The System of Evaluation Standards for Eco-Environmental Conservation
Evaluating eco-environmental conservation means conducting accurate assessment, making science-based plans, and reviewing quantitative targets and relevant practices, in order to draw objective, accurate conclusions about harmony between humanity and nature, and thus provide reliable information for correct decision-making, rational planning, quantitative management and practical implementation.
So official standards are needed to evaluate the progress in key eco-environmental protection projects and people's sense of benefit.
Xi Jinping has issued instructions on the evaluation of eco-environmental conservation. Speaking at a study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee in May 2013, he said that eco-environmental protection must be based on institutions and laws, and only the strictest institutions and laws can provide the proper guarantee for such protection. He called for a better performance evaluation system for economic and social development, including the indexes of resource consumption, environmental damage and ecological benefits that could reflect the progress made, so as to create appropriate target systems, review methods, and mechanisms of reward and sanction that accommodate the needs of an eco-civilization. These will be obligatory for the officials, and guide their protection of the eco-environment.
In December 2016, the central authorities published the methods for performance evaluation in relation to eco-environmental conservation. In line with these methods, two documents were issued – one on annual green development indexes and the other on eco-environmental protection targets every five years. These all provide principles and a base for evaluation.
The evaluation will focus on both output increase and consumption reduction, both economic benefits and environmental improvement, both growth speed and development quality, so that it will offer important guidance to local governments and leading officials, and stimulate their enthusiasm, initiative and creativity to form strong synergy in building an eco-civilization.
生态文明建设评价指标体系
生态文明建设评价指标体系，是对生态文明建设进行准确评价、科学规划、定量考核和具体实施的依据，通过客观、准确评价人与自然和谐程度及其文明水平，为正确决策、科学规划、定量管理和具体实施等提供科学依据。
中共中央、国务院部署的生态文明重大目标任务完成情况，生态环境改善带给人民的获得感，生态文明建设的成效，需要一把尺子来衡量、来检验。习近平多次对生态文明建设目标评价考核工作提出要求。2013年5月，习近平在十八届中央政治局第六次集体学习时指出，保护生态环境必须依靠制度、依靠法治。只有实行最严格的制度、最严密的法治，才能为生态文明建设提供可靠保障。他要求，完善经济社会发展考核评价体系，把资源消耗、环境损害、生态效益等体现生态文明建设状况的指标纳入经济社会发展评价体系，建立体现生态文明要求的目标体系、考核办法、奖惩机制，使之成为推进生态文明建设的重要导向和约束。
2016年12月，中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅印发《生态文明建设目标评价考核办法》。根据这一《办法》，国家发展改革委等4部门联合制定了年度评价的《绿色发展指标体系》和五年考核的《生态文明建设考核目标体系》，为规范生态文明建设评价考核工作提供原则和依据。
构建生态文明建设评价指标体系并进行评价考核，既要看产出增加，又要看消耗降低；既要看经济效益，又要看环境效益；既要看发展速度，又要看发展质量，以起到对地方政府和领导干部的指挥棒作用，从而激发各级政府部门、广大干部的积极性、主动性和创造性，形成推进生态文明建设的强大动力。