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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 4 /Xinhua/ — Over the past 20 years, China has made significant progress in environmental protection and building an ecological civilization. This is the subject of an article by Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui, published by the Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty.
"This year marks the 20th anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping's proposal of 'green mountains and emerald waters are treasures,'" the article states. According to Zhang Hanhui, over the past two decades, "China, by combining political planning with systemic measures, has facilitated historic, pivotal, and global changes in ecological and environmental protection, achieved globally recognized success in building an ecological civilization, and successfully blazed a trail of Chinese modernization characterized by the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, fully demonstrating the significant advantages and effectiveness of the 'Chinese governance model.'"
The diplomat recalls that China has become the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world. "Blue skies over Beijing" have transformed from a dream into a reality. Furthermore, the fight for clean water has "made steady progress, and the phenomenon of black, stagnant water in urban areas has been largely eliminated." Systematic measures are being taken to improve the environmental conditions of the Yangtze, Yellow River, and other rivers.
As noted in the article, China has managed to curb the trend of accelerated soil degradation using a space-air-ground monitoring system based on seven satellites and 38,880 ground monitoring points. The area of restored land has reached 8 million hectares. China accounts for about a quarter of the global increase in green space.
"In the face of the global challenges of climate change, environmental pollution, and biodiversity loss, China stands ready to work with Russia to implement the important agreements reached by the two heads of state, continue to deepen solidarity and cooperation, implement genuine multilateralism, and promote the formation of a fair and rational global environmental governance system based on cooperation and mutual benefit, so as to make new and greater contributions to the joint construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and the creation of a clean and beautiful world," concludes Chinese Ambassador to the Russian Federation Zhang Hanhui.
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