BEIJING: The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have released guidelines aimed at accelerating green transition in the country’s socioeconomic development.
The guidelines set ambitious goals, including achieving “remarkable results” in green transition by 2030 and establishing a green, low-carbon and circular economic system by 2035 as part of efforts to achieve the vision of a “Beautiful China”.
They outline a series of tasks, such as optimizing land use, promoting green and low-carbon industrial and energy transitions, and advancing sustainable urban-rural development. Specific targets include expanding the value of the energy conservation and environmental protection industry to 15 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) and increasing the share of non-fossil energy to 25 percent of total energy consumption by 2030.
Additional goals include reducing the carbon emissions intensity of commercial transport by 9.5 percent and boosting the annual utilization of bulk solid waste to 4.5 billion metric tons by 2030.The National Development and Reform Commission said the guidelines were issued following significant progress in green and low-carbon development since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.
By June this year, renewable energy accounted for 53.8 percent of China’s total installed electricity generation capacity. Energy consumption per unit of GDP was down more than 26 percent from the level in 2012, and carbon emissions intensity per unit of GDP was down more than 35 percent. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
