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Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Goals Leading the Comprehensive Green Transformation in China’s Economy and Society： An Interview with Researcher Zhou Hongchun from the Development Research Center of the State Council⊙Zhou Hongchun

Achieving carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 is a major strategic decision made by the Central Committee of the CPC， an inevitable choice to focus on solving the noticeable problem of resource and environmental constraints to realize the sustainable development of China， and a solemn commitment to building a community with a shared future for mankind. Double carbon（Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality）goals involve a broad and profound systematic change in economy and society， so they are not easy tasks. What are the scientific considerations for the setting of China’s double carbon goals？ What are the difficulties and challenges to achieve the goals？How to understand the historic significance of China’s achievement of the goals？What impact will the realization of double carbon goals have on the comprehensive green transformation in China’s economic and social development？Regarding these issues， the editorial department of Journal of Poyang Lake invited Zhou Hongchun， a researcher from the Development Research Center of the State Council and a member of the China Energy Conservation Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Steering Committee， to make detailed analysis.

On Ecological Community Construction from the Ecological Perspective of Constructive Postmodernism⊙Huang Yi & Wang Zhihe

Ecological community construction does not merely aim to provide a comfortable， eco-friendly and beautiful living environment for community residents， but focuses more on creating a community， or revitalizing the community which has been disintegrated by industrialization， and advocating a new lifestyle and concept that everyone should take part in sustainable development. Constructive postmodernism， based on the philosophy of process， emphasizes that the existing ways of man and nature are relational， generative， and organic. Especially， its understanding of “intrinsic relationship”， that is， leading the assumption of “rational economic man” under the paradigm of industrial civilization to the assumption of “people in the community” under the paradigm of ecological civilization， enables a healthy and lively community atmosphere， a united and friendly community support， and the ecological concept of sustainable development to be deeply and effectively promoted in the practice of ecological community construction. In constructing Puhan ecological community in Yongji City， Shanxi Province， the “Tuber Theory” has been applied under the constructive postmodernist thinking mode， so the concept， design and implementation of ecological community construction truly meet the inherent requirements of the development of ecological civilization.

The Ecological Turn in My Academic Research☉Huang Guowen

Ecolinguistics is a problem-oriented branch of linguistics. It is linguistics applied， with the purpose of solving problems related to language and ecology. This article describes the ecological turn of the author’s linguistic research and his thinking on ecolinguistic studies， arguing that the focus of ecolinguistic research includes not only the analysis of ecological discourse， but also the ecological analysis of discourse. The article highlights the assumptions and contents of Harmonious Discourse Analysis， reviews academic viewpoints on Harmonious Discourse Analysis， and offers some insights into the interdisciplinary studies of ecolinguistics.

The Role of Language in the Harmonious Coexistence of Man and Nature：An Interview with Professor Huang Guowen⊙Chen Yang & Huang Guowen

This is an interview between Professor Huang Guowen（the interviewee） and Professor Chen Yang （the interviewer），which is concerned with a number of questions and answers related to Professor Huang’s ecolinguistic studies in the past six years. The issues discussed include Professor Huang’s understanding of ecolinguistic studies in the Chinese context and the work he has done to promote ecolinguistic studies in China. Professor Huang also talks about Harmonious Discourse Analysis， which is an approach he proposed to the study of ecological analysis of discourse in the Chinese context.

Discipline Construction， Theory Building， and Model Creation： Three Dimensions of Professor Huang Guowen’s Ecolinguistic Studies⊙Zhou Wenjuan & Zhai Chenxiao

Professor Huang Guowen， a well-known international systemic functional linguist， has been actively engaged in ecolinguistic studies since 2016， and has achieved remarkable results in the past six years， broadly in three dimensions： discipline construction， theory building， and model creation. In terms of discipline construction， he has invited famous scholars from abroad， opened an inspiring disciplinary dialogue， established a leading disciplinary institution， discussed a forward-looking disciplinary orientation， and popularized contextualized and harmonious discourse analysis， making an important contribution to the construction of the doctoral program of “Language Ecology” at South China Agricultural University. In terms of theoretical construction， he has established the relevance of important terms such as “anthropocene”， “systemic ecolinguistics” and “ecological literacy” to ecolinguistics， and proposed new terms such as “micro-ecolinguistics” and “macro-ecolinguistics”. He suggests that we should “think and act ecolinguistically”， and emphasizes new ideas such as “social responsibility” and “ecological orientation”. In terms of model creation， he introduces the ecological analysis of discourse proposed by the international well-known ecolinguist Arran Stibbe， and makes a localization exploration in combination with the Chinese context and Chinese ecological wisdom. Based on the theoretical basis of systemic ecolinguistics， he puts forward the framework of Harmonious Discourse Analysis， which includes the assumption of “people-orientedness” and the three principles of “conscience”， “proximity” and “regulation”. These research results have great significance in theory and practice and deserve attention and promotion.

Harmonious Discourse Analysis： Origin， Core Concepts and Expanded Application

⊙Zhao Ruihua

Professor Huang Guowen proposed a brand new approach， Harmonious Discourse Analysis （HDA）， to ecolinguistic studies in the Chinese context. The core concepts are “people’s problem”， “harmony” and “discourse”. HDA breaks through three limitations， i.e. from discourse analysis to behavioral analysis， from the analysis of discourses to the analysis of discourse systems， and from the analysis of the human-nature relationship to the analysis of various other relationships and behaviors that may affect a harmonious society and a harmonious world. HDA has its origins in the Chinese context， but has also received attention from international leading scholars. This new approach to discourse analysis is not only applicable to the discourses with Chinese features， but can also be extended to the study of the ecology of discourse systems and the ecology of international relations. The article demonstrates the expanded application of HDA by analyzing news reports of Guangzhou from Kenya， Malaysia， and Vietnam along the southern line of the “Belt and Road”.

