CGTN: What's high on China's agenda for development?
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BEIJING, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
China has entered a stage of high-quality development, and the southern
province of Hainan is spearheading the country's efforts to balance
environmental protection and development.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been in Hainan since Sunday, placing
ecological conservation, rural revitalization and food security high on the
agenda during his inspection.
National park system
When inspecting a section of the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park on
Monday in the city of Wuzhishan, President Xi stressed the importance of
boosting national park development in Hainan.
He also highlighted the need to fully understand the strategic significance of
Hainan's national park development to the country, and urged continuous and
solid efforts in this regard.
Following the principle of "ecological protection first," China in 2017
unveiled the overall plan for establishing its new national park system in an
effort to promote human-nature harmony, biodiversity conservation and
sustainable development.
Last year, the Chinese leader announced the official designation of the
country's first group of national parks when delivering a keynote speech via
video link at the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15). The Hainan Tropical
Rainforest National Park is one of them.
The national park spans nine cities and counties, covering a total area of over
4,000 square km. It is home to the most concentrated and well-preserved
tropical rainforests in China and the only habitat for Hainan gibbons, the
world's rarest primates.
Unlike ordinary national parks, the designated national parks are part of the
country's "red line" strategy for ecological conservation and subject to the
strictest possible protection measures.
With the national park system taking shape in the world's most populous
country, China has taken a solid step toward a future where all beings can live
in harmony and flourish through a system of protected areas with national parks
as the mainstay.
Rural revitalization in full swing
During his inspection tours across the country, the Chinese president always
stopped to chat with rural families. On Monday, he walked into the homes of
local ethnic Li people in Maona, a village in the city of Wuzhishan, and had
cordial exchanges with local officials and villagers.
In Maona's public square, the locals extended a warm welcome to Xi.
"We have attained a moderately prosperous society in all respects and are
marching toward modernization and promoting common prosperity," Xi said, urging
solid efforts to consolidate poverty alleviation achievements and align them
with the full advancement of rural revitalization.
China is continuing efforts for rural development, with the Report on the Work
of the Government released in March emphasizing boosting agricultural
production and promoting all-around rural revitalization in 2022.
Xi also called on Party officials to make "every possible effort" to ensure
that people can live happy lives, saying Party officials should not harbor any
selfish interests, and they should devote themselves to the improvement of
people's lives.
"What the Communist Party of China cares about is how to make sure the lives of
Chinese people of all ethnic groups are getting better every day."
'Chinese seeds'
China's food security can only be safeguarded when seed resources are firmly
held in our own hands, President Xi said while inspecting the city of Sanya on
Sunday, calling for working toward food self-sufficiency and advancing the
country's seed sector.
"To ensure that China's seed resources are self-supporting and under better
control, self-reliance must be achieved in seed technology," he said.
However, Xi acknowledged that the process would take time. "It takes 10 years
to sharpen a sword," said Xi, quoting a Chinese saying.
Highlighting the strategic significance of the related work, he called for
carrying forward the spirit of scientists and researchers of the older
generations, including Yuan Longping (1930-2021), who was known for developing
the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s and staving off hunger for
millions.
In the newly-unveiled "No. 1 Central Document," the first policy statement
released by China's central authorities this year, the country has outlined
seed industry development as one of its policy priorities, with specific moves
such as implementing an action plan on the seed industry, promoting germplasm
collection and enhancing intellectual property protection in the sector.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-04-12/Xi-inspects-Wuzhishan-in-Hainan-19aEjvCVVzG/index.html
Source: CGTN
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