十三届全国人大常委会第二十四次会议通过的长江保护法将从2021年3月1日起实施。制定该法是为了加强长江流域生态环境保护和修复，促进资源合理高效利用，保障生态安全，实现人与自然和谐共生、中华民族永续发展。

Yangtze River Protection Law, passed at the 24th Standing Committee session of the 13th National People's Congress, will take effect on March 1, 2021. The law is formulated to strengthen the protection and restoration of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin, facilitate the effective and rational use of resources, safeguard ecological security, ensure harmony between human and nature, and achieve the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

要把修复长江生态环境摆在压倒性位置。要加快建立生态产品价值实现机制，让保护修复生态环境获得合理回报，让破坏生态环境付出相应代价。

The restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River should be a major priority. The establishment of mechanism for value realization of ecological products should be accelerated whereby protection and restoration of the ecological environment shall be reasonably rewarded, while those responsible for the ecological environment destruction shall pay their due price.

——2020年11月14日，习近平在全面推动长江经济带发展座谈会上发表的重要讲话