Abstract: The ecological transformation of traditional industry and economy (“ecological modernization”) and the green new economic development (“green development”) with ecological agriculture and tourism as the main body are, to a large extent, the inevitable stage circumstances or choices of traditional industrial cities in China, especially resource dependent cities in the process of economic and social modernization. Handan City, Hebei Province is a typical representation. From the perspective of ecological civilization and its building, this kind of green economy (development) transformation will be a long-term historical process, so we must have enough patience and perseverance to “work for a long time, and the success does not need to be in me”, and it inherently means or points to a higher future development pursuit and a more comprehensive production and change of life style.