Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has made unprecedented efforts to build an ecological civilization by basing on history and the present yet facing the global and future. This paper summarizes the era background and significance of China's promotion of ecological civilization construction, explains the formation process and core essence of Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, and shows the historical, turning and overall changes of ecological civilization construction in the new era from recognition to practice. In addition, this paper points out the current new situation of ecological civilization construction and plans a strategic path for building a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony.

ecological civilization construction  /  ecological environmental protection  /  Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization