Guizhou paves way to sustainable development

Chishui Zhuhai National Forest Park in Guizhou's Zunyi city is the largest such park with the highest elevation in the world. [Photo by Wang Maoxiang/ddcpc website]

In 2017, Southwest China's Guizhou province designated June 18 as Guizhou's Ecological Day. Since then, the province has made great strides in promoting ecological civilization and improving the overall quality of its environment.

By 2022, all nine major cities in the province had met air quality standards, with an average of 99.1 percent of days rated as good or excellent, a 0.7 percentage points increase over the previous year.

All 88 cities, county-level cities, districts, and zones in the province have met air quality standards, with an average of 99.1 percent of days rated as good or excellent, a 0.5 percentage points increase from the previous year.

In May, all nine major cities in the province achieved a 100-percent good or excellent air quality rate.

Guizhou has been pursuing a green, high-quality development path that focuses on economic transformation and upgrading, efficient resource utilization, continuous environmental improvement, and balanced urban-rural harmony.

As of the end of May, the province had dispatched 9.98 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy, a year-on-year increase of 19.83 percent.

The accumulated volume of traded renewable electricity in the province reached 743 million kWh, gradually shifting users towards green and low-carbon energy.

Guizhou has been pursuing a new development philosophy that focuses on innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, with the proportion of the province's green economy increasing by 6.3 percent over the past five years.