[kercker]

'美丽' is used to describe 'ecological civilization', not to describe beautiful cities. It is used against the backdrop that pollution (of water, air, soil, etc.) is very serious across China, and there are many complaints from ordinary people.

You can see the meaning of '美丽' from this sentence '生态环境根本好转，美丽中国目标基本实现' (the ecological environment has fundamentally improved, and the goal of a beautiful China has basically been achieved).

[paradite]

Yes. This is a more accurate explanation, thanks for posting.

[tfcata]

But that sentence does not appear in the Constitution. Or maybe I'm looking at a wrong version?

[kercker]

http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/19thcpcnationalcongress/20...

This is the speech Xi delivered at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It contains this sentence. If you skim the speech, you will find multiple mentions of '美丽', all of them environment related.

The other four words are related to other aspects of policies of China.

富强(prosperous) is related to economy.

民主(democratic) is related to politics.

文明(culturally advanced) is related to culture.

和谐(harmonious) which was added to the constitution by Xi's predecessor Hu Jintao, is related to society.

And 美丽(beautiful) is related to ecology or environment.

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富强, 民主, 文明 and 和谐 are the first words of the 'core socialist values' which contain 12 such words and which were laid out at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, when Hu stepped down and Xi become the paramount leader of Communist Party of China.

'Core socialist values' are taught to students from kindergarten to college. And these words of 'core socialist values' are plastered over walls, buildings and flyovers at every cities in China.