CCTV News (News Network): General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that a good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most universal welfare of people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's ecological civilization construction has undergone historic, turning point and overall changes from theory to practice, and the construction of a beautiful China has taken major steps. The sky is bluer, the ground is greener, and the water is clearer, and the people have a real sense of happiness. A series of reports on "The General Secretary's People's Thoughts", and read "Happiness among Green Water and Green Mountains" on March 2.

The land of China in early spring is beautiful. In the Wuliang Su Sea, the ice and snow melt, and the migratory birds return; in the Xixi Wetland, the fragrance of plums is everywhere, and the spring is full; on the Wuzhi Mountain, the flowers are full of vitality, and the environment is people's livelihood, green mountains are beauty, and blue sky is happiness. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has regarded ecological civilization construction as the fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Every year, the General Secretary will practice it by himself, pick up a shovel and participate in voluntary tree planting activities with the masses, adding greenness to the construction of a beautiful China.

Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping's footprints in promoting ecological civilization construction have spread throughout China. From the source of Sanjiang to the Saihanba Forest Farm, from the loess plenum to the snowy plateau, inspections and investigations have been conducted one after another, and important meetings have been conducted. The General Secretary planned development from the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and led the construction of a beautiful China to take major steps.

"Pearl of Plateau" Erhai Lake is the second largest plateau freshwater lake in Yunnan and the mother lake of Dali people. Since the 1980s, due to over-exploitation and utilization, the water quality of Erhai Lake has dropped sharply. In 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here. He stressed that the economy must develop, but it cannot be at the cost of destroying the ecological environment. Ecological and environmental protection is a long-term task and requires long-term efforts. We must protect Erhai Lake.

Make great efforts to rectify Erhai Lake pollution. The local government has successively built 20 sewage treatment plants in the Erhai Lake Basin, with a sewage collection and pipeline network of more than 5,700 kilometers, and has initially built a domestic sewage collection and treatment system covering the entire basin. Since 2015, the local area has implemented ecological relocation of more than 1,800 households within 15 meters of Erhai Lake, built a 129-kilometer lake-circling ecological corridor, building a green ecological barrier for Erhai Lake. Today, the water quality of 27 major rivers entering the lake in the Erhai Lake Basin has reached 100%; the transparency of the lake exceeds 2 meters, reaching the best level in the past 20 years; the once disappeared sea cauliflower is re-adorned on the lake surface, and the area continues to grow.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, the construction of a beautiful China has been steadily promoted. The concept of "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains" has become a consensus and action of the whole party and society. The people share the beauty of nature, life and life among the green waters and green mountains.