HOUSTON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- In China, "renewables are no doubt winning" as the country is on track to achieve its goal of carbon peaking by 2030, a Chinese scholar has said at the global energy forum CERAWeek. A consensus on carbon neutrality has been reached in China where more and more people and firms are seeing the energy transition as "a huge opportunity," Lei Yang, a professor with the Energy Institute of Peking University, told a panel titled "China's Climate Pathways: Peak Emissions and Carbon Neutrality.
Photo taken on March 9, 2023 shows rapeseed flower fields and residential houses in Santang village, Dongwu township, Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang province. (People's Daily Online/Hu Xuejun) China has made unprecedented efforts to advance ecological civilization over the past decade, ensuring stronger ecological conservation and environmental protection across the board, in all areas, and at all times.
-- China's low-carbon strategy was laudable, said Phay Siphan, Cambodian government's chief spokesman. "It truly demonstrates China's commitment to promoting global carbon emissions reduction and green development.
State Grid employees check solar power panels in the Tibet autonomous region. [Photo by SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY] GDP target for 2023 a positive sign of high-quality development, experts say The two sessions have exhibited that China is dedicated to promoting green development and global health security, experts said, adding that the GDP target set for 2023 sends a positive signal for high-quality growth.
