Strategic Issues of Ecological Environment Protection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Abstract

The development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is one of the major strategies for coordinated regional development of the country. It is required to protect the ecological environment,and take the road of ecological priority and green development. At present,the economic growth rate of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has slowed down. The industrial structure is continuously optimized. The urbanization is already in the late stage of rapid development. The emission intensity of major pollutants in the Yangtze River Economic Belt continued to decline. The water environment quality has improved significantly,but the water ecology situation is worrying. The continuous and steady improvement of the ecological environment quality has entered a critical period. Through the study of the situation of social economy and ecological environment,this paper proposes the strategic needs and strategic objectives of the future ecological environment protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt,and puts forward four categories of strategies. The results showed that: (1) The strategic demands for ecological environmental protection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt are to shift from a single element,a single indicator,and some areas to a systematic protection and comprehensive restoration of water ecological environment. (2) The strategic objectives of ecological environmental protection are to shift from water environment quality improvement to water ecological environment security promotion. In the future,the goal will gradually turn to improving the ecological environment health. (3) The spatial control strategy needs to integrate multiple regional plans,and construct a unified division system of ecological environment spatial units in the Yangtze River Economic Belt with basin-region coordination,water-land integration,and mountain-sea unification. (4) The core of the industrial green development strategy is to strengthen prevention and control in related industries that affect the water ecological environment security. (5) The scientific and technological innovation strategy should highlight the role of research platforms to promote the collection and innovation of data,talents,technologies and achievements,and achieve the transformation of ecological environmental protection from investment-driven to technological innovation-driven. (6) The modern governance improvement strategy requires the Yangtze River Economic Belt to build a pilot demonstration belt of ecological civilization,take the lead in improving the system of ecological civilization,construct an ecological environment governance system and improve the capacity of ecological environment governance. According to the research,grasping the strategic demands and objectives of ecological environmental protection,implementing the strategies of spatial control, industrial green development, scientific and technological innovation, and modern governance improvement can more effectively support the integrated development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Delta.