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6 Counties and County-level Regions in Hunan Approved as National Demonstration Zones for Eco-environmental Progress

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The Ecological Civilization Forum of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opened in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on October 14, 2021. The Ministry of Ecological Environment designated and commended the fifth group of the national demonstration zones for eco-environmental progress, and the bases for turning natural resources into economic gains. Hunan had 6 counties, or county-level cities, on the list of the demonstration zones, and two regions included in the bases.

The Hunan candidates for the fifth group of the national demonstration zones for eco-environmental progress are: Hecheng District in Huaihua; Changsha County in Changsha City; Shaoshan County-level City in Xiangtan; Pingjiang County in Yueyang; Rucheng County in Chenzhou; and, Qiyang County-level City in Yongzhou.


Changsha's Liuyang City, and Changde's Taohuayuan Tourism Resort were approved as the bases for turning natural resources into economic gains.

In recent years, Hunan has been integrating ecological civilization into various aspects and whole process of economic, political, social and cultural development. A harmonious development path featuring good eco-environment, improved production, and prosperity has been formed, with natural resources being transformed into economic gains.

In 2019, Chenzhou's Zixing City was designated as Hunan's first base for turning natural resources into economic gains. It used the quality and abundant water resource in Dongjiang Lake as a heat sink for servers, and established China's best eco-friendly and energy-saving big data center. The center can save electricity by five billion kilowatt-hours, and reduce carbon dioxide emission by 1.65 million tons.


The first batch of practice modes and typical cases for turning natural resources into economic gains were recently released by the Ministry of Ecological Environment. Zixing's practice of “promoting Dongjiang Lake water environment protection and development with the dividends flow from eco-compensation” made the list as Hunan's only candidate case.

Ecological civilization progress has become an effective vehicle for improving regional eco-environment quality, and boosting ecological civilization institutional reform and eco-economic system construction.


So far, Hunan has 17 counties, county-level cities, and districts approved as the national demonstration zones for eco-environmental progress; 4 regions as the bases for turning natural resources into economic gains; and, 26 counties, county-level cities, and districts as the provincial demonstration zones for eco-environmental progress.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn