Human Resource Cooperation between Yunnan Province and the Mekong Region: Ecological Civilization Leadership Program by Yuwadee Kardkarnklai, Vice President of Klangpanya Institute Presented at Forum on the Human Resources Cooperation The 6th Yunnan Conference on International Exchange of Professionals hosted by Yunnan Provincial Committee of Communist Party of China The People's Government of Yunnan Province

1. By
优瓦迪•卡坎凯 泰国曼谷，克朗潘雅国家战略研究所副所长
Ms. Yuwadee Kardkarnklai
Vice President of Klangpanya Institute, Klangpanya Institute, Bangkok Thailand
December 17, 2021.
云南省与湄公河地区人力资源合作: 生态文明领导力项目
Human Resource Cooperation between Yunnan Province
and the Mekong Region:
Ecological Civilization Leadership Program
hosted by
Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and
Yunnan Provincial People’s Government,
organized by
Yunnan Department of Human Resources and Social Security and
co-organized by Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences.
The Human Resources Cooperation Forum
The 6th Yunnan International Talent Exchange Conference

2. 提纲Outline
• 中国的生态文明
Ecological civilization in China
• 湄公河流域和云南省生物多样性的重要性
Significance of biodiversity in the Mekong region and Yunnan
province
• 湄公河流域国家打造生态文明人力资源合作的建议与结论
Recommendations and conclusion on human resource
cooperation for ecological civilization construction in countries
of the Mekong region.

3. 联合国召开的首届全球生态文明大会
The first global conference convened by the United Nations
highlighting ecological civilization
2021年10月11-24日，云南省昆明市举办了主题为“生态文明：
共建地球生命共同体”的生物多样性大会
there was the convention on biological diversity hosted by
Kunming City, the southwest China's Yunnan Province during 11-24
October 2021 with the theme "Ecological Civilization: Building a
Shared Future for All Life on Earth".
COP15会议是联合国召开的首届强调生态文明的全球会议。 这
标志着生态文明理念已为国际社会所接受，取得重要进展。
It was called the COP15 meeting and was the first global
conference convened by the United Nations highlighting ecological
civilization. It marks as one of the important paces of Ecological
Civilization concept, as it has been accepted internationally.

4. 习近平主席在本次大会上发表主旨演讲
President Xi Jinping made
a keynote speech at this conference.
中国宣布将率先出资15亿元人民币，成立昆明生物
多样性基金（2.33 亿美元），这是继续推进全球生
态文明建设的关键措施。
China‘s initiative to establish the Kunming Biodiversity
Fund and take the lead by investing 1.5 billion yuan
($233 million) in the fund which is a critical step to
continue promoting global ecological civilization

5. 习近平生态文明思想
Xi Jinping's Thought of Ecological Civilization
习主席强调“我们绝不能以牺牲生态环境为代价换取经济的一时发展”。
习近平生态文明思想的内容包罗万象。 例如：
He stressed that economic development "Cannot be sacrificed for the
ecological environment". The Contents of Xi Jinping's Thought of Ecological
Civilization are very rich. For example:
1. “绿水青山就是金山银山”的生态经济观。The ecological economic
view of "Green water and Green Mountain are golden hill and silver
mountain".
2.“不断满足人民日益增长的优美生态环境需要”的生态政治观。
Ecological and political view of "satisfying the people's new expectation of
good ecological environment".
3.“人与自然和谐共生”的生态社会观。The ecological social view of
"human, natural and social harmonious symbiosis".
4.“用最严格制度最严密法治保护生态环境”的生态观。“The view
of the ecological system of "The strictest system, the strictest rule of law".

6. 联合国教科文组织驻华代表夏泽翰教授
Prof. Khan, Shahbaz
UNESCO representative to China
国内已经在绿色发展、绿色金融、绿色经济、循环经济、低碳经
济、生态红线、生态修复与建设、绿色城镇化、减缓与适应气候
变化、可持续发展、防治污染等方面逐渐涌现出一些优秀的实例。
There are gradually prominent examples of domestic actions for
green development, green finance, green economy, circular
economy, low-carbon economy, ecological redlining, ecological
restoration and construction, green urbanization, climate change
mitigation and adaptation, sustainable development, and fighting
against pollutions.
这些都是在“十二五”特别是“十三五”期间针对生态文明的转
型与投资。
These are shifts and investments toward ecological civilization
already well underway during the 12th and, especially, the 13th five
year plan.

