Illustration: Chen Xia/GT This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Over the past decade, China has displayed a more proactive and influential role in global climate governance - a fact recognized by the international community.
China will achieve key energy development targets for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) on schedule, which include overall energy production capacity and the share of non-fossil energy, according to a recent press conference held by China's State Council Information Office on the achievements in high-quality energy development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. The country holds over 40 percent of the world's new energy patents, and its exports of wind power and photovoltaic products have helped other countries cut carbon emissions by around 4.
BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- China's "fantastic" achievement in energy transition driven by its clear objectives and policies is setting a strong example for many other countries, Roberto Bocca, head of Center for Energy and Materials at the World Economic Forum (WEF), has said. In a recent interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the China Climate and Nature Action Day 2025 held on Wednesday, Bocca, also a member of the WEF's executive committee, praised China for "not only achieving but beating some targets" on its path to the dual carbon goals of peaking emissions by 2030 and achieving neutrality by 2060.
An aerial drone photo taken on July 19, 2024 shows a wind farm in Tongliao, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen) "If a country has effective and low-cost green technologies, is committed to a global ecological civilization, practices free trade, and is willing to share its green technologies, then it can play a key role in shaping a postmodern, ecological global civilization," said Philip Clayton, president of the U.
