National Energy Administration: Effective investment in the energy sector grew steadily in the first half of the year, and the pace of green and low-carbon energy transformation accelerated
The Zhitong Finance App learned that the National Energy Administration held a press conference on July 30 to introduce the national energy situation in the first half of the year, grid-connected operation of renewable energy, power insurance and supply for peak summer energy, and the construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Xing Yiteng, deputy director of the Development Planning Department of the National Energy Administration, said that effective investment in the energy sector grew steadily in the first half of the year. Completed investment in key national energy projects maintained positive growth on the basis of last year's high base, providing strong support for overall macroeconomic stability. Among them, construction of new power grids continued to accelerate, and fields such as power grids, charging and switching infrastructure, and new energy storage became the main investment growth points, with year-on-year increases of 13.5%, 21.8%, and 74.3%, respectively; investment in the hydrogen energy sector maintained a rapid growth trend, with a year-on-year growth rate of over 160%.
The pace of energy transition to green and low-carbon energy accelerated in the first half of the year. According to Xing Yiteng, by the end of June, the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power reached 1.95 billion kilowatts, an increase of 16.8% over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, renewable energy generation continued to grow, accounting for about 40% of the total power generation, higher than the total electricity consumption of the tertiary sector and urban and rural residents during the same period. Among them, total wind power and solar power generation exceeded 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for about a quarter of the electricity consumption of the entire society. At the same time, it should be particularly emphasized that in the first six months of this year, China's coal power generation capacity was 2.5 trillion kilowatt-hours, which fell to 49.7% of total power generation. For the first time, the share of electricity generation in half a year fell below 50%. This is a phased achievement of promoting the replacement of non-fossil energy power generation over a long period of time, marking a new breakthrough in the pace of China's green and low-carbon energy transformation.
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National Energy Administration press conference
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of the General Affairs Department] Hello, all reporters and friends! Everyone is welcome to attend the regular press conference of the National Energy Administration. Today's press conference will introduce the national energy situation in the first half of the year, the operation of renewable energy connected to the grid, the guarantee of electricity supply and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the first half of the year, release the “Report on the Development of New Energy Storage in China (2026)”, and answer questions from reporters.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of the General Administration Department] Attending today's press conference were Mr. Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Department of Development Planning, Mr. Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment, Mr. Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department, and Ms. Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy. I am Zhang Xing, press spokesperson and deputy director of the General Affairs Department. After publishing the content, all department directors made uniform arrangements to answer questions from reporters. Now, let's ask Deputy Director Xing Yiteng of the Planning Department to introduce the national energy situation and development results in the first half of the year.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Hello, all reporters and friends. Next, I will give a brief introduction to the national energy situation in the first half of 2026. Since this year, the energy industry has thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions, resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, effectively dealt with the spillover effects of the US-Israel conflict. Energy security and security capabilities have been further improved, effective investment has grown steadily, the pace of green and low-carbon transformation has continued to accelerate, and new energy security strategies have continued to advance in depth.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Highlights three results: First, energy security and security capabilities have been steadily improved. In the first half of the year, domestic oil and gas supply was generally stable and orderly. According to regulations, industrial crude oil and natural gas production increased by 0.9% and 1.6%, respectively; raw coal production declined slightly from the higher base in the same period last year, and industrial raw coal production fell 1.7% year on year. The power supply guarantee foundation has been further consolidated, and the country's installed power generation capacity has exceeded 4 billion kilowatts, far surpassing other major economies in the world. Since entering the peak of summer, the “one province, one policy” has done a good job of securing electricity, and the overall supply and demand situation has been stable and orderly.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Second, effective investment in the energy sector is growing steadily. In the first half of the year, completed investment in key national energy projects maintained positive growth on the basis of last year's high base, providing strong support for overall macroeconomic stability. Among them, construction of new power grids continued to accelerate, and fields such as power grids, charging and switching infrastructure, and new energy storage became the main investment growth points, with year-on-year increases of 13.5%, 21.8%, and 74.3%, respectively; investment in the hydrogen energy sector maintained a rapid growth trend, with a year-on-year growth rate of over 160%.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Third, the pace of green and low-carbon energy transformation is accelerating. By the end of June, the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power reached 1.95 billion kilowatts, an increase of 16.8% over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, renewable energy generation continued to grow, accounting for about 40% of the total power generation, higher than the total electricity consumption of the tertiary sector and urban and rural residents during the same period. Among them, total wind power and solar power generation exceeded 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for about a quarter of the electricity consumption of the entire society. At the same time, it should be particularly emphasized that in the first six months of this year, China's coal power generation capacity was 2.5 trillion kilowatt-hours, which fell to 49.7% of total power generation. For the first time, the share of electricity generation in half a year fell below 50%. This is a phased achievement of promoting the replacement of non-fossil energy power generation over a long period of time, marking a new breakthrough in the pace of China's green and low-carbon energy transformation. Thank you all!
