Abstract: In May 2018, the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference officially established Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought. Comrade Xi Jinping has illuminated the ecological values, clarified the six principles of ecological civilization construction, and deeply analyzed the necessity of ecological civilization construction, these ideas need to be understood and interpreted from the conceptual dimension. Comrade Xi Jinping has put forward the grand blueprint for the construction of beautiful China, comprehensively expounded the objectives and tasks of ecological civilization construction, clarified the five major systems construction of ecological civilization, and pointed out the overall thinking of ecological civilization construction. These ideas need to be understood from the goal and strategic dimensions. Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought is an important part of Xi Jinping’s theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. To grasp the core essence of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought from the three dimensions of idea, goal and strategy, we can deeply understand the logical system of Xi Jinping’s socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era and enhance the consciousness of ecological civilization action.

Key words: Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought; ecological civilization construction; ecological civilization system