An expert from Renmin University of China has highlighted significant improvements in the water quality of the Yellow River Basin due to comprehensive pollution management efforts. The basin, a key grain production region and important energy base in China, plays a crucial role in ensuring the nation's security and supply.
\"Through comprehensive management of industrial pollution sources, agricultural diffuse pollution, and domestic pollution, the water quality in the Yellow River Basin has undergone notable improvement,\" said Xia Lu, an associate professor at the School of Party History and Party Building and research fellow at the National Academy of Development and Strategies, Renmin University of China.
Xia Lu made these remarks in response to discussions on promoting ecological conservation and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, reviewed at a recent meeting held by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
The meeting underscored that ecological conservation and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin are of profound significance for the great rejuvenation and sustainable development of the Chinese nation.
\"Effective measures have been implemented to advance recycling and water-saving retrofitting of urban and industrial water, resulting in a marked enhancement of water resource utilization efficiency,\" Xia noted.
Moreover, traditional industrial bases within the Yellow River Basin have actively pursued transforming and upgrading high-energy-consuming and high-pollution industries, such as coal and chemicals, while fostering the development of green energy and environmental protection industries.
The meeting also highlighted the need to continue improving well-coordinated ecological conservation in the Yellow River Basin, systematically enhancing water source conservation capacity in the upper reaches, strengthening water and soil conservation in the middle reaches, and promoting wetland protection and ecological governance in the lower reaches.
\"By adhering to ecological priority, promoting green and sustainable development, strengthening cross-regional coordination mechanisms, and focusing on systematic and holistic governance, the protection of the Yellow River Basin can be seamlessly integrated with the regional coordinated development strategy,\" Xia stated.
The Yellow River, known as the \"mother river\" of the Chinese nation, is the second-longest river in China, spanning 5,464 kilometers. It supplies water to 12 percent of the nation's population in more than 50 cities and irrigates 17 percent of the country's arable land.
For 3,000 years of China's 5,000-year history, the Yellow River Basin has been the cradle of the country's political, economic, and cultural centers. Since ancient times, people have struggled against the flooding of the Yellow River, and conservation of the river has always been high on the nation's agenda.
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Expert: Water quality in Yellow River Basin has improved significantly
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