Ecological civilization shapes nation's future
Top leaders vowed to accelerate the building of ecological civilization at a Tuesday meeting. The concept, which embodies the top leadership's vision in charting the country's new development path, has a far-reaching significance for China's economic and social development.
The pursuit of an ecological civilization, which covers economic, political, social and cultural aspects, is different from the West's industrialization. Unlike the Western countries which only began to address environmental problems after they became rich and transferred their highly polluting manufacturing to developing countries, China has to blaze a new trail in order to achieve sustainable development.
After more than three decades of economic success, environmental degradation and other adverse effects of the scale-based mode of growth have become an obstacle for economic and social development.
