Several Thoughts on Promoting University Education in Ecological Civilization

The report of the 19th National Congress of the CPC stated that building an ecological civilization is vital to sustain the Chinese nation’s development and is the only way to address the contradiction between people’s ever-growing needs for a good ecological environment and the inadequate effective supply of ecological products. At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in 2018, the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization was established as a beacon for developing ecological civilization. Revolving around the major requirements of this campaign, universities, as institutions undertaking scientific research and talent cultivation, should on the one hand lead as pioneers and guides in promoting green, circular and low-carbon development in the endeavor to contribute to China’s and the world’s sustainable development. On the other hand, they should also fully exert their advantages and roles to actively advance education in ecological civilization and explore the path of building green universities, and advocate energy conservation and emission reduction on campus, as part of the efforts to promote regional environmental improvement.