Beijing, March 10th (Xinhua) – Green and low-carbon development and addressing climate change have become a global consensus. China proposed the “dual carbon” target in 2020 and included it in the government work report for the first time in 2021. In the following years, “dual carbon” became a hot topic at the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Low carbon economy, energy revolution, carbon market This year’s government work report once again extensively mentions content related to “dual carbon”, emphasizing the need to “strengthen ecological civilization construction and promote green and low-carbon development”, which demonstrates China’s proactive role as a major country in addressing global climate change.
How can China prosper towards “greenness”? At the ongoing National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, several NPC deputies have anchored the “dual carbon” goal and proposed green development.
China is a major manufacturing country, and with the introduction of relevant policy documents in recent years, new progress has been made in the construction of China’s green manufacturing system. At the same time, as the world accelerates towards a carbon neutral era, international “green trade barriers” are gradually emerging, and China’s manufacturing industry is facing problems such as the difficulty of connecting the entire supply chain, the lack of industry carbon databases, and the pressure of low-carbon transformation in the supply chain.
How to break down barriers and achieve mutual recognition with the international system? Having China’s own system is a prerequisite.
Lei Jun, deputy to the National People’s Congress and founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, suggested that the background database of manufacturing carbon footprint should be established as soon as possible, the sharing and co construction mechanism of enterprises should be improved, the connection and mutual recognition with international databases should be promoted, and the global carbon footprint management system with China’s deep participation and leadership should be gradually established.
Energy is the lifeline of the national economy. Under the background of “dual carbon”, the green and low-carbon transformation of energy is accelerating, and the high-quality development of new energy has become the “highlight”. The National Energy Administration of China previously released data showing that as of the end of December 2023, the total installed capacity of renewable energy generation in China reached 1.516 billion kilowatts, accounting for 51.9% of China’s total installed capacity and nearly 40% of the global total installed capacity of renewable energy generation.
The energy revolution is the trend, and the key data of “reducing energy consumption per unit of GDP by about 2.5%” outlines China’s expected development goals for 2024.
To achieve the above goals, many National People’s Congress deputies cheered and shouted. Wang Jie, deputy to the National People’s Congress and deputy general manager of Zhejiang Baima Lake Laboratory Co., Ltd., brought suggestions on exploring and building a new energy system for land and sea collaboration. She stated that we should further leverage the momentum of technological innovation, fully utilize the development, conversion, storage, transportation, and utilization of renewable energy at sea, comprehensively explore the construction of a sea land cooperative new energy system, and better achieve high-quality development of clean, safe, and efficient energy.
Zhang Tianren, deputy to the National People’s Congress and chairman of Tianneng Holding Group, proposed to promote the high-quality development of energy storage, take the actual demand of new power system construction as the guidance, take the application as the guidance, drive the demonstration of new energy storage technologies and new products, and promote the iterative development of technological innovation; Improve the new energy storage standard system and establish entry barriers for high-quality, high safety, low-carbon and green development. (End)