On Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Construction Thought

China's economic construction has made brilliant achievements since the reform and opening-up.The environmental protection,however,was overlooked during the social construction,which poses a huge threat to the natural environment that people rely on.Since the 18 th CPC National Congress,the construction of ecological civilization has been added into the content of the “Five in one” by the CPC Central Committee,of which President Xi Jinping is the core figure.In addition,"beautiful China" was proposed as the construction goal.In recent years,new ideas and new conclusions in terms of ecological civilization construction are constantly being put forward by President Xi Jinping,which advances the theories in this respect to a new stage as well as a new height.In this paper,the thought of President Xi Jinping's ecological civilization construction are explained from its significance,theoretical origin,basic viewpoint and values.The thought is of great significance.It enriches and develops the Marxist ecological thought,and thus further promotes the Marxism in China;the scientific outlook on development is deepened and developed by the theory of ecological civilization construction conforming to the socialism with Chinese characteristics;it serves as the theoretical guide to the realization of beautiful China,pointing out an important way to achieve the Chinese dream.The thought has sprung up in the phase where the educated youth were willing to or forced to work as farmers in the countryside,pullulated when he was the leader in Zhejiang province and Shanghai,and finally formed after the 18 th CPC National Congress.Following the guidance of Marxism ecological view,the thought of Chinese traditional ecological culture is combined with the advanced parts of the western ecological concept to innovate and develop the awareness of conservation that conforms to the socialism with Chinese characteristics at the new age.In addition,his thought highlights the people-oriented concept,reflects national characteristics and attaches great importance to the global viewpoint,showing distinctive features.The thought is rich in content.It reveals the significance of ecological civilization construction: a good ecological environment benefits us all.Its protection pains for the moment,but gains for the millennia.A good natural environment can promote the prosperity of civilization while a hostile one will result in civilization recession;the connotation of ecological civilization construction is summarized: the fundamental approach to ensure productivity and save resources is environmental protection.It is required to respect nature,conform to nature and protect nature;the main measures of the construction are put forward: ecological construction shall be conducted following the idea of system engineering.Moreover,the implementation of the most strict ecological environmental protection system is in need.Furthermore,it is essential to undertake international obligations and strengthen international cooperation on environmental protection.Xi Jinping's ecological civilization construction not only focuses on the relationship between man and nature,but also has a higher level of value pursuit.The values of President Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization construction is extracted based on the study of its significance,origin and basic viewpoint.In the meantime,ecological development,ecological justice,ecological security,ecological rule of law as well as ecological beauty are the focal points in value pursuit.