Harmony Between Humanity and Nature

Nature is the mother of life, and the foundations for survival and development of humanity. Humanity and nature form a community of life. Human beings must revere, respect, accommodate and protect nature. To protect nature is to protect human beings, and to build an eco-civilization is to benefit humanity.

Civilization thrives if the eco-environment is healthy, and declines if it deteriorates. The rise and fall of a civilization hinge on eco-environmental changes. Humanity must not take from nature without giving back, develop without protection, and consume without restoration. Only by observing the laws of nature can humanity avoid costly blunders. Any harm we inflict on nature will eventually return to haunt us. This is a reality we have to face.

The report to the 19th CPC National Congress made achieving harmony between humanity and nature one of the 14 points of the basic policy that underpins the CPC's endeavors to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Acting on the principles of prioritizing resource conservation and environmental protection and letting nature restore itself, China will endeavor to develop spatial configurations, industrial structures, and ways of work and life, all of which are resource-saving and eco-friendly, so as to restore the serenity, harmony and beauty of nature. There is a saying in China that people should protect the eco-environment as they protect their eyes, and achieve harmony between humanity and nature.

Harmony between humanity and nature is a continuation of Marxist thought on that relationship. It is an important indicator of an eco-civilization in the new era, and a major feature of socialist modernization.

人與自然和諧共生

自然是生命之母，是人類賴以生存和發展的根基。人與自然是生命共同體。人類應該以自然為根，敬畏自然、尊重自然、順應自然、保護自然。保護自然環境就是保護人類，建設生態文明就是造福人類。

生態興則文明興，生態衰則文明衰。生態環境變化直接影響文明興衰演替。歷史教訓表明，在整個發展過程中，不能只講索取不講投入，不能只講發展不講保護，不能只講利用不講修復。人類只有遵循自然規律才能有效防止在開發利用自然上走彎路，人類對大自然的傷害最終會傷及人類自身，這是無法抗拒的規律。

中共十九大將“堅持人與自然和諧共生”作為新時代堅持和發展中國特色社會主義的一個基本方略，提出堅持節約優先、保護優先、自然恢復為主的方針，形成節約資源和保護環境的空間格局、產業結構、生產方式、生活方式，還自然以寧靜、和諧、美麗。中國主張要像保護眼睛一樣保護自然和生態環境，推動形成人與自然和諧共生新格局。

人與自然和諧共生，是對馬克思主義關于人與自然關系思想的繼承和發展，是新時代生態文明建設的一個重要目標，也是中國建設社會主義現代化的一個重要特征。