The idea of ecological civilization focuses on promoting the green development of energy

Clean and efficient use of energy was accelerated. We will adhere to the conservation and intensive use of energy and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of energy use. The clean and efficient use of coal has been further promoted. More than 80 percent of coal-fired power units have been upgraded to conserve energy, and the average coal consumption for power supply has decreased by 23 grams of standard coal over the past 10 years. More than 90% of coal power units have achieved ultra-low emissions, and the emission level of pollutants is comparable to that of gas power, and the emission of air pollutants in the power industry has dropped by nearly 90%. Since 2012, China's average annual growth of 3% in energy consumption has supported the average annual growth of more than 6% of the national economy, and the cumulative reduction of energy consumption per unit of GDP has been about 26%, equivalent to a reduction of 1.4 billion tons of standard coal. The level of cleanliness of end-use energy has been greatly improved, and the replacement of electric energy in key energy-use areas has been accelerated, with the proportion of electric energy in end-use energy consumption rising to about 27%, an increase of 8 percentage points in 10 years. China has built the world's largest number of charging infrastructure systems, with 6.36 million charging infrastructure completed by May 2023. The target of clean heating planning in the northern region was successfully achieved, and the clean heating rate exceeded 73%, contributing more than one-third to reducing the average concentration of PM2.5 and improving air quality.

Energy reform and innovation were deepened. Adhere to innovation as the first driving force, adhere to the general direction of market-oriented reform, and constantly stimulate the momentum and potential of green energy development. Form the world's leading clean energy industry system, new energy advanced power generation technology is internationally leading, photovoltaic modules, wind turbines and other key components account for 70% of the global market share. Major achievements have been made in a number of major engineering technologies, including the Hualong One and Guohe One autonomous third-generation nuclear power plants, million-kilowatt hydropower, Blue Whale 1 drilling platform, and deep-sea 1 large deepwater gas field. New progress has been made in the research and development and application of large-scale energy storage, hydrogen energy, and carbon capture, utilization and storage. In-depth promotion of the reform of the electric power system, the reform of the oil and gas system and the reform of the energy "decentralization service", the "national network" of oil and gas has been basically formed, the construction of a unified national electricity market system has been accelerated, the proportion of market-oriented electricity transactions has exceeded 60%, and the index of "access to electricity" has risen to 12th in the world.

China's contribution to the global energy transition has become increasingly prominent. China is an important leader and promoter of global energy transformation, giving full play to the advantages of integrated manufacturing scale of the whole industry chain of new energy, and effectively promoting the cost of global wind power and photovoltaic power generation. In the past 10 years, China has contributed more than 40% to the growth of global non-fossil energy consumption, while actively supporting the global energy transition, nuclear power, UHV transmission, hydropower, new energy and a large number of landmark energy projects have been completed and launched, and the export of wind power photovoltaic products in 2022 will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 600 million tons for other countries. China has steadily promoted the green Belt and Road Initiative, and carried out green energy projects with more than 100 countries and regions, contributing to the global energy transition.

We will deepen green and low-carbon energy development on a new journey in the new era

Promoting the green development of energy is a systematic project and long-term task.  We will further advance the energy revolution, accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system, strengthen innovation drive, strive to promote high-quality energy development, and achieve the goal of peaking carbon neutrality on schedule, so as to provide strong support for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Continue to increase the supply of non-fossil energy. It is necessary to continue to promote the construction of large-scale wind power photovoltaic bases in deserts, Gobi and desert areas, promote the construction of offshore wind power bases, vigorously develop distributed new energy, coordinate hydropower development and ecological protection, actively and safely develop nuclear power in an orderly manner, and develop biomass energy, geothermal energy and other renewable energy in accordance with local conditions. We will ensure that the share of non-fossil energy consumption increases by about 1 percentage point per year until 2030. We will work hard to improve the ability to replace new energy sources safely and reliably, promote the optimal combination of coal and new energy sources, build a new type of power system, and enhance the ability to allocate clean energy across provinces and regions and consume it locally, so as to ensure that more than 70% of new energy consumption by 2030 is guaranteed by non-fossil energy sources.