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you, Deputy Director Xing Yiteng. Next, let's ask Deputy Director Pan Huimin of the New Energy Department to introduce the operation of renewable energy connected to the grid in the first half of the year.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Good morning to all reporters and friends. In the first half of this year, the National Energy Administration thoroughly implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party, earnestly implemented the Fourth Plenary Session, fully and accurately implemented the new development concept, anchored the goals and tasks of initially building a new energy system and promoting the construction of a strong energy country in 2030, implemented a new energy security strategy with a high standard, solidly promoted the green and low-carbon transformation of renewable energy, and promoted the expansion and quality of renewable energy.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] The installed scale of renewable energy has been steadily expanding. Renewable energy accounts for more than 70% of the new installed capacity, accounting for more than 60% of the total installed capacity. Scenery has a cumulative installed capacity of about 1.95 billion kilowatts, accounting for nearly half. The installed capacity of solar power generation is basically the same as that of coal-fired power generation. In the first half of this year, China added 117 million kilowatts of renewable energy, accounting for 73.9% of the total installed capacity, and continues to maintain the dominant position of new installations. Among them, 6.03 million kilowatts of hydropower were added, 38.62 million kilowatts of wind power were added to the grid, 7.07 million kilowatts of solar power were added, and 600,000 kilowatts of biomass power generation were added to the grid. By the end of June this year, the country's installed renewable energy capacity reached 2,455 billion kilowatts, an increase of 13.7% over the previous year, accounting for about 60.7% of China's total installed capacity; of these, 454 million kilowatts of hydropower, 679 million kilowatts of wind power, 1,274 million kilowatts of solar power, and 48 million kilowatts of biomass power generation. The total installed capacity of wind power is 1,951 million kilowatts, accounting for 48.3% of the country's total installed electricity. The installed capacity of solar power generation is basically the same as the installed capacity of coal-fired power generation (1,275 million kilowatts).
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Renewable energy generation is steadily increasing. Renewable energy accounts for more than 40% of electricity generation for the first time. Of every four kilowatts of electricity used in the country, one degree of electricity is generated by scenery. In the first half of this year, the country's renewable energy generation capacity was nearly 2 trillion kilowatt-hours, up about 9% year on year, accounting for 41.2% of total power generation, exceeding the sum of electricity consumption in the tertiary sector (991.6 billion kilowatt-hours) and the daily electricity consumption of urban and rural residents (731.5 billion kilowatt-hours) during the same period, which can meet nearly 40% of the electricity consumption of the whole society. Among them, wind power generation totaled 1.25 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 9.3% over the previous year, accounting for 24.6% of the electricity consumption of the entire society, accounting for a quarter of the electricity consumption of the tertiary sector during the same period (9916 billion kilowatt-hours)) Approximately 1.3 times. Renewable energy generation increased by 159.8 billion kilowatt-hours, covering 61.9% of the increase in the electricity consumption of the entire society.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Below, I will separately introduce the situation relating to the main types of renewable energy power generation. (1) Construction and operation of hydropower. In the first half of this year, the country added 6.03 million kilowatts of grid-connected hydropower capacity, including 3.03 million kilowatts of conventional hydropower and 3 million kilowatts of pumped storage. By the end of June this year, the country's total installed hydropower capacity had reached 454 million kilowatts, including 385 million kilowatts of conventional hydropower and 69 million kilowatts of pumped storage energy. In the first half of this year, the cumulative power generation capacity of hydropower above the national scale was 588.6 billion kilowatt-hours, and the cumulative average number of hours of hydropower utilization in the country was 1,452 hours.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] (2) Wind power construction and operation. In the first half of this year, the country added 38.62 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind power, including 37.78 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 840,000 kilowatts of offshore wind power. By the end of June this year, the country's total grid-connected wind power capacity reached 679 million kilowatts, an increase of 18.5% over the previous year, including 630 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 48.41 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. In the first half of this year, the country's total wind power generation capacity was 598.4 billion kilowatt-hours, and the average utilization rate of wind power in the country was 90.9%.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] (3) Construction and operation of photovoltaic power generation. In the first half of this year, 71.77 million kilowatts of PV were added to the grid nationwide, including 29.55 million kilowatts of centralized photovoltaics and 42.22 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaics. By the end of June this year, the country's installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation reached 1,272 billion kilowatts, an increase of 15.8% over the previous year, including 696 million kilowatts of centralized photovoltaics and 576 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaics. In the first half of this year, the country's total photovoltaic power generation capacity was 655.5 billion kilowatt-hours, and the national photovoltaic power generation utilization rate was 91.4%.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] (4) Construction and operation of biomass power generation. In the first half of this year, the country added 600,000 kilowatts of biomass power generation, with a cumulative total of 47.91 million kilowatts of installed capacity, an increase of 2.6% over the previous year. Biomass has accumulated 115.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] (5) Construction and operation of photothermal power generation. In the first half of this year, the country added 300,000 kilowatts of installed capacity for photothermal power generation. By the end of June this year, the country's installed capacity of photothermal power generation reached 2.12 million kilowatts, an increase of 39.5% over the previous year. The cumulative photothermal power generation capacity is 850 million kilowatt-hours. That's all for the introduction, thank you all.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you, Deputy Director Pan Huimin. Let's ask Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department, to introduce the “Report on the Development of New Energy Storage in China (2026)”.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Good morning, all reporters and friends. In order to strengthen industry development guidance and promote the high-quality development of the new energy storage industry, our bureau recently organized the preparation of the “China New Energy Storage Development Report (2026)”, which has already been provided to all reporters and friends on site. It will be published on the National Energy Administration portal after the press conference. Below, I'll give a brief introduction.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technological Equipment] The “Report” mainly includes four parts. The first is to systematically summarize the development of new energy storage at home and abroad in 2025 in terms of policy systems, installed capacity, technological innovation, and industrial development. The second is to review the development history of new energy storage in China since the “14th Five-Year Plan” and comprehensively summarize the main experience of the National Energy Administration in promoting large-scale development of new energy storage, technological progress, and industrial development. The third is to look forward to the development of the “15th Five-Year Plan” industry by focusing on application scenarios, adhering to innovation drivers, scientific planning and development, strengthening industry management, improving market mechanisms, and promoting exchanges and cooperation. Fourth, introduce key tasks for 2026 to ensure the development of the “15th Five-Year Plan” industry is off to a good start.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Overall, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China's new energy storage industry entered a new stage of large-scale development from the beginning of commercial application, laying a solid foundation for the diversified value of new energy storage and the high-quality development of the industry. First, the “four pillars and eight pillars” of the new energy storage development policy has been continuously improved. Following the idea of “top-level design first, then special promotion, step by step”, we have worked with relevant departments to establish a comprehensive, well-connected, and collaborative policy system. Second, the scale of new energy storage installations has developed by leaps and bounds. In accordance with the principle of “system planning and adaptation to local conditions”, the rapid development of the installed scale of new energy storage systems has been promoted. The installed scale of new energy storage in the country has increased from 3 million kilowatts at the beginning of the “14th Five-Year Plan” to 136 million kilowatts, showing an overall trend of doubling year by year. Third, diversified technological innovation practices continue to be deepened. The National Energy Administration has thoroughly implemented innovation-driven development strategies, promoted the rapid development of various technology routes, and gradually formed a diversified development pattern of “lithium-ion battery energy storage dominates, multiple technology routes combined”. Fourth, the system's ability to adjust is gradually being developed. The utilization of new energy storage in the country is improving year by year. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, the number of hours of equivalent utilization of the country's new energy storage reached 611 hours, 911 hours, and 1195 hours, respectively, effectively playing a role in system regulation.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Science and Technology Equipment] In the next step, the National Energy Administration will resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the new “Four Revolutions, One Cooperation” energy security strategy, focus on the core needs of the development of the new energy storage industry, promote various tasks such as policy supply, technological innovation, industry cultivation, and market construction in an integrated manner, and write a new chapter in China's new energy storage development in the “15th Five-Year Plan”. Thank you all!
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you, Deputy Director Xu Jilin. Next, Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department, will be invited to introduce Yingfeng Duxia's electricity insurance and supply situation and the construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the first half of the year.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Hello, media friends. Currently, it is a critical period of “seven down to eight” to welcome peak summer. Next, I will introduce the situation relating to the electricity supply guarantee for peak summer this year. First, the country's electricity consumption load has repeatedly reached record highs. Since the beginning of July, due to the effects of subtropical high pressure rising from west to north, the south and other places have produced plum blossoms one after another, and there has been a wide range of continuous high temperatures across the country. Driven by continued improvement in economic performance and hot weather, demand for electricity continues to grow vigorously in many places. The country's electricity consumption load has reached three record highs, reaching a maximum of 1,553 billion kilowatts, an increase of about 45 million kilowatts over last year's extreme value. Since June, the electricity consumption load in the four regions of East China and Central China has reached a record high 7 times, while the electricity consumption load of 15 provincial power grids, including Liaoning, Jiangsu, Hubei, and Sichuan, has reached a cumulative total of 32 times.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Second, the current electricity supply situation across the country is generally stable. Compared with last year's peak summer, the country added about 400 million kilowatts of installed power generation capacity in June of this year, including 110 million kilowatts of supportable adjustable power sources such as hydropower, gas power, and coal power; the new Shanhai-Anhui UHVDC project was put into operation. The number of UHV channels in operation nationwide reached 46, and the “West to East Transmission” transmission capacity exceeded 340 million kilowatts, and the material base of electricity insurance and supply continued to be consolidated. Since the summer of this year, primary energy supplies such as electricity, coal, and natural gas have been sufficient. The number of days that coal can be stored in regulated power plants across the country has been at a good level in history. All kinds of supportive and adjustable power sources should be fully operated and developed steadily. The national power supply situation is stable, and there has been no demand response or orderly electricity consumption anywhere.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Third, electricity supply is generally guaranteed during peak summer this year. We have earnestly implemented the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements relating to energy security, coped well with unexpected situations such as the impact of the typhoon disaster and the blockage of shipping in the strait, and ensured a stable supply of energy and electricity in Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang and other places. Judging from the current situation, the trend of electricity supply and demand for peak summer this year is basically consistent with earlier forecasts. In the next step, in the event of widespread and continuous high temperatures, the country's maximum electricity consumption load may reach about 1.6 billion kilowatts, an increase of 90 million kilowatts over last year, and the overall balance between the country's electricity supply and demand. Guangdong, Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places have earnestly implemented the “one province, one policy” guarantee measures, and there are sufficient means of regulation and guarantee during periods of tight supply and demand.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Currently, electricity insurance and supply in Yingfeng Duxia has entered a critical stage. The National Energy Administration will work with relevant parties to consolidate the main responsibility of all parties for insurance and supply, strengthen supply and demand monitoring and early warning, pay close attention to key regions and key links, coordinate and optimize the allocation of power resources, continue to strengthen power safety production lines, and make every effort to ensure energy and electricity supply this summer in accordance with the goal of “normal supply is flexible, local short-term tension has measures, and plans to deal with extreme situations.”
