Abstract:This paper investigated the ecological cause of the current development problems, and discussed the scientific connotation of ecological civilization. The core of ecology is the components coupling, integrative cybernetics, harmonious state, and evolutionary process. Eco-civilization is characterized by sustainable development, knowledge economy, and ecological technology driven by the ecological cybernetics of competition, symbiosis, recycling, and self-reliance. After discussed 8 misunderstandings in eco-civilization development, the paper explored the scientific approach transition from material, matter to ecology, from technology, information to intelligence, and from reductionism, holism to trans-disciplinary integration, as well as the road map of incorporating ecological civilization into all aspects and the whole process of advancing economic, political, cultural, and social development.