Abstract: The organic coupling between new quality productive forces and ecological labor constitutes a fundamental dialectical relationship for achieving high-quality development and constructing ecological civilization in the new era. This relationship unfolds through a two-way dynamic: new quality productive forces provide the material and technological foundation as well as objective determinacy for the formation of ecological labor via changes in production factors; in turn, ecological labor exerts value guidance and practical discipline on the developmental trajectory of new quality productive forces through the internalization of ecological values and conscious ethical conduct by subjects. Their coupling is not a simple linear addition but a synergistic evolution characterized by mutual empowerment, driven by intrinsic needs and value consensus, and manifested as a spiral-shaped upward movement. The ultimate significance of this coupling lies in its profound shaping effect on civilization: it establishes a realistic foundation for overcoming the practical dilemmas of the traditional “ecological man” concept and molding a new type of “wise ecological man” as the subject; it provides core support in terms of production and lifestyle for the green transformation of Chinese modernization; and it offers a Chinese solution with universal implications for humanity to transcend the predicaments of industrial civilization and advance toward a new form of ecological civilization aimed at harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

Key words: new quality productive forces, ecological labor, organic coupling, ecological civilization, ecological management