Twenty years ago, during an inspection tour of Yucun, a heavily polluted village in Zhejiang Province, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, put forward a profound idea: “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.” This insight, now widely known as the “Two Mountains” theory, has since become a cornerstone of… Continue reading Inner Mongolia’s Practice of the Two Mountains Theory
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How China’s Two Mountains Philosophy Can Inspire Africa
Two decades ago, an important development philosophy emerged that would redefine prosperity: “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.” Known as the “Two Mountains” theory, it challenged the conventional trade-off between development and the environment by arguing that they are inseparable. I recently visited Zhejiang Province in east China to see how this philosophy… Continue reading How China’s Two Mountains Philosophy Can Inspire Africa