Abstract
The objective of this article is to analyze China’s recent explorations on its new concept of development —— the Ecological Civilization in the context of the 2030 SDGs which was put forward by the United Nations in 2015. The first part presents an introduction on the historical development of the 2030 SDGs of the international community and the Ecological Civilization of China. In the second part, it is shown that although these two new concepts of development coincide at the same moment, China’s Ecological Civilization is not a simple follower of the SDGs and has its own independent values. It can also interact with the SDGs through various ways. Finally, China faces challenges both from international and national levels in implementing its new concept of development. It is argued that a combination of “top-down” and “bottom-up” ways is critical in the process of China’s realization of the Ecological Civilization, along with the rule of law, the democracy and the globalization.
Highlights
Human development is an eternal topic. In his remarkable book “A New Concept of Development”, François Perroux has explored the original definition of development and according to his theoretical system, development is defined as for all people and for the whole person1 and the new development sets out to be “global”, “integrated” and “endogenous” 2, in stead of the one-sided growth indicators from econometricians
This process of convergence will doubtless be informed by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the United Nations in 2015
On the other hand, borrowing from the concept of the Ecological Civilization, China carries on its interpretation and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and establish its ambition of being one of the leading pioneers in a new round of global development
Summary
A trend of convergence can be detected with regard to the concept on human development, especially between developing countries and developed countries This process of convergence will doubtless be informed by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the United Nations in 2015. It has been proved that the MDGs have played an important part in securing the progress against poverty, hunger and disease, which should be continued under global consensus It came with the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), put forward by the United Nations in 2015. In 1980, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published a world conservation strategy which was the first to introduce the term “Sustainable Development” It is the definition of Sustainable Development included by Our Common Future, called the Brundtland Report that is most widely recognized. The inclusiveness of the concept of Sustainable Development has left the space for states to explore their own interpretations and to take their own actions in the framework of this global overarching vision
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