BEIJING -- Friday marks the Earth Day 2022, and the theme for this year is "Invest in Our Planet."
Chinese President Xi Jinping has, on many occasions, called for joint efforts to follow the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind and pitch in to tackle climate and other environmental challenges and protect the blue planet -- the shared home for humanity.
The following are some highlights of his remarks:
-- The Earth is our one and only home. To scale up efforts to address climate change and promote sustainable development bears on the future of humanity.
-- Man and Nature need to coexist in harmony. When we take care to protect Nature, Nature rewards us generously; when we exploit Nature ruthlessly, it punishes us without mercy.
-- We need to have deep reverence for Nature, respect Nature, follow Nature's laws and protect Nature, so as to build a homeland of harmonious coexistence between man and Nature.
-- COVID-19 reminds us that humankind should launch a green revolution and move faster to create a green way of development and life, preserve the environment and make Mother Earth a better place for all.
-- Humankind can no longer afford to ignore the repeated warnings of Nature and go down the beaten path of extracting resources without investing in conservation, pursuing development at the expense of protection, and exploiting resources without restoration.
-- The international community must enhance cooperation, build consensus and pool strength to build a community of all life on Earth.