Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects ecological preservation of the Qinling Mountains in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve in Zhashui County, Shangluo City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to ecological conservation and environmental protection. He has addressed the issue on many occasions. The following are some highlights of his quotes.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects ecological preservation of the Qinling Mountains in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve in Zhashui County, Shangluo City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)
-- Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.
Takins walk in a forest in the Qinling Mountains, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 27, 2019. The Qinling Mountains, a natural boundary between the country's north and south, are home to a huge variety of plants and wild animals such as giant pandas, golden monkeys, crested ibis and takins. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
-- Ecological conservation and environmental protection are contemporary causes that will benefit many generations to come.
-- A good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most accessible welfare for the people.
The scenery of Shaohua Mountain, part of the Qinling Mountains, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 30, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
-- There is no substitute for the ecological environment, without which one can hardly live.
-- The quality of the eco-environment is the key to building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects.
-- Economic development should not be achieved at the cost of the ecology. The ecological environment itself is the economy. Protecting the environment is developing productivity.
A wild Qinling panda eats bamboo leaves in Daguping Village of Yueba Township in Foping County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 27, 2016. There are estimated to be 345 Qinling pandas, a subspecies of the giant panda, living in the wild, according to China's fourth survey of giant pandas from 2011 to 2014. (Xinhua/Tao Ming) (lfj)
-- We shall protect ecosystems as preciously as we protect our eyes, and cherish them as dearly as we cherish our lives.
-- The history of civilizations shows that the rise or fall of a civilization is closely tied to the quality of ecological environment.
-- A beautiful homeland is the shared aspiration of mankind. In the face of environmental challenges, all countries are in a community with destinies linked, and no country can stay immune. ■
