Collaboration indispensable for world to address environmental challenges

Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has urged for an increase in support to developing nations as the world endeavors to synergize efforts in tackling global environmental challenges.

Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at the annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, which he chairs, on Saturday.

Themed "Open, Inclusive and Innovative Cooperation to Build a Clean and Beautiful World", the three-day meeting that started on Thursday was participated in by some 400 attendees from home and abroad, including council members, experts and partners.

Founded in 1992 as a high-level, nonprofit international advisory body consisting of leading figures and senior experts from both China and abroad, the CCICED provides annual policy recommendations to the Chinese government on the environment and development.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China persists in prioritizing the construction of an ecological civilization as a fundamental strategy for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, Ding said.

Ecological civilization is a concept promoted by President Xi for balanced and sustainable development that features harmonious coexistence between mankind and nature.

Ding said that while vigorously waging the battle against pollution, China also strives to accelerate the transition to a green development model, actively and prudently advances its climate target of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and realizing carbon neutrality before 2060, and strengthens ecological protection and restoration.

Thanks to these efforts, it has made remarkable advancements in building a beautiful China, and contributed significantly to promoting sustainable development and constructing a clean and beautiful world, the vice-premier said.

Emphasizing that Chinese modernization embodies the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature, Ding pledged unwavering commitment from China to collaborate with nations worldwide in advancing eco-friendly modernization, fostering a clean and beautiful world, safeguarding Earth as the sole homeland of humanity, and realizing global sustainable development.

He called on the world to stick to the vision of global governance that features shared growth through discussion and collaboration, and to safeguard and practice true multilateralism, as countries make joint efforts to build a global ecological civilization.

Upholding the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, the global community must take tangible steps to enhance assistance for developing nations in finance, technology and capacity building, thereby fostering collaborative efforts to address shared environmental challenges effectively, he said.

Ding also called for injecting new impetus into global green development through scientific and technological innovation, and stressed sincere cooperation to help ensure the success of this year's United Nations climate change conference in Azerbaijan in November, and the UN biodiversity conference in Colombia this month.