7. 中国的生态文明建设位居世界前列
China are taking the lead on
Ecological civilization
这是以生态文明理念解决全球生物多样性问题的范例。
is an example to provide solutions on global biodiversity
with the concept of ecological civilization.
中国通过COP15会议与世界分享在保护和保护生物多
样性方面所采取的措施。
The COP15 conference allows China to share with the
rest of the world about what has been done on
conservation and protection of biodiversity.

8. 我的提议如下：
I would like to purpose that
湄公河地区是一个脆弱的生态地区，而且该地区的生
物和生态系统正在迅速退化，中国应以此为契机来支
持区域性自然资源和生态系统，与湄公河地区国家分
享在保护生物多样性、应对气候危机、管理自然资源
方面取得的经验教训。
China should take this opportunity to support the regional
natural resources and ecological system, share its
experience and lessons in protecting biodiversity, respond
to climate crises, and manage natural resources with
countries in the Mekong region, as it is a vulnerable area.
Besides, the biological and ecological systems in this
region are degrading very rapidly.

9. 湄公河地区：丰饶的自然资源与生物多样性的重要性
The Mekong region: its natural abundance and significance of biodiversity
世界三大河流，长江、湄公河、怒江（萨尔温江）发源于中国，这一地理
特征被称为“三江并流”。
In China, there are headstreams of three of the world’s great rivers including the
Yangtze, Mekong, and Salween flow in proximity, and this geography is known as
the “Three Parallel Rivers.”
湄公河流入老挝，途经缅甸和老挝的边界，从泰国和老挝的边界流入柬埔
寨，并入柬埔寨的象征--洞里萨湖。
The Mekong River then enters Laos, flows along the border of Myanmar and
Laos, and then after flowing along the Thai-Laos border, enters Cambodia where
it connects with the Tonle Sap Lake, a symbol of Cambodia.
流经越南并被称为“九龙河”。 越南湄公河三角洲是世界上最大的水稻产
区之一，湄公河从那里汇入南海。It then enters Vietnam, where it is known
as “Nine Dragons River.” The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is one of the world’s
largest rice production areas, and from there, the Mekong flows into the South
China Sea

10. The “Three Parallel Rivers” in Yunnan, China.
Yangtze(Jin Shajiang), Mekong (Lancang) and Salween (Nu Jiang)

11. 生物多样性正在退化
Biological diversity are declining
• 目前，三角洲的生态稳定和沿江居民的生计受到威胁。由于其高速
发展和不断变化的地貌，被列为世界上第五个受到人类威胁的地区。
• At present, the ecological stability of the delta and the livelihoods of
people living along the river is threatened. With its high pace of
development and changing landscapes, it is ranked in the fifth area of
the world which being threatened by humans.
• 随着世界人口的快速增长和自然资源被迅速消耗，如果没有兼顾环
境保护与人类生活环境、有效合理的管理和保护制度，生物多样性
将继续下降，物种将继续灭绝。
• With the rapid growth of world’s human population and expedited
consumption of natural resources, biological diversity will continue to
decline and species will continue to extinct if there is no effective and
rational management and reserving structure that considers both
conservation purpose and environment related to human.

12. 世界银行报告指出收入和贫困方面的不平等
The World Bank’s report marks inequalities in
income and poverty
• 老挝人民民主共和国和越南，贫困人口主要分布于山区和少数民族。
• Lao PDR and Vietnam, the poor are disproportionately concentrated in
upland areas and among ethnic minorities
• 老挝和柬埔寨超过一半的人口生活在购买力平价指数（PPP）每人每天
低于2美元的贫困线以下。
• More than half of the population of Lao PDR and Cambodia live below the
PPP (purchasing power parity) US$2-a-day poverty line
• 泰国700 多万的贫困人口中有一半集中在东北地区
• in Thailand half of the country’s total poor population of a little over 7
million are concentrated in the northeast region
• 大湄公河次区域的所有国家中，贫困人口主要生活在农村地区。
• all the countries of the GMS (Greater Mekong Subregion), poverty is to a
large extent a rural phenomenon

13. 云南省：湄公河的上游地区
Yunnan Province : the upstream of Mekong River
• 云南省地处中国西南，是全球生物多样性的热点地区，拥有中国 50%
以上的维管植物和脊椎动物群、16% 的特有植物群和 73% 的重点保护
动物。
• Yunnan Province is a global biodiversity hotspot. Located in southwestern
PRC, it supports over 50% of the PRC’s vascular plant and vertebrate fauna
species, 16% of its endemic flora, and 73% of its priority protected animals .
• 六条主要河流的上游和下游流经云南省：独龙江（伊洛瓦底江）、澜沧
江（湄公河）、怒江（萨尔温江）、金沙江、红河和南盘江（珠江）。
这些河流绵延1,000多公里，流经中国其他省份和下游的国家，即柬埔
寨、老挝人民民主共和国、缅甸、泰国和越南。
• the province encompasses parts of the headwaters and lower reaches of six
major rivers: the Dulong (Irrawaddy), Lancang (Mekong), Nu Jiang (Salween),
Jinsha (Changhong), Hong (Red), and Nanpan (Pearl). These extend for over
1,000 km, through other provinces in the PRC and the downstream nations
of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar,
Thailand, and Vietnam.

