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An aerial view of Yuehu Park and city skyline of Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, September 5, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
By Lu Jianfei
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opened on November 10 in Belem, Brazil, and will run through November 21. The conference will focus on the goals of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and advancing climate finance commitments.
According to the Emissions Gap Report 2025 released by the United Nations Environment Programme, global warming projections for this century, based on the full implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are now 2.3-2.5 degrees Celsius. In contrast, those based on current policies are 2.8 degrees Celsius. And the average global temperature rise over multiple decades is likely to exceed the Paris Agreement threshold within the next decade. How to achieve the balance between economic development and ecological conservation still constitutes the major challenge to the whole world.
China paves the way to this challenge by building a "Beautiful China" in all respects. The country supports high-quality development within a high-quality ecological environment and promotes modernization that features the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Efforts were made to accelerate the transformation of development patterns and adopt green and low-carbon development as the fundamental solution to ecological and environmental problems. And historic results have been achieved.
According to the white paper "Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality: China's Plans and Solutions," released by China's State Council Information Office, China has established a highly integrated and comprehensive institutional framework for carbon mitigation, underpinning the world's largest and most rapidly expanding renewable energy system. Concurrently, China has developed an extensive and mature industrial ecosystem for emerging energy technologies, facilitating the rapid adoption and large-scale deployment of new energy vehicles. China has also contributed approximately one-fourth of the world’s newly added green areas and ranks among the leading countries in terms of the fastest decline in energy intensity.
Furthermore, the Emissions Gap Report 2025 predicts that the G20 aggregate emissions under current policies will drop by two gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2035, compared with 2030 levels. The most significant contributor to the reduction will be China by one GtCO2e.
A 1GW solar thermal and photovoltaic integrated project in Shanshan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee, with Chinese President Xi Jinping at its core, has identified ecological conservation as a key pathway to ensure the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. The successful practices in China have verified the feasibility of this solution. And the world is benefiting from Chinese practices.
The De Aar Wind Power Project, built and operated by a Chinese power company, has a capacity of 244.5 megawatts and is the largest operational wind farm in South Africa. It powers approximately 300,000 South African homes with clean electricity, significantly easing the country's power shortages.
Additionally, China has established deep cooperation with Brazil in clean energy. The Belo Monte UHV DC transmission project (including Phase I and Phase II), invested in by the State Grid Corporation of China, has been fully commissioned and is operating with sustained stability. As of the end of 2023, the projects have cumulatively transmitted over 180 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy, equivalent to saving approximately 64 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 170 million tons.
These achievements have made significant contributions to Brazil's economic and social development, as well as its low-carbon energy transition, representing a paradigmatic example of Chinese central enterprises' successful engagement in global operations and their active contributions under the Belt and Road Initiative. It provides more than just electricity; it serves as an impetus for development, fostering social stability and a brighter future.
China has played a pivotal role in delivering high-performance, energy-efficient and low-carbon solutions to the global market, with particular emphasis on facilitating sustainable energy transitions in developing countries. Its photovoltaic modules, wind turbines and new energy vehicles have been exported to more than 200 countries and regions, representing approximately 70 percent of the world’s wind power equipment and 80 percent of photovoltaic panel supply. These technological and industrial contributions have effectively driven a reduction of over 60 percent and 80 percent, respectively, in the global costs of wind and solar power generation.
According to the Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, eco-friendly ways of work and life should become the norm in society, the goal of peaking carbon emissions before 2030 should be achieved as scheduled, and a new clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system should take shape.
The practices in China will help the world to advance eco-environmental conservation, promote green development, address global climate challenges, protect the green Earth and secure a cleaner and more beautiful world.
Lu Jianfei, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN, is a senior consultant at State Grid Energy Research Institute and specializes in energy, state-owned enterprise reform and corporate governance. She holds a doctorate in management from Renmin University of China.
