Ecological Civilization is the Chinese Wisdom and Chinese Plan for Sustainable Development

Man has only one earth, which we didn’t inherit from our forebears but borrowed from our offspring. The current generation should never live on what our ancestors have created while leaving troubles to later generations. The four great ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, India, and China all began in regions with thick forests, abundant water, and fertile soil. About 3000–4000 years ago, man established resplendent civilizations by large rivers, including China by the Yellow River, ancient Egypt by the Nile, ancient Babylon by the Tigris–Euphrates river system, and India by Indian River, which have been internationally acknowledged as one of the four major civilizations. Natural disasters and human activities caused the dramatic deterioration of ecology and sent the civilizations of ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient India and Maya from peak to perishing. Man has only one earth and protecting it is our common responsibility. There are many different nations, states, interest groups, religious beliefs and social systems in the world. What common interests and consensus do we have to maintain such a world of great diversity? Ecological civilization and sustainable development are the only way to make humans live together in harmony and rationally choose a common future. Man and earth are a community with a shared future, in which all countries should join hands to build ecological civilization. Major countries in particular should fulfill their responsibilities as such.