People‘s Daily Online | Active Explorations for New Paths to Realize Values of Ecological Products |

In 2022, on the occasion of the annual parliamentary meeting (China’s LiangHui), ecological progress has once again attracted great attention from the whole society. Recently, as one of the research findings of topics executed by the CCCP, the book "Dialogue with Leading Cadres on Ecological Progress" has been published by the CCCP Party School Publisher and distributed all across China.

        How to realize the values of ecological products is a topic that requires not only theoretical instruction but also policy-guidance and social practices. And the exploration of new paths to achieve that is the key to turn clear waters and green mountains into invaluable assets. The chief editor of the book, Professor Li Hongwei, also director of the Teaching and Research Section on Ecological Progress of the Central Party School, said that many regions have encountered bottlenecks on realizing the values of ecological products. To solve the problem, the Central Party School and the Teaching and Research Section on Ecological Progress conducted researches in six different regions. Through the analysis of typical cases, they have had a further explanation and solution on how to realize the values of ecological products based on the concept that "clear waters and green mountains are invaluable assets". These researches have set great examples on realizing the values of ecological products according to local conditions as well as turning clear waters and green mountains into invaluable assets.

"The realization of ecological products value is based on the premise of environmental protection. We should be dedicated in the transformation of ecological values benefit from a good ecological environment into economic values and the ecological advantages into economic advantages." Li Hongwei said. "Establishing and perfecting mechanisms for realizing values of ecological products is an important means to practice Xi Jinping’s Ideology on Ecological Civilization and it's a key step to turn the concept that clear waters and green mountains are invaluable assets into practice. It is also of vital importance to the overall transformation of society and economy into green ones."

Through introduction of Distributed Underground Reclaimed Water Ecosystems, exemplary cases of turning ecological products into invaluable assets and innovative country-governing patterns, this book demonstrates how all parties in China work out to progress the value realization of ecological products. The book commences with the topic of "DURWEcosystems on Ensuring Urban Ecological Progress. With a detailed analysis of the development status, existed problems and cause of water environment management in China, this book has summarized advanced experience of the ecosystem in solving problems when conducting water environment management. Moreover, some suggestions were put forward in this book for the high-quality development of urban water ecology in the new century.

Dr. HouFeng, the founder of the DURWEcosystems and chairman of China Water Environment Group, said that as a country with extreme water scarcity and land shortages, their innovative technology system has changed the way how the world dealing with water sewage for centuries. Instead of discharging the urban sewage as pollutants, they use it as a stable resource for urban water recycling and they dedicated in its scientific collection and resource utilization to create the second source of water for cities. By doing so, an integration center of water resources, green energy, public service supply, comprehensive utilization of space and digital management has been formed. This Ecosystem gives full play to the economic and social benefits brought by "clear water and green mountains" concept. Benefit from this system, a good ecological environment has become a forceful support driving the high-quality development of regional economy and society, and continuously improves the overall value of ecology.

        2022 is an important year to drive the development of fast-growing fields mentioned in the 14th Five Year Plan and to promote ecological progress. With regard to the value realization of ecological products according to local conditions, systematic conclusion, bold innovation and the learning from advanced mechanisms and experience are needed. Exploring new paths to realize the values of ecological products is of great significance for the improvement of economic development and ecological assets as well as the mutual development of China's ecology and economy. It will also make a significant contribution to the common prosperity of people’s lives and ecological goods.