Xinhua All Media+丨The Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on the Complete, Accurate and Comprehensive Implementation of the New Development Concept to Do a Good Job in Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Released

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24 (Reporters An Bei and Xie Xiyao) "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on the Complete, Accurate and Comprehensive Implementation of the New Development Concept to Do a Good Job in Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality" was released on the 24th.

  The opinion pointed out that achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in coordinating the overall domestic and international situations. It is the inevitable necessity to focus on solving outstanding problems of resource and environmental constraints and realize the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Choice is a solemn commitment to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

  On September 22, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced at the General Debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly that China's carbon dioxide emissions will reach a peak by 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

  The opinions emphasize that, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization, and based on the new stage of development. , Implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, adhere to the system concept, handle the relationship between development and emission reduction, overall and partial, short-term and medium-term Develop a comprehensive green transformation as the guide, take energy, green and low-carbon development as the key, accelerate the formation of an industrial structure, production method, lifestyle, and spatial pattern that conserves resources and protect the environment, and unswervingly pursue ecological priority, green and low-carbon high-quality development the way.

  The opinions clearly achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and adhere to the working principles of “national overall planning, saving priority, two-wheel drive, smooth internal and external flow, and prevention of risks”; it proposes to build a green and low-carbon circular development economic system and improve energy efficiency , Increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption, reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions, improve the carbon sink capacity of the ecosystem and other five main goals to ensure that carbon peaks and carbon neutrality are achieved on schedule.

  The opinions clarified the key tasks of carbon peak carbon neutralization: first, to promote a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, second, to deepen the adjustment of the industrial structure, third, to accelerate the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, and fourth to accelerate the promotion of low-carbon transportation System construction, the fifth is to improve the quality of green and low-carbon development in urban and rural construction, the sixth is to strengthen the research and promotion and application of major green and low-carbon technologies, the seventh is to continue to consolidate and improve carbon sink capabilities, the eight is to improve the level of green and low-carbon development in opening up to the outside world, and the nine is to improve Laws, regulations, standards, and statistical monitoring systems, ten is to improve policy mechanisms.

  The opinions emphasized that the organization and implementation should be strengthened.

Strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee on carbon peak carbon neutralization, strengthen overall planning and coordination, compact local responsibilities, and strictly monitor and assess.