2016年CRI Respect, protect nature during development: Xi

 

Making a stopover in the Sajiangyuan region of Qinghai, President Xi Jinping says the central authorities recognize the importance of the area to the rest of the country.

"Qinghai is the source of life of China. It's very important to protect the ecosystem¹ of Qinghai, as it's the source of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Mekong River. Qinghai shoulders the responsibility of protecting the Sanjiangyuan region. To limit or prohibit exploitation here is not to hinder its development. Instead, we're looking to maintain a healthy level of development," said Xi.

Central authorities have issued a series of rules to protect the Sanjiangyuan region over the years.

This has involved the relocation of people living in the area.

Around 400 Tibetan villagers from the town of Tanggula in the southwest of Qinghai - which is near the source of the Yangtze River - were relocated to the city of Geermu in 2004.

Shen Ge is one of them.

"We lived within the Sanjiangyuan region before immigrating² to this place. It's nearly 5 thousand meters above the sea level. We lived in tents and slept on the ground. Electricity is not available there. After we moved, we were given new houses by the government, and were finally able to sleep on beds. We are satisfied with the policy of our Party. Our living standards have been greatly improved. Our dreams have come true," said Shen.

As part of his inspection³ tour, Xi Jinping has also visited the Qinghai environmental monitoring center.

There he's called on the various ethnic⁴ groups in Qinghai to work together to protect the areas lakes, grassland⁵, rivers and wildlife.

Xi Jinping has also made a stop at Chaerhan Salt Lake in the Qaidam Basin, which is China's biggest salt lake.

The region has been making use of the lake to develop its salination industry since the 1950s.

Xi Jinping says the current Chinese government understands the need to keep an ecological⁶ balance in the region.

"Recycling is needed to keep a sustainable development. Qinghai needs to balance exploitation and protection of resources and to create industrial processes, techniques and skills featuring low consumption, fewer emissions⁷ and high returns," said Xi.

As part of his time in Qinghai, Xi Jinping, who is also the chair of the Central Military Commission, has met with a number of military officers stationed in the area.

For CRI, this is Victor Ning.

1 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

2 immigrating   

v.移入( immigrate的现在分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• I have to tie up loose ends before immigrating to America. 移民美国前，我先要处理手头上的一些琐事。 来自互联网
• Marrying an American citizen is a guaranteed ticket to immigrating to America. 与美国公民结婚是移民美国最佳的门票。 来自互联网

3 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

4 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

5 grassland   

n.牧场，草地，草原

参考例句：

• There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
• The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。

6 ecological   

adj.生态的，生态学的

参考例句：

• The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
• Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.

7 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。