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A | 　　讯 8月11日，四川省人民政府新闻办公室举行“万千气象看四川·起步奋进‘十五五’”乐山专场新闻发布会，主题为“增强乐山区域中心城市综合承载能力”。

Zhuo Qiang (L) talks with Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)As dawn breaks over Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Kenya's Maasai Mara ecosystem, rangers are already combing the grasslands for signs of unauthorized entry and poaching while keeping a close watch on wildlife.
Among them is Chinese conservationist Zhuo Qiang, nicknamed "Simba," the Swahili word for lion. For him, this early-morning routine is driven by a broader mission to achieve human-wildlife coexistence.
In 2010, Zhuo left his job in China at the age of 37 and embarked on a less-traveled path: pursuing wildlife conservation in Kenya.
Without professional training in wildlife conservation, he found himself in a territory then dominated by Western organizations and local practitioners.
But Zhuo decided to stay. "I wanted to prove that Chinese people could also do wildlife conservation," he said.
Initially, Zhuo saw conservation largely through the lens of wildlife science: working in the field, studying animals and collecting data.
Living and working with Maasai communities changed that perspective. "The fate of wildlife was closely tied to the people sharing the same land," he said.
In the Maasai Mara ecosystem, livestock grazing is deeply connected to the livelihoods of pastoral communities. "If local people are asked to stop grazing but are given no alternative source of income, conservation cannot be sustainable," Zhuo said.
That principle laid the foundation for his work with the local community in establishing the Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
The area had suffered from prolonged overgrazing, with plants and the land itself deteriorating. Under the conservation model, local grazing land was leased and gradually restored, allowing vegetation to recover and creating a more suitable habitat for wildlife, said Zhuo.
Meanwhile, households participating in the scheme receive land-rental income and have access to jobs such as wildlife rangers and tourism workers. Their average annual income has increased from around 500 U.S. dollars to about 3,700 dollars, according to Zhuo.
Some residents from surrounding communities also learned from the experience and brought the approach back to their own grazing areas.
Nowadays, 26 private conservancies have been established around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, covering about 1,600 square km, according to Zhuo.
He believes the network of community conservancies provides additional safe space for wildlife to move and survive, extending conservation efforts beyond the boundaries of a single national reserve and into surrounding communities.
Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, said Zhuo's work encouraged more residents to take an active role in conservation.
In the past, many residents saw few direct benefits from wildlife conservation and had limited awareness of its importance. Today, community members are increasingly willing to work as rangers and protect wildlife, creating an effective layer of protection around the conservancies, Msago said.
"Human-wildlife conflict cannot be solved simply through restrictions and prohibitions. The key is to create alternative sources of income so that residents can gain tangible benefits from conservation," Zhuo said.
"That is what makes community-based conservation sustainable -- allowing local people to become part of wildlife conservation rather than bystanders with no stake in it."
While continuing his work in the Maasai Mara, Zhuo has also sought to strengthen exchanges between China and Africa in wildlife conservation.
In recent years, he has visited more than 30 nature reserves and national parks in China, sharing his experiences of community-based conservation in Africa with Chinese counterparts.
"Conservation practices in China and Africa each have their own characteristics, and there is much that the two sides can learn from each other," he added.
Zhuo Qiang (C) checks the chickens raised by local residents in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

Zhuo Qiang (C) checks the chickens raised by local residents in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)
。　　会上，乐山市委常委、常务副市长黄秀航介绍，增强区域中心城市综合承载能力，是省委、省政府赋予乐山的使命任务，也是乐山未来五年的着力重点之一。为此，将以三方面举措推动部署落地。　　一是锚定坐标轴，置身国省发展大局。服务国家战略，统筹对接新时代西部大开发、长江经济带等国家战略，全面融入成渝地区双城经济圈建设，助力成渝先进制造业集群向世界级迈进。融入全省布局，服务保障国家重要初级农产品供给战略基地建设，主动参与岷江—长江上游经济带布局建设，争取在世界级核医疗产业集群等建设中发挥更大作用。深化区域协作，全面融入成都平原经济区一体化发展，协作共建成德绵眉乐高新技术产业带。联动攀西经济区创新开发钒钛等战略资源，加强与川西北生态示范区新能源合作，协同川南经济区打造长江上游航运中心。　　二是使出关键招，全力推进五大强基。

B | 五大强基是乐山增强综合承载力的五条具体路径。

C | 市场主体培育方面，聚焦育强种子、苗子、林子“三梯队”，建立梯度培育库，推动企业法人单位、“四上”单位数量“双倍增”。县域经济壮大方面，坚持“抓强、提干、扶弱”，支持11个县（市、区）提升县域发展能级，力争培育地区生产总值600亿元以上的县（市、区）2个、300亿元以上的4个。资源产业协同方面，发挥天然气、矿产等资源优势，以资源育产业、以场景引项目、以平台聚企业，推动构建基于自身资源基础的产业链20条以上。产业赛道优化方面，推动化工、建材等传统产业存量变革，光伏储能、稀土新材料、核技术应用、人工智能等新兴产业增量崛起，氢能、生物制造等未来产业变量突破，构建起具有乐山特色、领先优势的现代产业体系。