Can growth go green?

增长能否变绿?

Round Table China

2026-05-18

31 分钟
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For decades, industrialization meant a trade-off: growth versus environmental damage. Today, China is exploring a different path—where development and nature reinforce each other. Known as ecological civilization, this vision is reshaping conservation and urban life. In this episode, we unpack what it means and how it connects to daily life, through a conversation with Wang Zhihe, Director of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China. On the show: Niu Honglin, Yushan & Yushun
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Roundtable.

  • From the heart of Beijing to the edges of the global stage, you're at Roundtable.

  • I'm Niu Honglin.

  • For decades, industrialization often came with a painful trade-off.

  • Economic growth on one side, environmental damage on the other.

  • But increasingly, countries around the world are searching for a third path,

  • one where development and ecological protection reinforce each other instead of colliding.

  • In China,

  • that surge has evolved into a broader vision known as ecological civilization,

  • an idea now shaping everything from river restoration to wildlife conservation and rural revitalization.

  • In this episode, Roundtable invites you to dive deep into this concept

  • and find out how it relates to our everyday life.

  • For today's show, I'm joined by Yu Shun and Yu Shan.

  • Now pull up a chair and join the conversation.

  • Across China, signs of environmental recovery are becoming more visible.

  • National assessments show improving conditions in major ecological regions

  • like the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area and the Yellow River basin.

  • Endangered species populations are rebounding, anti-desertification efforts are expanding,

  • and former industrial zones are being reimagined as green public spaces.