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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 8 (Xinhua) — China has made significant progress in transforming its domestic energy sector toward decarbonization and greening. According to the white paper, this was made possible by proactive measures to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources and promote a new energy system.
A white paper titled "China's Plans and Decisions on Achieving Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality," released Saturday by the State Council Information Office, said China has achieved the largest and fastest-growing new energy development in the world, with the share of non-fossil fuels in energy consumption increasing from 16.0 percent in 2020 to 19.8 percent in 2024.
As of the end of August 2025, the installed capacity of wind and solar power plants in the country exceeded 1,690 GW, which is three times higher than the 2020 figure and accounts for approximately 80% of new installed power generation capacity since 2020. In turn, according to the document, the installed capacity of hydroelectric power plants in China amounted to approximately 380 GW, and the capacity of pumped-storage power plants was approximately 62.37 GW.
As of the end of August 2025, China had 112 nuclear power units in operation, under construction, or approved for construction, with a total installed capacity of 125 GW, ranking first in the world in this indicator; the installed capacity of biomass-fired power plants reached 46.88 GW.
By the end of 2024, China will become the world leader in potential production of environmentally friendly hydrogen energy, with over 150,000 tons per year, the document says.
China has also accelerated the clean and efficient use of fossil energy and made efforts to strengthen the regulatory capacity of the power system by enhancing its reliability and resilience as part of efforts to achieve the goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
As 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, this White Paper was published to retrospectively analyze China's major achievements in achieving carbon emissions peaking and carbon neutrality over the past five years, and to share China's approaches, actions, and experience in this area, according to the State Council Information Office. -0-
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