14. 防止自然资源损耗
To avoid natural resource loss
湄公河地区的所有国家都必须履行保护其所
在地区生物多样性的责任，以避免湄公河地
区密集的经济发展所导致的自然资源损耗与
退化，这是不可推卸的责任。
To avoid natural resource loss and degradation
from intensive economic development Mekong
region as is happening elsewhere, all countries in
the Mekong region must take their responsibility
to protect biodiversity in the area where they
live. It is a mutual undeniable task.

15. 关于人力资源合作的建议
Recommendation for Human Resource Cooperation (1)
• 部分国际组织和国家对生态文明的兴趣日益浓厚，
而对湄公河地区却鲜有兴趣。
As there is growing interest in the ecological civilization
from the part of some international organizations and
countries, but it is rarely found interest in the Mekong
Region.
• 我希望中国领导层以生态文明理念保护湄公河地区
的环境。 我们都能受益于该地区的生态系统。
I hope that the leadership of China should apply
ecological civilization concept to preserve environment in
the Mekong region. It is an area where we take benefits
from the ecosystem.

16. • 创建以生态文明为导向的湄公河地区倡议平台，以开展人
力资源方面的合作。
• We should create platform for ecological civilization-oriented
Mekong region initiatives which provide a channel for
developing human resource cooperation.
• 由于人具有制定长远战略的能力，因此人力资源是决定本
地区发展创新和成功的主要因素。同时，区域生物多样性
保护日益依赖国际合作的保护领域网络。
• Human resources are the main factor determining innovation
and success of the development in our region, as human has
ability to design long-term strategies. At the same time, the
conservation of regional biodiversity increasingly relies on the
network of international cooperative protected areas.
关于人力资源合作的建议
Recommendation for Human Resource Cooperation (2)

17. 生态文明之领导力项目
Ecological Civilization Leadership Program
• 应该制定生态文明之领导力项目，为湄公河地区各国建立一个分享
领导力措施的空间，激发生态文明的新思想和新举措，从而建立一
个可持续的领导力网络。
Ecological Civilization Leadership Program should be initiated with aiming
to create a sustainable network of leaders among the countries of the
Mekong Region by providing a common space for the sharing of leadership
tools as well as igniting new ideas and initiatives of Ecological Civilization.
• 该项目旨在让公河地区各个部门的年轻一代管理者（包括社会机构、
政府部门和私营部门）。如今的年轻一代将成为亚洲未来的领导者。
他们应该受到东方智慧关于生态文明的熏陶。
The targeted participants of this program should be young generation
leaders in the Mekong region from different sectors including civil society,
government sector and private sector. The young generation today will
become leaders in the future of Asia. They should be cultivated by
ecological civilization which is the eastern wisdom.

18. 结论 Conclusion
生态文明涉及价值观和发展理念，是
中国迈向“新时代”优质发展转型的
重要推动力。
Ecological civilization is a set of values
and development concepts, and now a
key driver in China’s transition to high
quality development for the “New Era”.

19. 我的看法
From my perspective
• 应在相互尊重的情况下，中国应在湄公河地区国家之间开展信息交
流和经验分享。 我相信中国的经验可以激发我们的合作与发展，各
国可以因地制宜地实现与自然和谐相处的目标。
China should engage in information exchange and sharing of lessons
learned among countries in the Mekong region with the mutual respect. I
believe that china’s experiences can stimulate our cooperation and
development in the way to achieve the goal of living in harmony with
nature in an appropriate manner to different national contexts.
• 这有助于针对该宝贵的领域制定可持续发展策略。 最后，中国应深
入考虑与湄公河地区国家开展人力资源合作，树立区域生态文明建
设的典范。
Such approach could contribute to the co-design for sustainable
development on this valuable area. Finally, China should intensively
consider on human resource cooperation with countries in the Mekong
region to make an excellent regional example of Ecological Civilization
construction.

20. 谢谢！Thank you