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Next, let me continue to introduce the situation of China's electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the first half of the year. The National Energy Administration, together with relevant parties, earnestly implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and focuses on building a network of high-quality charging facilities in accordance with the requirements for the construction of new power grids. By the end of June 2026, the total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructures in China reached 23.57 million, an increase of 43.2% over the previous year, including 5.09 million public charging facilities and 18.08 million private charging facilities.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Recently, we have focused on the following work: First, continue to ensure charging services for major holiday trips. During the “May 1st” holiday this year, the total number of charging times at highway charging facilities across the country reached 9.9784 million kilowatt-hours, with an average daily charging capacity of 18.9863 million kilowatt-hours, an increase of 14.09% over the Spring Festival period, once again reaching a record high. We guide local authorities and charging operators to formulate guarantee plans in advance, strengthen personnel and resource allocation, and effectively guarantee the charging needs of electric vehicles for large-scale travel during the holidays.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] The second is to promote the scientific and orderly construction of high-power charging facilities. By the end of June, more than 180,000 high-power charging guns had been built nationwide. The proportion of high-power charging facilities was rapidly increasing, and the construction of a high-power charging facility system was accelerated to provide high-quality charging service guarantees for the promotion and application of new energy vehicles in China.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Department of Electric Power] Third, continue to strengthen the layout of charging networks in counties and towns. By the end of June, the coverage rate of charging facilities in the county had increased to 98.61%. The charging network in counties and villages had been tightened at an accelerated pace, and the capacity to guarantee charging services in the township area had been steadily enhanced, providing strong support for residents of new energy vehicles to travel green in rural and rural areas.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Fourth, promote large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks. Various departments such as the Ministry of Transport and the National Energy Administration issued the “Implementation Plan for Promoting the Large-scale Application of New Energy Heavy Trucks”, which relies on the main framework of the national integrated three-dimensional transportation network “6 axes, 7 corridors and 8 channels” to plan and build a new energy heavy truck charging facility network according to local conditions to guide power grid upgrades and transformation in a targeted manner, support large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks in all scenarios with high quality, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of transportation energy. In the next step, we will continue to promote the construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure networks, improve charging operation service quality and management capabilities, and better support the high-quality development of new power grids. That's all for the introduction, thank you.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you, Deputy Director Liu Mingyang. Now let's start asking questions. All reporters and friends are invited to ask questions about the content of today's press conference. When asking questions, please first report to the news agency you represent.
[Daily Economic News Reporter] This year, extreme high temperatures across the country were widespread and lasted a long time, and the peak load in the region increased. What are the security measures of the National Energy Administration, and how can it maintain the bottom line of electricity consumption for residents, people's livelihood, and key industries?
