We must deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, establish the "four beams and eight pillars" of the ecological civilization system as soon as possible, and put the construction of ecological civilization on the track of institutionalization and legalization.

——In December 2016, Xi Jinping made important instructions on the construction of ecological civilization

We must deepen the reform of the ecological civilization system, strengthen the legal and policy guarantees for green development, and improve the natural resource asset property rights system and laws and regulations. We must improve the management of binding indicators for environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction, and establish a stable financial investment mechanism. We must fully implement the pollution permit system, promote the market-based trading of pollution rights, energy use rights, water use rights, and carbon emission rights, and establish a sound risk control mechanism. We must vigorously promote green civilization, enhance the awareness of conservation, environmental protection, and ecology among the whole people, advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle, and transform the construction of a beautiful China into a conscious action of all the people.

——Speech by Xi Jinping at the 29th collective study session of the 19th CPC Central Political Bureau on April 30, 2021

In terms of the reform of the ecological civilization system, it is proposed to improve the basic system of ecological civilization, improve the ecological environment governance system, and improve the green and low-carbon development mechanism; it is proposed to implement a regional, differentiated, and precise ecological environment management system, improve the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism, implement fiscal, tax, financial, investment, and price policies and standards systems that support green and low-carbon development, and accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system.

——In July 2024, Xi Jinping's explanation of the "Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reforms and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization"

Green development is the background color of high-quality development

Accelerate the green transformation of development methods. Promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is a key link in achieving high-quality development. Accelerate the adjustment and optimization of industrial structure, energy structure, transportation structure, etc. Implement a comprehensive conservation strategy, promote the conservation and intensive use of various resources, and accelerate the construction of a waste recycling system. Improve the fiscal, tax, financial, investment, price policies and standard systems that support green development, develop green and low-carbon industries, improve the market-based allocation system of resource and environmental factors, accelerate the research and development and promotion of advanced energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies, advocate green consumption, and promote the formation of green and low-carbon production and lifestyles.

—— Xi Jinping’s report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 16, 2022

We must promote the formation of a green lifestyle. Vigorously advocate simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized and healthy life concepts and consumption methods, make green travel, water and electricity saving, "Clear Plate Action", garbage classification and other habits, and party and government agencies and state-owned enterprises and institutions at all levels should take the lead. Continue to carry out the "Beautiful China, I am an Actor" series of activities, widely mobilize parks, enterprises, communities, schools, families and individuals to take positive actions, and form a social atmosphere where everyone, everything, all the time and everywhere advocate ecological civilization.

—— Xi Jinping’s speech at the National Ecological and Environmental Protection Conference in July 2023

Green development is the background color of high-quality development, and new quality productivity itself is green productivity. We must accelerate the green transformation of development mode and help achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality. We must firmly establish and practice the concept that green mountains and clear waters are gold and silver mountains, and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development.

——Speech by Xi Jinping at the 11th collective study session of the 20th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on January 31, 2024

Improve the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity in the field of ecological environment

In order to promote the construction of a beautiful China and strengthen ecological and environmental protection, the responsibilities of the Ministry of Environmental Protection will be integrated with the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of other relevant departments, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will be established to uniformly exercise the supervision and administrative law enforcement responsibilities of ecological and urban and rural pollution emissions. The specific work of the National Leading Group for Response to Climate Change and Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction on Response to Climate Change and Emission Reduction shall be undertaken by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

——Explanation on the Draft Decision and Draft Plan on Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions by Xi Jinping at the Third Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in February 2018

Improve the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity in the field of ecological environment. We must improve the modern environmental governance system led by the Party Committee, dominated by the government, and jointly participated by enterprises, social organizations and the public, and build a system mechanism for integrated planning, integrated deployment, integrated promotion and integrated assessment.

——Speech by Xi Jinping at the 29th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee on April 30, 2021

Ecological and environmental governance is a systematic project that requires comprehensive consideration of the complexity of environmental factors, the integrity of the ecosystem, the continuity of natural geographical units, and the sustainability of economic and social development. This requires us to take the overall situation into consideration, adhere to the concept of systems, and make plans before we act. We must insist on tackling key problems, grasp the main contradictions and the main aspects of the contradictions, take effective measures to address prominent ecological and environmental issues, and use key breakthroughs to drive overall work improvement. At the same time, we must strengthen target coordination, multi-pollutant control coordination, department coordination, regional coordination, and policy coordination, and continuously enhance the systematic, holistic, and coordinated nature of various tasks. We must coordinate and balance, promote local and overall coordination, integrate symptomatic treatment with root cause treatment, and combine the current and long-term.