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    GREEN ACTION

    Aug 04, 2022 5 minutes
    Copyedited by G.P. Wilson

    Li Gao

    Director General of the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China

    Green and low-carbon development is key to addressing climate change, a serious challenge facing the whole world. Over recent years, China has continued improving its national strategy on climate change, promoted industrial restructuring, enhanced energy conservation and efficiency of use, reformed market mechanisms and expanded forest carbon sinks.

    China has seen rapid energy transition. The share of coal in primary energy consumption in the country dropped from 72.4 percent in 2005 to 56 percent in 2021, and that of non-fossil energy rose to 16.6 percent last year. China’s installed capacity of hydro, wind, solar and biomass power ranks first in the world. It has been promoting

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