On this day, 26 years ago, on March 13, 1999 (January 26, 1999, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a symposium on population, resources and environment work. On March 13, 1999, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Population, Resources and Environment Work Symposium was held in Beijing. Jiang Zemin chaired the meeting and delivered an important speech. Party and state leaders Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing, Li Lanqing and others attended the forum. Jiang Zemin said in his speech that to achieve my country's cross-century economic and social development goals, we must always pay attention to properly handling the relationship between economic construction and population, resources and environment. A large population, relatively insufficient resources, and serious environmental pollution have become important factors affecting my country's economic and social development. Over the years, party committees, governments and relevant departments at all levels have cooperated closely and worked together in accordance with the unified arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and have continuously made new progress in family planning, resource and environment protection. At present, the tasks we face in these areas are still arduous. We must deeply understand the importance of properly handling the relationship between economic development and population, resources and environment from a strategic perspective, regard this major issue related to the survival and development of the Chinese nation as an urgent task, and persevere in grasping it. In 1999, we must further intensify our work and strive to achieve better results. Jiang Zemin pointed out that implementing family planning and controlling population growth is a wide-ranging and difficult task that can only be strengthened and not weakened. It is necessary to further improve and improve the population macro-control system, family planning management system, and social protection mechanisms that are conducive to family planning that are compatible with the requirements of developing the socialist market economy, and adopt educational, legal, economic, administrative and other measures to basically achieve the focus of family planning work focusing on publicity and education, contraception and regular work to ensure that the national population is controlled within the predetermined target. The focus of family planning work is in rural areas, but the difficulties are also in rural areas. Years of experience have shown that the key to doing a good job in rural family planning work is to do a good job in building grassroots organizations, ensure that people are in charge, have money to do things, have rules to govern, and do the basic work in a solid manner. It is necessary to strengthen the responsibilities of grassroots, especially village-level organizations and leaders, and incorporate family planning into an important part of village affairs disclosure. It is necessary to continue to combine family planning with economic development, helping farmers work hard to get rich, and building civilized and happy families, study and formulate policies and measures that are conducive to encouraging farmers to implement family planning, help farmers solve practical difficulties in production and life, and eliminate worries. Jiang Zemin said that we must be strict in protecting and managing land resources. The general principle is to develop while protecting and protect while developing. Promote resource development and conservation simultaneously, put conservation first, and strive to improve resource utilization efficiency. It is necessary to actively promote the transformation of resource utilization methods from extensive to intensive, and find a new path of resource-saving economic development that suits my country's national conditions; Actively promote the transformation of resource management methods and establish a new resource management system that is centralized, unified, capable, efficient, administered according to law, and authoritative that meets the requirements of developing a socialist market economy, so as to strengthen the planning, management, protection and rational utilization of national resources. In a large developing country with a large population like ours, we must implement the strictest land management system in the world. We must conscientiously implement the Land Management Law, and all regions must ensure that the total amount of cultivated land in their administrative areas will no longer decrease. No department or unit is allowed to illegally occupy land contracted by farmers for management. The shortage of water resources in my country is extremely serious. The key to solving this problem is to simultaneously open source and reduce expenditure to reduce waste, prevent pollution and strengthen management. Water conservation should be regarded as a long-term rigid measure and implemented in all walks of life and every household. Jiang Zemin pointed out that we must seize the opportunity of adjusting industrial structure and strengthening infrastructure construction so that environmental protection work can make great progress. In 2000, we must strive to basically control the trend of intensifying environmental pollution and ecological damage, and improve the environmental quality of some cities and regions. By 2010, we must basically change the deterioration of the ecological environment, generally improve the quality of urban and rural environments, and build a number of cities and regions with rapid economic development, clean and beautiful environments, and a virtuous ecological cycle. To achieve cross-century environmental protection goals, we must do a good job in preventing and controlling pollution and protecting the ecological environment. In 2000, all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government should control the total discharge of major pollutants within their respective jurisdictions within the prescribed targets; the discharge of pollutants from industrial pollution sources across the country should meet national and local standards; and the atmosphere and water in key cities such as municipalities directly under the Central Government and provincial capitals should meet the standards stipulated by the state. 1999 is a critical year for "one control and two standards", and implementation must be implemented one by one region, one city by one, and one enterprise by one. Beijing City must do a good job in environmental protection and strive to improve the environmental quality of the capital. It is necessary to fully implement the "National Ecological Environment Construction Plan", promptly prepare and implement the national ecological environment protection outline, and adopt different protection measures based on the actual conditions of different regions. Jiang Zemin emphasized that the three aspects of population, resources and environment are a systematic project with intrinsic connections. Party committees and governments at all levels must strengthen leadership, coordinate relevant departments, mobilize the forces of the whole society, and do a good job in this systematic project. The central government has repeatedly emphasized that for these three tasks, top party and government leaders at all levels must take overall responsibility and personally handle them. How well these three tasks are carried out and how effective they are, the top leader must be asked. They must be assessed year by year during their term of office. They must be given an explanation when leaving office. Those who fail in their work must be held accountable. Leading cadres should not stop at documents and verbally in their work. They must personally investigate and study, personally arrange arrangements, and personally supervise and inspect. Inspection cannot stop at listening to reports, but should go deep into the grassroots and the masses to understand the real situation, summarize and promote advanced experience, and help solve problems in a timely manner. Through hard and meticulous work, we must truly achieve the "three places" of responsibilities, measures and investment. Through the joint efforts of all parties, we must effectively grasp the three aspects of population, resources and environment to achieve greater results.