Embarking on a new journey of high-quality human development——On President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the 15th Summit of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity_新民时政_新民网

“We are in an era full of challenges and hopes. The future can be expected without stopping.” At the 15th Conference of the Parties Leaders Summit of the Convention on Biological Diversity, President Xi Jinping focused on coping with global challenges , Promote common development and prosperity, and clearly put forward four propositions to start a new journey of high-quality human development: to coordinate the relationship between man and nature with the construction of ecological civilization as the guide; to promote the global sustainable development with green transformation as the driving force; and to take the well-being of the people as the driving force. Center, promote social fairness and justice; based on international law, maintain a fair and reasonable international governance system.

At present, a century of changes and a century of epidemics are intertwined and superimposed, the world has entered a period of turbulent change, and the uncertainty of instability has risen significantly. The governance deficits, trust deficits, development deficits, and peace deficits faced by human society are increasing unabated. There is still a long way to go to achieve universal security and promote common development. Since mankind entered the era of industrial civilization, while creating huge material wealth, it has also accelerated the grabbing of natural resources, breaking the balance of the earth’s ecological system, and deep-seated contradictions between man and nature have become increasingly apparent. In recent years, climate change, loss of biodiversity, increasing desertification, and frequent extreme weather events have brought severe challenges to human survival and development. At the same time, the world‘s multi-polarization trend has not fundamentally changed, economic globalization has shown new resilience, and the voices for safeguarding multilateralism and strengthening communication and cooperation have become stronger. Our time is full of challenges and hopes. Where should human society go? President Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that “for our common future, we must go hand in hand to embark on a new journey of high-quality development for mankind”, which has attracted widespread attention from the international community.

Nature has nurtured and nurtured mankind. Mankind should take nature as its roots, respect, conform to, and protect nature; if it does not respect nature and violates the laws of nature, it will only suffer from nature’s revenge. Only by leading the construction of ecological civilization and coordinating the relationship between man and nature, can we build a harmonious and beautiful home for all things. Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Protecting the ecological environment means protecting productivity, and improving the ecological environment means developing productivity. Only with green transformation as the driving force and boosting global sustainable development can we promote a win-win situation for economic development and environmental protection. The ecological environment is related to the well-being of the people of all countries, and we must fully consider the people’s yearning for a better life, their expectations for a good environment, and their responsibilities to future generations. Only by focusing on the well-being of the people and promoting social fairness and justice, can development results and a good ecology benefit the people of all countries more and more equitably. There is only one system in the world, which is the international system with the United Nations as its core; there is only one order, which is the international order based on international law; and there is only one set of rules, which are the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. Only on the basis of international law and maintaining a fair and reasonable international governance system can countries guarantee equal rights to development and promote common development and prosperity.

How to start a new journey of human high-quality development? Guided by the construction of ecological civilization, coordinate the relationship between man and nature, adhere to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, solve the contradictions caused by industrial civilization, limit human activities to the limit that the ecological environment can withstand, and carry on Integrated protection and system governance, protecting nature and the ecological environment like protecting eyes, and promoting the formation of a new pattern of harmonious coexistence between man and nature; driven by green transformation to promote global sustainable development, we must conform to the general direction of modern technological revolution and industrial transformation. Seize the huge development opportunities brought about by the green transformation, vigorously promote the transformation and upgrading of the economy, energy, and industrial structure, establish a green and low-carbon circular economy system, and transform ecological advantages into development advantages, so that green waters and mountains can produce huge benefits and a good ecological environment Become the support for the sustainable development of the global economy and society. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen green international cooperation and share the fruits of green development; focus on people’s well-being, promote social fairness and justice, and care about people’s yearning for a better life, and ensure and improve people’s livelihood during development , To protect and promote human rights, to achieve a multi-faceted win-win situation, such as protecting the environment, developing the economy, creating employment, and eliminating poverty, and strive to achieve social fairness and justice in the process of green transformation, and enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of people in all countries; take international law as an example Foundation, to maintain a fair and reasonable international governance system, to enforce the rule of international law, practice true multilateralism, insist on coordinating and regulating relations between countries through systems and rules, and effectively abide by and implement international rules. The new environmental protection goals should balance ambition and pragmatism to make the global environmental governance system more fair and reasonable.

Human beings are a whole, and the earth is a home. In the face of common challenges, no one or any country can be alone. Mankind has only one way out of mutual aid and coexistence. Standing at the height of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature to plan economic and social development, promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, man and man, man and society, virtuous circle, comprehensive development, and sustained prosperity, we will surely start a new journey of high-quality human development , To promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and jointly build a better world.