THE country yesterday released a white paper on the country’s energy development. The white paper, titled “Energy in China’s New Era,” was released by the State Council Information Office to provide a full picture of the country’s achievements in energy development and major policies and measures for energy reform. Today, China has become the world’s largest energy producer and consumer and its transition to efficient energy utilization has been the fastest in the world, says the document. China has been working on all fronts to reform the ways energy is consumed, to build a clean and diversified energy supply system, to implement an innovation-driven energy strategy, to further the reform of the energy system, and to enhance international energy cooperation, it says. In the direction of green development, the country has been vigorously promoting the clean and efficient utilization of fossil energy, prioritizing the development of renewable energy, developing nuclear power in a safe and orderly manner, and raising the proportion of non-fossil energy in the energy supply structure. Preliminary calculations show that in 2019, the consumption of clean energy (natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power) accounted for 23.4 percent of total energy consumption, an increase of 8.9 percentage points over 2012, and nonfossil energy accounted for 15.3 percent of total energy consumption, up 5.6 percentage points against 2012. “With this, China has reached the target of raising the share of nonfossil energy to 15 percent in total energy consumption by 2020,” the white paper says. It will scale up its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions by adopting more vigorous policies and measures, striving to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. (Xinhua) |