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Thank you for your question. Since the second quarter of this year, temperatures in most parts of the country have been higher than in the same period of the year. The high temperature weather in the southern region “came early”. In late May, the electricity consumption load in the southern region reached a record high four times; the high temperature weather in East China, central China, and northwest China “came quickly”. After the impact of the typhoon subsided in mid-July, the electricity consumption load quickly rose, driving the country's load to a record high three times. We have focused on three areas of work. One is to ensure that the source network project was put into operation on schedule. More than 40 million kilowatts of additional supporting adjustable power supplies were put into operation in the first half of this year, mainly in key provinces experiencing high temperatures and heavy loads this summer, and the second is to strengthen mutual support for surplus electricity shortages. For example, on July 14, when the electricity load reached a record high, the maximum transmission of electricity between provinces and regions reached 278 million kilowatts, which strongly supports the guarantee of electricity supply; the third is to optimize the market organization model, and the medium- to long-term electricity market trading cycle has been further shortened. Goods market It operates continuously on a daily basis, and the market connection mechanism has been further optimized.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] In the next step, the National Energy Administration will work with relevant parties to earnestly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions, strictly abide by the bottom line of people's livelihood and electricity consumption, and make every effort to guarantee economic and social development and people's domestic electricity needs. The first is to strengthen monitoring and early warning, and the “one province, one policy” guides the work of electricity insurance and supply. Strengthen coordination and coordination with meteorology, water conservancy and other departments, continue to strengthen monitoring and early warning of hot weather, incoming water from watersheds, coal storage in power plants, gas for power generation, and safety of large power grids, etc., guide and supervise energy authorities and power enterprises in key regions concerned to fully implement the “one province, one policy” power insurance and supply measures, and coordinate and resolve emerging and trending issues in a timely manner.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Second, strengthen multi-source collaboration to ensure electricity supply during peak electricity consumption periods. Relevant localities and power companies are urged to give full play to the role of large power grids, large channels, and large markets, increase mutual support for time-sharing, consolidate the backstopping role of coal-fired power units, use gas and electricity, pumped energy storage, and new energy storage in an integrated manner, make full use of new business resources such as virtual power plants, and make every effort to guarantee electricity supply during peak electricity consumption periods.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] The third is to maintain a firm safety bottom line to ensure a reliable supply of electricity for people's livelihood. Guide relevant localities and power enterprises to implement detailed disaster prevention and mitigation measures, carry out special patrols and special care for weak areas such as important transmission channels, transmission and distribution facilities in areas prone to flooding, play the role of emergency mechanisms, strictly implement the “restore electricity first, emergency repair later” work requirements, and minimize the impact of emergencies such as extreme weather on people's daily electricity consumption.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Fourth, strengthen supervision and properly resolve the problems that the public is anxious about. Give full play to the first-line supervision of supervisory authorities and the role of the 12398 hotline, further improve the level of “access to electricity” services, strengthen the supervision of people's livelihood and electricity consumption, continue to promote the governance of non-grid direct power supply communities, strengthen supervision of the whole process of handling complaints such as power outages and emergency repairs, and further enhance the people's “sense of acquisition” of energy use. I'll just answer those, thank you!
[CCTV News Reporter] We are concerned about the electricity consumption data released by the National Energy Administration two days ago. The electricity consumption of the whole society increased 5.3% year-on-year in the first half of the year. Can we further analyze the characteristics of the increase in electricity consumption?
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Thank you to this reporter friend for the question. From January to June, the total electricity consumption of the entire society reached 5099.9 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year. Among them, the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries and residents' household electricity consumption was 71.1 billion, 335.7 billion, 991.6 billion, and 731.5 billion kilowatt-hours, respectively, up 4.9%, 5.1%, 8.0%, and 3.1% year-on-year, respectively.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] The secondary sector is the main force behind the increase in the electricity consumption of the whole society, increasing the electricity consumption of the whole society by 3.3 percentage points. By category, electricity consumption in the high-tech and equipment manufacturing industry maintained a relatively rapid growth trend, reaching 60.8 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%, an increase of 6.0 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, electricity consumption in the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry was 110 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 13.7% over the same period last year, an increase of 14.1 percentage points over the same period last year. The consumer goods manufacturing industry's electricity consumption was 313.9 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 6% over the previous year, an increase of 5.8 percentage points over the same period last year.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] Electricity consumption in the tertiary sector is growing rapidly. Driven by the rapid development of high-tech industries such as new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence, electricity consumption in the charging and switching service industry and the Internet data service industry grew strongly, reaching 81 billion and 49.4 billion kilowatt-hours respectively, increasing the electricity consumption of the entire society by 0.9 percentage points.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] By region, the five provinces (regions) of Tibet, Hainan, Guangxi, Xinjiang, and Guangdong had high electricity consumption growth rates, reaching 15.5%, 12.5%, 10.9%, 9.3%, and 9.1% respectively; the five provinces (cities) of Chongqing, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, and Henan had lower electricity consumption growth rates, which were -0.3%, 0.7%, 1.6%, 1.8%, and 1.8%, respectively. I'll just answer those, thank you!
[People's Daily News Reporter] What was the overall situation of electricity market transactions in the first half of this year? Recently, the country's electricity consumption load has repeatedly reached new highs. In order to better cope with electricity supply insurance, what are the new changes in cross-provincial and regional transactions?
