018, the proportion of excellent (Class I to Class III) water quality in the Yangtze River Economic Belt was 74%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from 2017; the proportion of inferior V water quality was 2.4, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from 2017.

Yichang City, which used to "surround the river with chemical industry", now vacates nearly 1,000 meters of coastline and weeping willows along the river.

Once "illegal sand and gravel" repeatedly banned in Yueyang City, now reeds green, water Qinghe Yan, finless porpoise prancing.

Once a sandbar with yellow sand all over the sky and no grass, now grass grows and warblers fly, cattle and sheep shuttle.

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General Secretary Xi Jinping has embodied the construction of a beautiful China in the Yangtze River Basin and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has comprehensively designed a beautiful blueprint and scientific path for the production development, affluent life and good ecology of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Night view of Yangzhou Slender West Lake along the Yangtze River. (Source: Xinhua)

compose a new chapter

Ideas lead the way forward, strategic layout of the future. "Make the Yangtze River Economic Belt a new force leading the high-quality development of China's economy." A new horn is blowing in the new age.

For the sake of the vast eastward flow of clear water in this river, a series of solid and effective actions have been implemented on the ground--

Jiangxi Province, the effectiveness of illegal wharf remediation into the city and county high-quality development performance assessment;

Sichuan vacate cages for birds and accelerate the conversion of new and old kinetic energy;

Chongqing actively cultivate new industries, focusing on intelligent development;

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A new initiative has brought a new atmosphere to the Yangtze River--

Accelerated economic development. In the past two years, the economic growth rate of provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been higher than the national average. In the first quarter of 2018, the economic growth rate of 8 provinces in China exceeded 8%, and the provinces along the Yangtze River economic belt occupied 6 seats.

The management of the waterway system of the Yangtze River trunk line has been promoted in an orderly manner, and the function of the golden waterway has been continuously improved; a number of major projects such as the Guikun section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway have been completed and put into operation, and the construction of the comprehensive transportation network has achieved remarkable results.

The industrial transformation and upgrading of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been accelerating, and the new generation of information technology industries such as integrated circuits, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence in Chongqing, Wuhan, Hefei and other regions have accelerated development; the level of opening up has continued to improve, and the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone has made new progress......

The road to high-quality development is getting wider and wider--

The guidance on establishing and improving the long-term mechanism of ecological compensation and protection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is issued and implemented, and the horizontal ecological compensation mechanism in the provinces along the Yangtze River is being studied and established;

The negative list management system of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been consulted by provinces and cities along the Yangtze River and relevant departments, and is being revised and improved;

the process of legislation on the protection of the chang jiang has been accelerating;

The coordinated development system and mechanism of provinces and cities along the Yangtze River continue to innovate and improve...

Aerial photography of cargo ships on the Yangtze River, containers placed in an orderly manner on the dock (Source: Xinhua)

The great river flows day and night, and the generous song is not over. In the new era, a magnificent song of the new Yangtze River is singing on the mother river. Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the Yangtze River Economic Belt will surely become a new engine for my country's high-quality economic development.

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