The supreme leader’s feelings about the Yangtze River

　　Xinhuanet Beijing, April 28th The Yangtze River, the mother river of the Chinese nation.

　　From April 24 to 26, 2018, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Hubei and Hunan provinces along the Yangtze River to board the dam, take a river boat, enter the enterprise and visit the village … … On-the-spot investigation and research on the restoration of the Yangtze River ecological environment, and presided over a symposium to further promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, so as to guide the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

　　Step by step, sincere and sincere;

　　What is said is meaningful.

　　Throughout the history of Chinese civilization, from Bashan and Shushui to Jiangnan water towns, the Yangtze River basin has cultivated outstanding people and cultivated the ideological elites of past dynasties, and countless romantic figures have emerged.

　　For thousands of years, the Yangtze River basin has been linked by water, connecting the upstream and downstream, the left and right banks and the main tributaries, forming a large economic and social system. Today, it is still an important link connecting the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.

　　In the face of the ever-flowing river, the Supreme Leader said many times with deep affection: "To promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we must consider the long-term interests of the Chinese nation, take the road of ecological priority and green development, and make the green mountains and green mountains produce great ecological, economic and social benefits, so that the mother river will always be full of vitality."

　　Qinghai plateau, the mountains are towering. On the afternoon of August 22, 2016, the Supreme Leader drove to Jiangyuan Village, the mayor of Tanggula Mountain, Golmud City, to learn about the relocation of ecological immigrants. He pointed out that protecting the source of the Three Rivers is a major policy determined by the CPC Central Committee, and ecological migration is an important measure to implement this policy, which must be well organized and implemented.

　　Liangjiang New District is full of energy. On the afternoon of January 4, 2016, the Supreme Leader came to the front platform of Chongqing Orchard Port Terminal to inspect the Yangtze River shipping and port loading and unloading operations. He pointed out that promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has provided an important carrier for Chongqing to better integrate into the central and eastern regions. Chongqing has great development potential and bright prospects.

　　Jingchu land, rivers and rivers. On the morning of July 21st, 2013, the Supreme Leader braved the heavy rain to go to Yangluo Container Port Area of Wuhan Xingang, rolled up his trouser legs, held an umbrella and waded through the accumulated water to learn about the cargo throughput of the port. He stressed that the Yangtze River basin should strengthen cooperation, give full play to the role of inland navigation, develop river-sea combined transport, and turn the whole basin into a golden waterway.

　　The land of Sanxiang is full of vitality. From November 3 to 5, 2013, the Supreme Leader came to Xiangxi, Changsha and other places to go deep into rural areas, enterprises and universities to inspect the economic and social development. He hopes that Hunan will give full play to the location advantages of the junction of the Yangtze River open economic belt and the coastal open economic belt and accelerate the formation of a new development pattern.

　　By Chongming Island, rivers and seas meet. In April 2007, the supreme leader, then secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, made an investigation in Chongming and inspected the construction site of the Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge Project which was under construction at that time. He pointed out that Chongming should be built into a modern ecological island with harmonious and beautiful environment, intensive use of resources and coordinated economic and social development.

　　As early as 2001, the supreme leader, who was the governor of Fujian Province, suggested that Fujian "should pay attention to finding its own position from the overall situation of national development, and connect the prosperity belt on the west side of the Taiwan Strait, which is being built, with the two economically active areas of the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta".

　　This important exposition plans the development of a province from the overall perspective, which fully embodies the broad pattern of "taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt as a basin economy", "comprehensively grasping and making overall plans" and "realizing the coordinated development of the upper, middle and lower reaches and the interactive cooperation between the eastern, central and western regions".

　　During his tenure as secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, the Supreme Leader repeatedly talked about promoting the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta region, and clearly put forward the development idea of "strengthening regional ecological construction and environmental protection, intensively utilizing limited resources, and accelerating the establishment of a sustainable resource and environment support system", which laid a theoretical and practical foundation for formally proposing that the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt must take the road of ecological priority and green development.

　　In May 2004, the Supreme Leader also led a delegation of Zhejiang Party and government to visit Sichuan, Chongqing and Wuhan along the Yangtze River, and boarded the Three Gorges Dam under construction.

　　After working in the central government, the top leaders held relevant meetings for many times, delivered important speeches, and made major decision-making arrangements for implementing the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt — —

　　Take the overall situation into consideration. In December 2014, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions, emphasizing that the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt should adhere to the idea of a chess game, straighten out the system and mechanism, strengthen overall coordination, give full play to the role of the Yangtze River golden waterway, and provide new support for the overall development of the country.

　　Focus on the long-term and fully deploy. On January 5, 2016, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader held a symposium to promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Chongqing and delivered an important speech, which comprehensively and profoundly expounded the great significance, promotion ideas and key tasks of the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

　　Love is sincere, and protection comes first. On January 26, 2016, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the 12th meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group to study the development plan of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. He pointed out that all economic activities involving the Yangtze River should be based on the premise of not destroying the ecological environment.

　　Maintain strength and develop green. During the two sessions of the National People’s Congress in 2018, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed during the deliberation of the Chongqing delegation that if the Yangtze River Economic Belt is developed, the enthusiasm below will be very high and the investment drive will be very strong. In the end, the ecological environment will be damaged.

　　Grasp the law and point out the direction. On April 26, 2018, the Supreme Leader presided over a symposium to further promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and clearly put forward five relationships that need to be correctly grasped to promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt under the new situation.

　　What is deeper than the Yangtze River is people’s feelings.

　　Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the Yangtze River Economic Belt will be built into a golden economic belt with more beautiful ecology, smoother traffic, more coordinated economy, more unified market and more scientific mechanism in the near future. (According to Xinhua News Agency’s "Xinhua Viewpoint" Weibo report planning: Huo Xiaoguang, Lai Xiangdong Text: Zhang Xiaosong, Rong Qihan Photography: Lan Hongguang, Ju Peng, Li Xueren, Xie Huanchi, Pang Xinglei, Yip Wong, Xiong Qi, Liu Chan, Ou Dongqu, Zheng Jiayu)