The long Yangtze River water rushes into a new era. In July 2013, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Yangluo Container Port Area of Wuhan Xingang in the rain, stressing that the Yangtze River basin should strengthen cooperation, give full play to the role of inland river shipping, develop river-sea combined transport, and turn the whole basin into a golden waterway. In the past ten years, the General Secretary has held three symposiums, made many investigations along the Yangtze River, personally planned, personally deployed and personally promoted the implementation of the major strategy for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which has promoted a turning point in the ecological restoration and environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and made historic achievements in economic and social development. The Yangtze River shows a new atmosphere.
Striving for a new journey, the Yangtze River Economic Belt is playing an extremely important role in Chinese modernization. The Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, spanning the three major sectors of China’s east, west and east. Its population size and economic aggregate account for half of the country’s total, with outstanding ecological status and great development potential. The Yangtze River has created a thousand-year cultural context from Bashan Shushui to Jiangnan Water Town, and cultivated Chinese civilization. From a strategic and long-term perspective, we should deeply understand the great significance of the Yangtze River to the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation, and strive to make the Yangtze River Economic Belt the main battlefield for China’s ecological priority and green development, unblock the domestic and international double-circulation aorta, and lead the main force for high-quality economic development.
Through the ongoing thematic education, the cadres in party member in the Yangtze River Valley should profoundly grasp the world outlook and methodology of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, persist in integrating theory with practice, integrate learning with thinking, and demonstrate new achievements in promoting work through learning. We must uphold the people first, constantly meet the people’s growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment, solidly promote the equalization of basic public services, and promote the obvious improvement of people’s living standards. We must adhere to the problem orientation, conduct in-depth research on the hot, difficult and painful issues that restrict the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, find out the real situation, identify the crux of the problem, and propose countermeasures. It is necessary to adhere to the concept of system, promote the coordinated management of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, rivers and lakes, the left and right banks, and the main tributaries, and promote the interactive cooperation and linkage development of various regions. We should keep an open mind to the world, raise the level of opening up, expand investment and trade, and promote people-to-people exchanges.
Great things in the world must be done in detail. We should put the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position, make great efforts to protect it, not to develop it, and comprehensively improve the efficiency of resource utilization on the premise of strictly protecting the ecological environment; We must strive to build a modern industrial system, be brave in innovation, and comprehensively shape new advantages of innovation-driven development; It is necessary to promote the smooth domestic circulation and strengthen the co-construction and sharing of ecological environment, infrastructure and public services; It is necessary to improve the quality and level of international circulation, coordinate the opening of coastal areas along the Yangtze River and inland areas, and promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the integration of the "Belt and Road"; It is necessary to take the opportunity of speeding up the construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park to protect, inherit and carry forward the Yangtze River culture, continue the historical context and strengthen cultural self-confidence.
The great river flows endlessly, and development never stops. All provinces, cities and relevant state departments in the Yangtze River Basin should thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech and instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, establish a correct view of power and achievements, maintain historical patience and strategic determination, stick to the goal and make contributions for a long time, draw a blueprint to the end, and work one after another to solidly promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, make new contributions to the realization of Chinese modernization, and ensure that the clear water of one river will last for generations and Hui Ze for generations.