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you to this reporter friend for the question. In the first half of 2026, the overall operation of China's electricity market was stable, and the scale of electricity traded in the market showed an increasing trend, reaching 3684.8 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 24.2% over the previous year. Looking at the scope of transactions, new energy sources have entered the market. In the first half of the year, electricity transactions in various provinces reached 2913.5 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 27.9% over the previous year. At the same time, the market promoted the optimal allocation of electricity resources on a large scale, and electricity traded across provinces and regions reached 771.3 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 12.1% over the previous year. In terms of trading types, medium- to long-term electricity transactions reached 3256.8 billion kilowatt-hours in the first half of the year, accounting for 88.4% of the electricity traded in the market, playing the role of a “ballast stone”; spot trading electricity volume was 428 billion kilowatt-hours, which played a positive role in discovering real-time prices and regulating supply and demand. Furthermore, the scale of green electricity transactions across the country continued to rise in the first half of the year, reaching 164.1 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 6.6% over the previous year, further stimulating the potential for green electricity consumption.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of the General Administration Department] In order to ensure the supply of electricity, we have guided medium- to long-term, inter-provincial spot, regional mutual aid transactions, and medium- and long-term markets in 19 provinces including Shanxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang to open the market all year round. The frequency of market trading organizations has further increased, enriching the market-based mechanism of complementary electricity spikes across regions and flexible mutual assistance within the region during the summer season this year. For example, when the country's electricity consumption reached a record high on July 14 and July 16 this year, the market mechanism played its full effect, and the maximum transmission of electricity across regions simultaneously reached record highs, reaching 152 and 158 million kilowatts, respectively. Previously, medium- to long-term transactions were organized more on weekdays. In the face of rapid changes in weather and load on weekends and holidays, business entities were not flexible enough to adjust. After continuous market opening on a natural day, business entities can better arrange trading strategies according to actual conditions to reduce deviations caused by insufficient trading windows. The significance of this change is not only that it is possible to trade on weekends, but the medium- to long-term market has expanded from annual and monthly schedules to monthly, daily, and timeslot transactions, and is more actively connecting with the spot market. The market is evolving in the direction of being more detailed, more flexible, and more focused on resource value discovery. At the same time, during the peak summer season this year, all provinces and enterprises are also invited to make full use of the market mechanism and do their best to guarantee the supply of electricity. I'll just answer those, thank you all!
[Financial Association Reporter] Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the “Minimum Renewable Energy Consumption Target and Implementation Measures on the Renewable Energy Electricity Consumption Responsibility Weighting System”, which will take effect from August 1, 2026. This is the first time that non-electricity consumption has been included in the target assessment for the lowest share of renewable energy consumption. Excuse me, what are the considerations for including non-electricity consumption in the assessment?
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Thank you to this reporter friend for the question. The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment of the minimum share of renewable energy consumption is an important innovative measure of the “Measures”. There are three main considerations: First, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a clear requirement for implementing the Energy Law. The Energy Law, which will come into effect in 2025, clearly stipulates that “the competent energy department under the State Council shall, together with relevant departments under the State Council, formulate and organize the implementation of a target for the minimum share of renewable energy in energy consumption”, which includes both renewable energy electricity consumption and non-electricity consumption of renewable energy.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Second, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is an important gripper for solving grid consumption problems and expanding the use of renewable energy. Currently, China's new energy consumption pressure continues to increase. Faced with limited local consumption capacity in resource-rich regions and various restrictions on large-scale long-distance delivery consumption, it is not only a need to ease the pressure on power grids and break the bottleneck in electricity consumption, but also an intrinsic requirement for further promoting safe and reliable replacement of renewable energy and creating a new situation of high-quality development.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Third, including non-electricity consumption of renewable energy in the assessment is a core measure to support large-scale development of non-electricity utilization. After years of cultivation, China's green hydrogen ammonia alcohol, geothermal utilization and other industries have developed rapidly, and initially has the conditions and foundation for large-scale development. By the end of 2025, China had built green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol production capacity accounting for more than half of the world's production capacity, and the heating and cooling area of geothermal energy exceeds 1 billion square meters. At the same time, the competitiveness of the renewable energy non-electricity utilization market is still weak, green value lacks effective transmission and market reflection, and further policy guidance is needed to form stable demand. The inclusion of non-electricity consumption in the assessment is conducive to accelerating the demand for non-electricity consumption, promoting early large-scale development, and providing strong support for expanding terminal decarbonization scenarios, building a new energy system, and building an energy power country. I'll answer those, thank you.
[21st Century Economic Report Reporter] Recently, many parts of the south have experienced extreme heavy rainfall. What is the current electricity supply situation in the affected areas? There will still be too many extreme weather and climate events in our country during the main flood season this year, and droughts and floods will be equally severe. Under such circumstances, how can we ensure the safe and stable operation of the power system and the reliable supply of electricity?
