The reporter recounted. On September 26, 2023, with the opening of the 14th China (Hefei) International Garden Expo, the Hefei Garden Expo Park, which was "transformed" from the former Luogang Airport, was officially unveiled.
Just the day before, when the Hefei Garden Expo Park was opened to "everything is ready", my colleagues and I took the drone to "explore the garden". The reason why I use a drone is to show a different perspective.
The first stop is the iconic attraction of the airport, the Great Lawn. Although I had seen ** before, when I stood in front of me for the first time, I was still shocked by the endless greenery in front of me. The grass is tender, green, and full of large patches.
Our drone "flies" happily on this 3-kilometer-long, 200-meter-wide urban "green carpet", not only on the lawn, but also in the entire park at ultra-low altitudes, "feasting the eyes". Because, more than 110,000 lush trees and shrubs are waiting for 38 urban exhibition gardens. One grass and one tree, vigorous, and the ecological background is very eye-catching.
The total area of Luogang Park, where Hefei Garden Expo Park is located, is 127 square kilometers, is positioned as "the window of Anhui, the heart of the provincial capital, and the lungs of the city".
The completion of such a super-large-scale ecological park is like installing a surging "green heart" in the city and reshaping the ecological space of the city. The considerations behind the construction are condensed into 8 words - "ecological priority, people's garden expo". The whole park is open, there are no walls, and no admission fees are charged, which is the first time in previous garden fairs.
This is the land of civilization. Some netizens couldn't help but sigh.
Indeed, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the weather is clear, and the good ecological environment and high-quality ecological products are what people are looking forward to.
Anhui, which is rich in ecological resources, how to continue to protect the ecological environment and give full play to its ecological advantages?
Our province has deployed to speed up the construction of "seven strong provinces", and "ecologically strong provinces" is one of them.
Where is the "strong" of an ecologically strong province?Its connotation lies in the further improvement of the quality of the ecological environment, the further enhancement of the level of ecological protection and restoration, and the further improvement of the level of green and low-carbon development.
Live up to the river and live up to the green mountains. Jianghuai is striving for green, solidly promoting the construction of ecological civilization, building an ecologically strong province with beautiful mountains and rivers, building a comprehensive green transformation zone for economic and social development, and supporting high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment.
At present, our province has set no less than 1 red line for ecological protection960,000 square kilometers, to build an ecological spatial pattern of "one heart, two screens, four corridors and multiple points", with the ecological "green heart" of Chaohu Lake, the "two screens" of the Dabie Mountains in western Anhui and the mountainous areas of southern Anhui, and the "four corridors" of the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Xin'an River and Jianghuai Canal as the skeleton, the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands are coordinated. The forest coverage rate is 3022%, contributing to the "Anhui green" that accounts for one-third of the forest area of the Yangtze River Delta.
In recent years, the air quality and water environment quality of our province have improved significantly, but the foundation for the stability and improvement of ecological and environmental protection is not yet solid, just like the winter haze still hits from time to time. We still have to be soberly aware that ecological environmental protection is still in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy burden.
Ecological and environmental protection is the "great power of the country", and green development needs everyone's participation. Looking forward to 2024, the economic and social development will be comprehensively green transformation, the whole society will further form green production methods and lifestyles, and strive to make a new ecological picture scroll with clear water, green shores and beautiful scenery slowly spread on the land of Jianghuai, so that the present and future generations can look at the starry sky, see the green mountains and smell the fragrance of flowers.
Expert interviews. High-quality development and high-level protection complement each other and complement each other. Our province puts the promotion of ecological civilization construction in a prominent position in planning and development, builds an ecologically strong province with beautiful mountains and rivers, and creates a comprehensive green transformation zone for economic and social development.
According to Dong Zhanfeng, director of the Policy Institute of the Academy of Environmental Planning of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Anhui is the intersection of multiple strategies such as the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the rise of the central region, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which provides an important opportunity for the agglomeration and allocation of resources for the construction of an ecologically strong province on a larger scale and at a higher level. The comprehensive green transformation of the economy and society is conducive to the construction of an ecological system, ecological space, ecological economy, ecological environment, ecological culture and ecological life system that is compatible with the construction of an ecologically strong province.
Dong Zhanfeng suggested that we should adhere to the principle of innovation, highlight advantages, grasp key points, plan at a high level, and systematically promote, and implement a series of actions in the construction of "green beauty Jianghuai", ecological industry development, ecological protection and restoration, urban and rural ecological overall construction, ecological system construction, regional ecological cooperation and co-governance, and the construction of major ecological protection projects, optimize the spatial pattern of ecological protection, protect important ecological spaces, and vigorously develop circular economy, energy conservation and environmental protection industries. In the new energy industry, we will comprehensively improve the level of ecological governance capacity and form a modern ecological governance pattern in which the whole people participate in ecological protection.
Achieving the "dual carbon" goal is a systemic change. Xia Jimiao, executive chairman of the Anhui Carbon Neutrality Research Association, said that he will give full play to the expert resources and platform advantages of the research society, closely follow the "double carbon" goal, gather the strength of all parties, carry out policy exchanges, technical exchanges, and project exchanges, create a high-level cross-border exchange and dialogue platform, promote the deep integration of "double carbon" cutting-edge innovation achievements and transformation effects, promote the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and contribute to the construction of an ecologically strong province with beautiful landscapes.
Zhang Hui, an expert in environmental resources research at Anhui University, said that adhering to the strict rule of law concept of protecting the ecological environment with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law is an important part of the idea of ecological civilization. To build a strong ecological province with beautiful landscapes, our province will continue to strengthen institutional guarantees, improve laws and regulations related to the construction of ecological civilization, improve the ecological environment supervision system for key industries, and improve the accountability system, build a more systematic and complete ecological civilization institutional system, and improve the ability and level of ecological environment governance. (Reporter Xia Shengwei).