A Review of Introductory Monographs on Ecolinguistic Studies：With Special Focus on Huang & Zhao’s What Is Ecolinguistics☉Wang Xi & Chen Yang

Ecolinguistics is an interdisciplinary discipline that has been developing in recent decades. Six books published in this field deserve special attention， namely The Ecolinguistics Reader： Language， Ecology， and Environment， The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics， and Ecolinguistics： Language， Ecology and the Stories We Live By published in the UK， and Ecological Chinese Studies， Introduction to Language Ecology， and What Is Ecolinguistics， published in China. These six books discuss issues concerning language and ecology， but each has its own characteristics， and all are worth reading for the understanding of ecolinguistic studies. Among them， What is Ecolinguistics is unique in terms of its theoretical guidance， research perspectives， research methods and research contents， as well as explanations of relevant terms.

Conversations on the Publication of the Translated Version of the Newly Revised What Is the Environment History⊙Mei Xueqin， Gao Guorong & Qiao Yu

What is Environmental History， a book written by a historian who has been working in the field of environmental history for a long time， contains an overall overview and contemplation of environmental history research and its theory. It is， therefore， a guide to environmental history worthy of continuous recommendation. The second edition of this book supplements lots of international cutting-edge information in the field of environmental history. The translated Chinese version based on the newly revised book will be published by Shanghai People’s Publishing House in honor of the pioneering contribution made by its author J. Donald Hughes in the hope of attracting more attention and stimulating more thinking on the changes of the relationship between human and environment. In a series of articles commemorating the publication， Mei Xueqin shows that this book has the function of “direction post of environmental history” by writing a translator’s introduction， and gives necessary tips on how to read this book for general readers and professional researchers; Gao Guorong focuses on the advantages that Hughes had when writing about global environmental history， analyzes the academic value of the book， and maintains that it is an authoritative guide to environmental history research， useful not only for beginners but also for scholars who are deeply engaged in the field; Qiao Yu believes that this book is the equivalent of Shi Tong（Generality of Historiography） in environmental history， as it is the first endeavor that combines the history of historiography and historical theories since the emergence of environmental history. Qiao also discusses its enlightenment on environmental history research in Australia. To some extent， these articles reflect the value and significance of this book in the eyes of Chinese scholars.

An Overview of Environmental History Research on Medieval Germany⊙Jiang shan

Environmental problems have existed since ancient times. They appeared in large numbers in ancient Greece and Rome， and became very prominent in the Middle Ages， thus affecting the security of the ecosystem and the development and progress of human society. The study of the environmental history of the Middle Ages in the West began at the end of the 1970s when the research on environmental history of the German Middle Ages also began and gradually matured in the 1990s. These studies mainly cover the theories of medieval environmental history， climatic environment history， natural landscape history， natural disaster history， agricultural environment history， urban environment history， forest environment history， environmental problems caused by mining and metal smelting， flora and fauna environment history， medical environment history， etc. The literature review of the research on German medieval environmental history can provide a reference for the domestic research on German environmental history.

A Probe into Herbert Marcuse’s Aesthetic Emancipation：The Aesthetic Dimension of the Double Liberation of Man and Nature⊙Lin Shichang， Su Baiyi & Wang Renqiang

Herbert Marcuse’s aesthetic emancipation thought， as an important dimension of the combination of aesthetics and emancipation theory， comes from the reasonable inheritance of the previous theoretical achievements， and is also based on the realistic criticism of the developed industrial society. Aiming at the extreme control of human and nature by capitalism’s affirmative culture， technological rationality and consumption alienation， Marcuse advocates cultivating people’s “new sensibility”， an ability to criticize and negate， reconstructing “new technologies” that should benefit mankind， appealing to people to treat nature humanely and shape nature according to the laws of beauty. Its fundamental purpose is to liberate human sensibility and nature from the oppression of capitalist society and establish a new society in which human beings and nature coexist in harmony.

How is the Aesthetic Appreciation of “Poor Mountains and Bad Waters” Possible： A Perspective from Comprehensive Perceptual Experience⊙Zeng Siyi

The concept of “Poor Mountains and Bad Waters”（Qiong Shan E Shui） has undergone a divergence from natural to negative cultural attributes， with “Qiong” and “E” moving from a definition of nature itself to a definition of practical values and even human conditions and resulting in an emotional representation of disgust. The approach of appreciation developed in the practice and theory of Western landscape aesthetics and environmental aesthetics， by positively constructing the “landscape” or understanding and interpreting “wilderness” in the emotional and perceptual dimensions， has solved the “disgust” problem and provides a reference for the aesthetic appreciation of “Qiong Shan E Shui”. Due to the limitation of humanistic perspective， it is difficult for aesthetics to surpass human perception and cognition， so people might have  negative aesthetic reactions to “Qiong Shan E Shui”. What is important here is how we understand the perceptual value of negative reactions such as “disgust” and respond to this local environmental aesthetic problem.

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