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Thank you for your question. Since July, due to typhoons “Bawe,” “Mesak,” “Hongxia,” and strong convective weather, some transmission and distribution lines in Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guangdong and other regions have been suspended, causing power outages for more than 8 million households (more than 6.16 million due to typhoon alone). The power industry deployed emergency supplies and emergency repair forces ahead of time to grab and repair electricity as soon as possible, making every effort to ensure people's livelihood and electricity use. For example, the Zhejiang Power Grid achieved 81% of power outages affected by typhoon “Bawe” to resume electricity within 4 hours. Up to now, the entire industry has invested more than 68,000 people and more than 26,000 vehicles and equipment in all emergency repairs, and electricity supply has now been restored to all affected users.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electricity Department] Affected by the El Niño phenomenon, the flood control situation during the main flood season this year is not optimistic. Natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, and mudslides are at a high rate. The power industry will stick to the bottom line thinking and extreme thinking, and do a solid job in three areas to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power system and reliable supply of electricity during the flood season.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] First, do a solid job of flood control in the power industry. Strengthen flood information research and early warning, and establish and improve disaster response linkage mechanisms such as early warning of hydropower stations and evacuation of engineering work teams before the disaster. Focus on geological disaster-prone sections of cross-regional transmission channels, core production facilities of major power plants, and key facilities and equipment of hydropower plant dams, and carry out in-depth investigation of hidden grid hazards. Strengthen monitoring of the operating status of the 84 hydropower plants and flood conditions in the watershed, strictly implement reservoir flood control and scheduling instructions, and maintain the bottom line for the safe operation of hydropower plant dams.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] The second is to do a good job of managing power grid safety risks during the peak summer season. Recently, the typhoon disaster was seamlessly linked to hot weather. Extreme weather affected the main power output and cross-regional transmission channel operation. The combination of “extreme heat and no wind” and “no light in the evening peak” may cause tight electricity supply in some regions. The entire industry will dynamically track and judge extreme weather developments, optimize power grid operation methods, fully implement backup capacity, and carry out special inspections and special protection for important facilities and equipment such as important transmission channels and low-lying hub substations in geological disaster areas to effectively address various risks and challenges in power insurance and supply.
[Liu Mingyang, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Department] Third, it is effective to carry out emergency treatment of electricity. Strengthen emergency team formation and construction management in the power industry, take into account the types of early warning disasters and the actual situation in the region, deploy emergency repair teams and materials and equipment close to the frontline, and set up an “advance amount” for rescue. Strengthen emergency duty and duty. Managers at all levels take the lead, launch emergency repair work as soon as possible after the disaster, ensure that emergency repair work is carried out safely, efficiently, and in an orderly manner, provide all-round support for flood control and disaster relief work, strengthen power supply guarantees for key users and important places such as disaster shelters, and secure the bottom line of electricity consumption for people's livelihood. Thank you!
[Xinhua News Agency Reporter] During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China's new energy storage industry developed by leaps and bounds and became one of the new driving forces for the development of new quality productivity. What is the experience of the National Energy Administration in cultivating the development of new types of energy storage?
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Thank you to this reporter's friend for the question. Since the “14th Five-Year Plan”, China's new energy storage has flourished, achieving leapfrog development “from small to large, from weak to strong”, creating a typical example of the development of emerging industries, and contributing “China's strength” to the global energy transformation.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Science and Technology Equipment] The National Energy Administration resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the new “Four Revolutions, One Cooperation” energy security strategy, solidly promoted the construction of new energy systems and new power systems, actively promoted the advancement of new energy storage technology and industrial development, and generally formed five areas of experience.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] The first is to seize historical opportunities for the construction of new energy systems and new power systems in a timely manner. We have always adhered to “integrated planning and precise measures” to push new energy storage to the historical stage of China's green and low-carbon energy transformation. New energy storage has become a key technical equipment to promote large-scale development and consumption of new energy sources, ensure reliable supply of electricity, and raise the level of safety and stability of power systems.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Second, promote the high-quality development of new energy storage systems in an integrated manner based on the construction of new power systems. We always adhere to the “system concept and problem orientation”, insist on taking the construction needs of new power systems as the starting point, and focus on promoting the progress of the new energy storage technology industry.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] The third is to continue to promote the deep integration of new energy storage science and technology innovation with industrial innovation. We always adhere to innovation as the lead, vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation in new energy storage, promote the rapid iterative upgrading of the new energy storage technology industry, and lay the foundation for high-quality development of the industry.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Fourth, forge broad industry consensus to fully stimulate development vitality. We always adhere to “departmental collaboration, central-local collaboration, and regional coordination”, guide the differentiated development of new energy storage according to local conditions, stimulate the vitality of the private economy, and broadly unite development efforts.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] The fifth is to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation for mutual benefit and common development. Vigorously promote international cooperation in the field of new energy storage, carry out in-depth exchanges on policy planning, technological innovation, industrial development, etc., give a “Chinese voice” to the world, provide a “China Plan”, and tell the “China Story” well.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Since this year, China's new energy storage has continued its good development trend. By the end of June, the country had built and put into operation a new energy storage capacity of 153 million kilowatts/396 million kilowatt-hours, an increase of 61% over the previous year. According to statistics from the power grid company, in the first half of 2026, the number of hours equivalent to the use of new energy storage in the State Grid business area reached 573 hours, an increase of 9 hours over the previous year, and 626 hours in the South Grid business area, an increase of 41 hours over the previous year. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, the National Energy Administration will anchor the goal of reaching a carbon peak, adhere to the requirements of building an energy power, adhere to “demand leadership, innovation drive, market leadership, and standardized management”, actively promote the innovative capabilities and level of industrial development of new energy storage technologies to stay at the forefront of the world, and promote the high-quality development of new energy storage with greater vigor and more pragmatic measures. Answered, thank you!
