习近平在内蒙古乌兰察布考察时强调 统筹高质量发展和高水平保护 坚定不移走生态优先绿色发展之路

CCTV.com report (Xinwen Lianbo): During an inspection tour of Ulanqab in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on October 16, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that green development is an inherent requirement of high-quality development. He called for coordinating high-quality development with high-standard protection, pursuing integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, farmland, lakes, grasslands and deserts, advancing carbon reduction, pollution control, green expansion and growth in a coordinated manner, and steadfastly following a path that prioritizes ecology and green development.

On the morning of October 16, accompanied by Wang Weizhong, secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Party Committee, and Bao Gang, chairman of the autonomous regional people's government, Xi Jinping visited Ulanqab for an inspection and fact-finding tour.

Huangqihai, located in Chahar Right Front Banner in Ulanqab, is a closed inland lake that once came close to drying up under the influence of climate and other factors. Following years of comprehensive restoration, its water surface has gradually recovered and expanded. Xi Jinping visited the Huangqihai Nature Reserve, where he heard reports on the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's efforts to strengthen ecological and environmental protection and on local progress in comprehensive environmental management and ecosystem restoration at Huangqihai. He also inspected the ecology of the shoreline and shore flats, birds inhabiting the area and other conditions on site. He stressed that the key to wetland protection is preserving its natural state. He called for respecting, adapting to and protecting nature, fully implementing the Wetland Protection Law, strictly observing ecological conservation red lines, improving ecosystem quality and stability, and safeguarding biodiversity. Degraded wetland ecosystems should be restored scientifically and appropriately, primarily through natural recovery, with human intervention playing a supporting role.

Ulanqab has abundant wind and solar resources. In recent years, it has made positive progress in developing its green computing industry by drawing on its comparative advantages in green electricity, climate and location. Xi Jinping visited the Chahar High-Tech Development Zone, where he learned in an exhibition hall about the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's construction of hub nodes for the East Data, West Computing project and the development of its green computing industry. He noted that implementing the East Data, West Computing project and building an integrated national computing network are an important initiative of the Party Central Committee. He called for stronger scientific planning, support for essential inputs and security safeguards to ensure the efficient operation of completed projects and the on-time completion of subsequent projects. Efforts should be made to extend industrial chains, promote deep integration between the digital and real economies, and continually turn computing advantages into development advantages.

Xi Jinping then spoke warmly with computing center project leaders, technical personnel, staff of the Chahar High-Tech Development Zone and others present. He stressed that the computing network is one of the 'six networks' whose construction is planned by the state, and that the computing industry is in a phase of accelerating development with broad prospects. He expressed the hope that everyone would earnestly meet the requirements for efficiency, green development and security, pay attention to 'computing-electricity coordination' and 'computing-water coordination,' build and operate computing center projects well, and actively promote the green computing industry, making greater contributions to building a Digital China and developing new quality productive forces. Xi Jinping asked the high-tech zone to strengthen Party leadership and Party building, improve public services and support for essential inputs, and create a favorable environment for enterprises and all types of talent to work and start businesses.

Xi Jinping also viewed a display of distinctive local agricultural and livestock products, learned in detail about the main varieties and their quality characteristics, and encouraged the locality to strengthen connections between production and sales to help farmers and herders increase their incomes and become more prosperous.

During the inspection tour, Xi Jinping stressed that China has a vast territory, with marked differences in resource endowments across its eastern, western, southern, northern and central regions. On the new journey, all regions should follow the Party Central Committee's strategic decisions and planning arrangements, establish and practice a correct understanding of performance, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, keep pace with the times and seize development opportunities, draw on their own conditions and comparative advantages, and promote high-quality development in light of local circumstances.

He Lifeng and officials from relevant departments of central Party and state bodies accompanied the inspection tour.