Sanjiangyuan foundation chief urges wider ecological participation
SingTao · 1 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Du Jie, chairman of the Sanjiangyuan Ecological Protection Foundation, said in an interview that protecting Sanjiangyuan, the source region of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, requires more than government action and needs sustained support from wider society. He said the foundation will continue to act as a bridge linking public goodwill and capital with ecological protection work in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau hinterland
Key Points
- Sanjiangyuan is described as China’s “water tower” and a key ecological security barrier, sustaining national water ecology from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau interior
- The Sanjiangyuan Ecological Protection Foundation was established in 2012 as one of Qinghai’s first 5A-rated public fundraising foundations
- Du, a former Qinghai official, said President Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed protecting the “water tower,” biodiversity and water conservation capacity in Qinghai
- He said ecological compensation and concession-based operations helped herders shift from grassland users to beneficiaries of ecological dividends
- The foundation says it has raised more than RMB100 million, invested more than RMB100 million in projects, and reached over 100 million people through publicity
Why It Matters
For readers in Hong Kong, the interview underlines how mainland environmental protection is increasingly being framed as a joint effort by government, charities and the public rather than by official systems alone. It also points to the long-term stakes of glacier retreat, permafrost degradation and fragile alpine grassland recovery in a headwaters region that Du said supports water ecological security across China and wider Asia