Since the reform and opening up, China's national economy has achieved rapid development, and made remarkable achievements. At the same time, the ecological environment has also sounded the alarm. "Beautiful scenery is the gold and silver mines". In order to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of China's economy and society, we must change the traditional development concept, realize green development and vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, which is also the only way to build a moderately prosperous society in China. The construction of ecological civilization is inseparable from the concept of green development, which has opened up a new path for the construction of ecological civilization. Based on the scientific connotation of green development concept, this paper explores the path of green development concept to promote the construction of ecological civilization by analyzing the relationship between them.