China News Service, December 21. The State Council Information Office today held a press conference on the white paper "China's Energy Development in the New Era".
When introducing the main content of the white paper, Zhang Jianhua, a member of the Party Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and the director of the National Energy Administration, mentioned that China's carbon emission intensity in 2019 was 48.1% lower than that in 2005, and the carbon emission intensity proposed in 2015 was reduced by 40%-45 in advance. %The goal.
Data map: The giant "windmill" rotates in the wind, and electric energy is generated along with the rotation of the blades and is transmitted to all parts of the country through the power grid.
Photo by Deng Heping
Zhang Jianhua revealed that the white paper "China's Energy Development in the New Era" systematically introduced China's historic achievements in advancing the energy revolution since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and comprehensively explained the main policies and major measures of China's energy security development strategy in the new era and new stage. It aims to let the society at home and abroad fully understand China's energy policy and development status.
The white paper focuses on the following five aspects:
First, it focused on introducing China's energy development strategy and policy concepts in the new era.
Under the guidance of the new energy security strategy, we will promote the energy consumption revolution, resolutely control the total energy consumption, integrate energy conservation into the whole process and various fields of economic and social development, and accelerate the formation of an energy-saving society.
Promote the energy supply revolution, based on the domestic diversified supply to ensure safety, and form a multi-wheel-driven energy supply system based on non-fossil energy sources and based on coal and oil gas.
Promote the energy technology revolution, with green and low-carbon as the direction, promote technological innovation, industrial innovation, business model innovation, and promote industrial upgrading.
Promote the energy system revolution, build an effective competitive market structure and market system, and improve the energy legal system.
Strengthen all-round international cooperation, realize energy security under open conditions, and jointly promote the sustainable development of global energy.
China has firmly established a new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, and has embodied the following new features in its energy policy: First, it adheres to the people-centered approach, and always puts energy use for people's livelihood first, and strengthens universal energy services; It is to adhere to the clean and low-carbon orientation, accelerate the transition of energy to green and low-carbon, and increase the proportion of clean energy and non-fossil energy consumption; the third is to adhere to the core position of innovation, accelerate the pace of independent innovation in energy science and technology, and promote breakthroughs in key technologies in the energy field and coordinated technological progress in the industrial chain The fourth is to persist in promoting development through reform, building a high-standard energy market system, and continuously releasing market vitality; the fifth is to persist in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, deepen cooperation in global energy governance, accelerate the global energy green and low-carbon transformation, and build a clean and beautiful world.
Second, it focuses on the historical achievements of China's energy development in the new era.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s energy production and utilization methods have undergone major changes, and a multi-wheel-driven energy stable supply system has been basically formed, and energy conservation has been comprehensively promoted. The average annual growth of energy consumption has supported the national economy by 2.8%. %growth of.
Clean energy accounted for 23.4% of total energy consumption, an increase of 8.9 percentage points from 2012. The cumulative installed capacity of hydropower, wind power, and solar power ranks first in the world.
A complete industrial chain of clean energy equipment manufacturing such as hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power has been established to strongly support the development and utilization of clean energy.
The green development of energy has played an important role in the reduction of carbon emission intensity. China's carbon emission intensity in 2019 was reduced by 48.1% compared with 2005, and the 2015 target of reducing carbon emission intensity by 40%-45% was achieved ahead of schedule.
Third, it focused on the main measures to build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system.
Comprehensively promote the reform of energy consumption patterns, implement dual control systems for total energy consumption and intensity, improve energy conservation laws, regulations and standard systems, improve incentive policies, accelerate the improvement of energy efficiency in key areas, and make every effort to promote clean end-use energy.
Accelerate the construction of a diversified and clean energy supply system, give priority to the development of non-fossil energy, develop and utilize fossil energy cleanly and efficiently, improve the energy storage and transportation peak-shaving system, and enhance energy security capabilities.
Give full play to the role of the first driving force of technological innovation, improve energy technological innovation policies, build a diversified and multi-level innovation platform, carry out major collaborative innovation, support the development of new technologies, new models and new formats, and improve the technical level of the energy sector.
Comprehensively deepen the reform of the energy system and mechanism, build an effective and competitive energy market, improve the mechanism that mainly determines energy prices by the market, deepen the reform of streamlining administration, delegating power, combining decentralization, and optimizing services, and improving the energy legal system and governance mechanism.
Fourth, it focused on the effectiveness of measures to promote poverty alleviation and improve people's livelihood and energy use.
Adhere to the protection and improvement of energy use for people's livelihood, especially the energy use of the poor as the priority goal of energy development, increase support for energy construction in rural poverty-stricken areas, continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of rural power grids, and realize all impoverished villages with electricity; Solve the problem of electricity consumption for people without electricity, implement a three-year action plan, and completed the historic task of having all the population use electricity at the end of 2015; tilt toward poverty-stricken areas in energy development and promote local economic development; vigorously implement photovoltaic poverty alleviation and other major issues The project increases the income of poor households; actively promotes clean heating in winter in northern rural areas, which promotes the improvement of environmental quality and people’s living conditions.
Fifth, it focused on introducing the new pattern of energy international cooperation.
Unswervingly expand the opening up of the energy sector, and continue to reduce restrictions on foreign investment in the energy sector.
For example, in 2019, restrictions on foreign investment in oil and natural gas exploration and development were lifted.
Follow the principle of mutual benefit and win-win, carry out all-round energy international cooperation, steadily promote the construction of the Green Silk Road, actively participate in global energy governance, and join hands with countries around the world to address climate change.
It is recommended that the international community work together to advance the energy green and low-carbon transition, coordinate the consolidation of multilateral cooperation in the energy field, coordinate the smooth flow of international energy trade and investment, coordinate the promotion of energy accessibility in underdeveloped regions, promote the sustainable development of global energy, and maintain global energy security.