China unveils guidelines to accelerate efforts in green transformation

Released by the Communist Party of China central committee and the State Council, the guidelines say key areas in China's economic and social sectors will see notable progress in green transition by 2030.

By 2035, a massively green, low-carbon and circular economy will largely take shape in China, with economic and social development fully adopting the green and sustainable path, state-controlled media outlets reported.

The guidelines project that the scale of the energy-saving and environment protection industry in China will reach 15 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) by 2030, by which the target is for non-fossil fuels to constitute at least 25 per cent of the country's total energy mix.

The guideline sets the tone for many aspects of China's green development, including the commitment to green growth, a comprehensive restructuring of the country's industrial system, broad application of green production methods and societal adoption of an eco-friendly life style.

Recently, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou accelerated their pace of green transformation, by rapidly replacing pollutant internal combustion engine vehicles with clean electric vehicles. Other tier-2 and tier-3 cities are following suit.

Shanghai plans to phase out all city-street buses and cabs at the end of 2027, replacing 6,200 buses and 11,000 cabs with electric vehicles (EVs), while Beijing has worked out a plan to raise the number of new-energy buses, trucks and cars to at least 2 million by 2025.

The EV market in China is experiencing an unprecedented boom and China is at the very forefront of this revolution.

From 2012 to 2023, the energy consumption and carbon emission per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by more than 26 per cent and 35 per cent respectively, contributing to the visible enhancement of environmental quality—bluer skies, greener mountains and clearer waters.

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