On the occasion of the first National Ecological Day, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission made important instructions and emphasized that the construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and a major political issue related to the party's mission and purpose. The issue is a major social issue related to people's livelihood and well-being. On the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, we should maintain the strategic determination to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization, pay attention to the simultaneous promotion of high-quality development and high-level protection, take the "double carbon" work as the guide, promote the dual control of energy consumption to the dual control of carbon emissions, continuously promote the green and low-carbon transformation of production mode and lifestyle, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, We will comprehensively promote the construction of beautiful China.

Xi Jinping hopes that the whole society will take action and be an active disseminator and model practitioner of the concept of Jinshan and Yinshan.

The first National Ecological Day home event was held in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province on the 15th. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony of the event, conveyed Xi Jinping's important instructions and delivered a speech. Ding Xuexiang said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has taken the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and has carried out a series of pioneering work, with great determination and strength. The results are unprecedented, and the achievements of ecological civilization construction have attracted worldwide attention. It has become a remarkable symbol of historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the party and the country in the new era. In the new era and new journey, we must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thoughts on ecological civilization, put the construction of a beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a powerful country and national rejuvenation, support high-quality development with a high quality ecological environment, and accelerate the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. It is necessary to persevere in the battle of pollution prevention and control, in-depth defense of blue sky, clear water, and pure land, and continue to improve the quality of the ecological environment; adhere to green and low-carbon development as a fundamental solution to ecological and environmental problems, and accelerate the formation of resource conservation and environmental protection Spatial pattern, industrial structure, production methods, and lifestyle; adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, grasses and sand, and sand, and sand, and focus on improving ecosystem diversity, stability, and sustainability; actively and steadily promote carbon neutrality, achieve carbon reduction in development and achieve higher quality development in carbon reduction; continue to promote the modernization of the ecological environment governance system and governance capacity, and improve the construction of a beautiful China guarantee system. It is necessary to take the National Ecological Day home event as an opportunity to further deepen the popularization of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thoughts, raise the awareness of ecological civilization in the whole society, enhance the ideological and action consciousness of the whole people's ecological environmental protection, and promote the formation of everyone, everything, all the time, and everywhere. A good social atmosphere of advocating ecological civilization.

On June 28, 2023, the third meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress passed a decision to establish August 15 as the National Ecological Day. The first National Ecological Day home event was jointly organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Ecological Environment and other departments and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province. The theme was "Green Water and Green Mountains Are Jinshan and Silver Mountains".