JINAN: At the Jinxiang expressway service area in east China’s Shandong Province, visitors are surprised to find wireless phone charging services located under awnings, with photovoltaic panels lining the rooftops.
The prevalence of such panels is one of the great changes brought by China’s booming new energy sector.
Over recent years, the country has driven its green transition to act on its promises to peak carbon emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, making itself an important participant in, contributor to and leader of the construction of a global ecological civilization. From Monday to Wednesday, the 2023 Green Low-Carbon High-Quality Development Conference was held in the city of Yantai, Shandong. During the event, multiple remarkable achievements in the fields of energy conservation, carbon emissions reduction and innovation were showcased, displaying China’s wisdom in fueling the eco-friendly global development trend. According to data released by the National Development and Reform Commission, China has supported its average annual GDP growth of 6.6 percent with an average annual energy consumption growth of just 3 percent over the past decade. During the period, China’s energy consumption per unit of GDP and its carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 26.2 percent and 34.4 percent, respectively. Its wind power, photovoltaic power and hydropower installed capacities have all ranked first in the world, marking a historic advance in green, low-carbon and high-quality development, the commission said. –Agencies
