From July 12 to 13, the Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2021 (EFG 2021) was held in 
Guiyang, southwestern province of China. The EFG 2021 is the only 
national-level international forum with the theme of ecological civilization in 
China. It has been held for ten sessions. With the theme of "Green and 
Low-carbon Development Fostering a Community of Life for Man and Nature", the 
forum was held both online and offline.

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"On the journey of ecological civilization, China is undergoing a profound 
change in development concepts and development methods." Li Zhanshu, member of 
the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, 
chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, delivered in the keynote speech at the 
conference. He said that the growth area of China's forest resource exceeded 70 
million hectares, ranking first in the world in the past ten years. China has 
built the world's largest clean energy system, with photovoltaic, installed 
capacity of wind energy and power generation ranking first in the world. 
"China's modernization is a modernization of the harmonious coexistence of man 
and nature. We will uphold the concept of the community with a shared future 
for mankind and work with the international community to make positive 
contributions on addressing global climate and environmental challenges and 
maintaining the ecological safety of the earth."

In June 2016, Guizhou province was approved as the first batch of national 
ecological civilization experimental zones. The economic growth rate of Guizhou 
has ranked among the top three in China for the past 40 quarters . The green 
economy accounted for 42% of GDP and the forest coverage rate reached 61.51%. 
Li Zhanshu said, "Guizhou not only explores ecological civilization 
construction, but also benefits from the achievements of ecological 
civilization construction. The ecological civilization construction of Guizhou 
is a microcosm of China's achievements in ecological civilization 
construction." Shen Yiqin, Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee 
and chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's 
Congress, delivered a speech that Guizhou will consolidate the greatest 
development and competitive advantage on good ecological environment and strive 
to make new achievements in the construction of ecological civilization.

SOURCE  The Guizhou Provincial Committee of The Communist Party of China