Chongqing- On August 13, the 2021 China · Chongqing (Wulong) Green Development Practice Forum was opened at Fairy Mountain, Wulong District, Chongqing. The forum was jointly sponsored by the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party and the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress. Well-known academicians, experts, and some industry elite in China attended the forum in Wulong online or offline to jointly share the green development concept and look for innovative paths for ecological civilization construction.

Live speech at the forum (Photo provided to iChongqing)

Chen Zhu, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, and President of the Red Cross Society of China delivered a keynote speech via video call. He said that the construction of ecological civilization in China had undergone historical, transitional, and holistic changes from awareness to practice. It has entered a critical period in which we take carbon reduction as the key strategic direction and strive for a reduction in pollution and carbon at the same time and comprehensive green transformation of socio-economic development, thus achieving a transformation from quantitative changes to qualitative changes in the improvement of ecological and environmental quality. To break the normal form of industrial civilization, we must find the sources of new-level energy and conversion methods and break the unstable energy mix based on limited fossils.

Before making major technological breakthroughs and using up all resources, he said that we must attach greater importance to the relationship between man and nature. Based on carrying forward the advanced productivity of industrial civilization and exploring the vitality for surviving competitions, we must abandon the development concept of separating man from nature, adopt scientific spirit, methods, technology, and management in ecological civilization construction and pursue green development with the keen determination to rise to the "once-in-a-century changes."

Wang Weiguang, Standing Member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and Director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of NPC, in his speech, said that the 3rd China · Chongqing (Wulong) Green Development Practice Forum provides an important platform for academic and idea exchanges on green development in China and other countries around the world. Wang wishes the forum a better future and hopes that it can continue expanding and deepening exchanges and cooperation among all countries and all social sectors, establish a high-end think tank for Wulong's green development, and become a highly influential and attractive branded event in the field of green ecology, making due contributions to global sustainable development and a better future for humankind.

There are four sessions under the forum, including environmental protection of the Yangtze River, food security, tourism industry, and carbon-neutral (Photo provided to iChongqing)

China · Chongqing (Wulong) Green Development Practice Forum has witnessed two successful sessions since 2019. This year, it is co-sponsored by the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party and the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress, upgrading it to a provincial forum. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control, this session is held both online and offline based on the strict implementation of relevant anti-pandemic measures.