The global significance of China's green transformation from two "new breakthroughs"
2024-08-14
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 13 (Reporter Ye Shuhong) Recently, two new energy data in China have attracted widespread attention from the international media. One is that the scale of renewable energy power generation has continued to climb to 53.8% of China's total power generation capacity in the first six months of this year, following its historic surpassing of thermal power last year; the other is that in July, China's new energy passenger car domestic monthly retail sales exceeded traditional fuel passenger cars for the first time, becoming the new mainstream of the market. From source production to terminal consumption, these two "new breakthroughs" show that China's comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development is accelerating, and China's position as a global leader in renewable energy is becoming more prominent.
In today's world, addressing climate change has become a global consensus, and promoting green and low-carbon energy transformation is the only way forward. However, in the process of energy transformation, different countries have different speeds and strengths of advancement and the sustainability and stability of green policies due to different resource constraints, technical conditions, industrial supporting facilities, policy capabilities and interests, and some have even regressed. China has made plans and arrangements from the perspectives of strategy, policy, technology, industry, and consumption many years ago, and has persistently promoted green transformation, which has finally formed today's good situation - the proportion of renewable energy in the entire energy supply structure continues to grow, the popularity of green energy technology in the entire industrial system has steadily increased, the forms of green energy consumption terminal products have become richer, the "green content" of economic and social development has continued to increase, and the comprehensive green transformation has made new breakthroughs from quantitative accumulation to qualitative transformation.
This is a photo of the wind turbines at the Zhanatas wind farm in Kazakhstan taken on September 13, 2022. The Zhanatas 100MW wind power project is jointly invested by China Power International Development Co., Ltd. and Kazakhstan Visol Investment Company. It is the largest wind power project in Central Asia jointly invested by China and Kazakhstan. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Dmitry Vasilenko)Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has implemented the new development concept, adhered to the path of green and low-carbon development, and significantly accelerated the pace of promoting the comprehensive green transformation of domestic economic and social development. China has successively issued a series of implementation plans for fields and industries, including the "Action Plan for Carbon Peaking Before 2030", the energy green transformation action, the industrial carbon peak action, the transportation green and low-carbon action, and the circular economy carbon reduction action. Recently, it has also issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development", which is the first time for the central government to systematically deploy the acceleration of the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Strong macroeconomic policies and institutional designs have helped China build the world's largest carbon market and clean power generation system, showing the world the practical actions of building a community of life between man and nature, and injecting Chinese momentum into promoting global green transformation.
The International Energy Agency report pointed out that in 2023, the global renewable energy installed capacity will increase by 510 million kilowatts, and China will contribute more than half, making a huge contribution to the growth of global renewable energy power generation. China's wind power and photovoltaic products are exported to more than 200 countries and regions around the world, helping developing countries to obtain clean, reliable and affordable energy. The International Renewable Energy Agency report pointed out that in the past 10 years, the average cost of electricity per kilowatt-hour of global wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects has dropped by more than 60% and 80% respectively, a large part of which is attributed to China's innovation, manufacturing and engineering. In 2022, China's renewable energy power generation will be equivalent to reducing domestic carbon dioxide emissions by about 2.26 billion tons, and the exported wind power and photovoltaic products will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 573 million tons for other countries, accounting for about 41% of the global renewable energy carbon reduction in the same period. Former UN Deputy Secretary-General Eric Solheim believes that China is an indispensable force in the global green transformation and an active promoter of renewable energy development.
This is a photo of the Upper Masangdi A Hydropower Station Dam in Lemzong County, Nepal, taken on November 8, 2022. The Upper Masangdi A Hydropower Station was invested and constructed by China Power Construction Group Overseas Investment Co., Ltd. For many years, China Hydropower-Sagmata Power Co., Ltd., which is responsible for operating the hydropower station project, has actively fulfilled its corporate social responsibility and helped to ensure local people's livelihood. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Harry Maharjan)China's comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development is an unprecedented ecological revolution with far-reaching impacts on human society. China's large-scale practice in strategy formulation, policy design, technology research and development, resource allocation, social mobilization and other aspects has accumulated valuable experience for other countries to promote green and low-carbon energy transformation and played a positive demonstration role. In addition, human fossil energy reserves are non-renewable, resource distribution is extremely uneven, and geopolitical disputes over resource competition are one after another. However, the distribution of renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power is relatively more balanced. Improving the accessibility and popularity of renewable energy through technical means and manufacturing capabilities is an effective way to solve energy shortages and eliminate the energy gap. In this sense, as the Australian East Asia Forum website said, China's "green manufacturing capabilities" are good news for global energy transformation.
Green and low-carbon energy transformation is an inevitable requirement for China's sustainable development, and it is also a major choice made by China from the perspective of a community with a shared future for mankind. For a large country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, the way in which energy is produced and consumed will greatly affect the future of mankind. In recent times, some developed countries have used the so-called "overcapacity" as an excuse to smear, suppress and contain China's new energy products and technologies. Their short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness are regrettable. Despite this, China will not stop accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and will remain determined to promote the modern strategy of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. With the acceleration of the comprehensive green transformation, China will surely inject sustained and strong new impetus into the world's green development.
