On April 19th, the Tengchong Scientists Forum 2025 · Biodiversity Conservation and Regional Quality Development (Nujiang) Satellite Conference was launched in Lushui City. Academicians and experts gathered by the Nujiang River to conduct academic exchanges and facilitate scientific and technological cooperation centering on the organic integration of biodiversity conservation and high-quality development, thereby providing scientific solutions for biodiversity conservation and regional high-quality development in Nujiang.
Wang Xueqin, Member of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and Director of the Tengchong Scientist Forum Organizing Committee, delivered a speech.
Hong Weizhi, Secretary of the Nujiang Prefecture Party Committee, delivered a speech.
Xu Zhihong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former President of Peking University, and Co-chair of the Tengchong Scientist Forum, delivered a speech.
Li Wenhui, Deputy Secretary of the Nujiang Prefecture Party Committee and Prefectural Governor, made a presentation on "Introducing Science and Technology into Nujiang, and Implementing the 'Double Recruitment and Introduction' Strategy."
Participants focused on the theme of "Conserving Biodiversity, Empowering Ecological Value Transformation through Science and Technology, and Promoting Regional High-Quality Development." Through keynote speeches, four parallel sessions on "Biodiversity Conservation and National Park Construction," "Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Value Conversion and Green Finance," "Biodiversity Conservation and Industrial High-Quality Development," and "Biodiversity Conservation and High-End Tourism Development," expert dialogues, special events, and other segments, they discussed the paths and countermeasures for establishing the Gaoligong Mountains National Park and converting the ecological product values of Nujiang, explored the application and practice of green finance in biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration resource development, conducted in-depth analyses of the current industrial development status and technological needs of Nujiang, and investigated new tourism models such as low-altitude economy, tourism safety, AI application, and hot spring sports rehabilitation for application scenarios in Nujiang. They also deliberated on the innovative paths and service excellence for product formats such as rural, sports, arts, adventure, study tours, and road trips.
Guests expressed that the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is an important ecological functional zone in China and one of the global biodiversity hotspots. Its unique natural wonders and ethnic cultures constitute a rare dual heritage of nature and humanity in the world. They hoped that Nujiang would leverage scientific and technological innovation to select suitable areas for piloting the mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products, explore a sustainable path for realizing ecological product value led by the government with participation from enterprises and all sectors of society and operated through market mechanisms, seek development opportunities from nature conservation, attract the attention of global research experts and enterprises, facilitate ecological cooperation and green investments, and achieve a win-win situation for ecological environmental protection and high-quality economic development.
In recent years, Nujiang has thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization, coordinated high-quality development with high-level protection, initiated and implemented a five-year action plan for constructing a biodiversity conservation core area, discovered numerous new species such as the Lushui Toad, Dulongjiang Odorous Frog, and Yaojiaping Impatiens, promoted the Beautiful Nujiang construction, consistently fought the battles for blue skies, clear waters, and pure land, made "Planting a Tree, Increasing Greenness" a consensus among people of all ethnic groups in the prefecture, and maintained its ecological environment quality among the top in the province. Meanwhile, Nujiang has followed its local conditions to read the "water and mountain bible," play the "ecological card," do well the article on "green development," actively developed green ecological industries represented by capsicum and coffee, and taken a green development path suitable for Nujiang. The scenic and green Nujiang has become the poem and distant place in the hearts of countless tourists.
Signing Ceremony for the "Introducing Science and Technology into Nujiang, and Implementing the 'Double Recruitment and Introduction' Strategy" Projects.
During the conference, a promotion and signing ceremony for the "Introducing Science and Technology into Nujiang, and Implementing the 'Double Recruitment and Introduction' Strategy" was held, along with business matching activities for the "cultural tourism and outdoor industry," "canyon specialty agriculture," and "new productive forces" investment attraction sessions, as well as a series of events on the high-quality development of Nujiang's capsicum and premium coffee industries.
This event was hosted by the Office of the Tengchong Scientist Forum Organizing Committee and the People's Government of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. Scientists such as Xu Zhihong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Co-chair of the Tengchong Scientist Forum, Zhang Yaping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Researcher at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sun Hang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Researcher at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhu Youyong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and former President of Yunnan Agricultural University, He Kebin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor at Tsinghua University, and Zhu Zhaoyun, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Strategic Scientist for Traditional Chinese Medicine at Yunnan Baiyao Group, as well as Wang Xueqin, Member of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and Director of the Tengchong Scientist Forum Organizing Committee, attended the forum.
