(China Economic Roundtable) China makes great contribution to global green shift: official

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — China has made significant contributions to the global response to climate change and green transformation with leapfrog development of its new-energy industry, an official with the country’s energy administration has said.
Pan Huimin, deputy director of the National Energy Administration’s new and renewable energy department, made the comments in the eighth episode of the China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk platform hosted by Xinhua News Agency. The episode was broadcast on Friday.
Pan said that thanks to China’s efforts on clean energy development, approximately 3.25 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions were reduced globally in 2023.
Over the years, China has been integrating into the global clean energy industrial chain and sharing high-quality clean energy products with the rest of the world, Pan said.
As the world’s largest clean energy market and equipment manufacturer, China has made continuous advances in wind and solar power technologies, Pan noted, adding that the country now has world-leading onshore low-speed wind power technology, while its offshore large-capacity wind turbine technology is also globally advanced.
Driven by continuous technological innovation, the cost of wind power and photovoltaic power dropped significantly in the past decade, effectively reducing the development and construction costs of global clean energy projects, Pan said. ■