[China Energy Media Reporter] In 2025, China achieved basic coverage of the electricity spot market. Since this year, especially in the second quarter, electricity spot market prices have risen and fallen, and there are certain regional differences. How does the National Energy Administration view this phenomenon? What is the impact on electricity users?
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Thank you to this reporter friend for your questions. Since this year, the price level of electricity spot markets in various regions has fluctuated within a reasonable range, and it is not appropriate to simply interpret rising and falling prices. Price differences in different regions just indicate that the spot market is reflecting changes in load, power supply structure, new energy output, and regulation capacity more sensitively. On the one hand, spot prices are affected by multiple factors. For example, Guangdong announced the beginning of summer in mid-April. The peak of electricity consumption was clearly ahead of schedule, and the air conditioner load rose sharply. At the same time, combined with factors such as a recovery in industrial electricity consumption, a decrease in hydropower during the dry water period in the southwest, and the impact of continuous rain on photovoltaic power generation, spot prices reflect the tight supply and demand for electricity over time.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] On the other hand, spot prices showed regional distribution characteristics. China's power grid structure has always been based on hierarchical zoning balance, and mutual aid across provinces and regions is an important support. For example, prices in recipient regions such as Guangdong maintained strong resilience in June of this year, reflecting peak load center resources and operating costs for marginal units; low prices and real-time fluctuations in Shandong, Shaanxi, etc., reflecting the degree of matching between new energy output, load curves, and adjustment capacity; the phased recovery of prices in Liaoning from the negative price range also indicates that spot prices will switch rapidly according to various factors such as season, load, and maintenance. Overall, medium- and long-term annual and monthly transactions in various regions are expected to stabilize, and deviations are corrected in monthly and daily transactions. Spot trading reflects real-time supply and demand and marginal costs in different regions, and also provides important market signals for changes in peak supply guarantee, low consumption, and adjustment capacity.
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of the General Administration Department] Regarding the second question you just raised, in terms of the impact on electricity users, the current government pricing implemented by Chinese residents and agricultural electricity prices will not change as prices fluctuate in the electricity market. Of the electricity expenses of industrial and commercial users, the vast majority have already secured most of the electricity volume and electricity prices in advance through medium- to long-term contracts, and the direct impact of the spot market is relatively limited. Therefore, when spot prices rise, users' electricity costs are generally manageable and will not cause a systematic sharp rise, and power generation companies can also obtain reliable guarantees when spot prices bottom out. I'll just answer those, thank you all!
[People's Daily Reporter] In 2025, China's oil and gas exploration and development achieved a number of landmark results in “deep earth engineering”, “deep sea engineering” and unconventional fields. At the beginning of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, what specific considerations does the National Energy Administration have in continuing to increase the country's independent supply of oil and gas?
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] Thank you to this reporter's friend for the question. China's overall oil and gas resource endowment is poor, and development costs are high and difficult. Facing the long-term requirements of increasing storage and production, we are actively planning and implementing a new round of oil and gas exploration and development work on the basis of a systematic summary of the past seven years to vigorously improve the effectiveness and experience of oil and gas exploration and development work, and take comprehensive measures to improve our ability to guarantee oil and gas autonomy.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] The first is to build a strategic support base for oil and gas. Focusing on basins such as Ordos, Sichuan, Bohai Bay, and Tarim, we will step up oil and gas resource investigation, evaluation and exploration and development efforts, build oil and gas strategic support bases, organize oil and gas enterprises to concentrate exploration and large-scale production, and ensure high quality completion of the strategic task of “long-term stable annual crude oil production at over 200 million tons and a natural gas self-sufficiency rate above 50%”.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Science and Technology Equipment] The second is to speed up research on key theories and core technologies. Overcome deep onshore oil and gas, deep-sea oil and gas, land-phase shale oil exploration and development technology, and key technologies to greatly improve recovery rates in old oil and gas fields, and tackle key technical equipment such as 15,000-meter intelligent drilling rigs and 1,500-meter all-electric underwater control systems. Promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence with oil and gas exploration and development, accelerate the promotion and application of intelligent exploration, smart oil and gas field development, and fields such as shale oil and gas exploration and development, and achieve intelligent upgrading of the entire oil and gas exploration and development industry chain.
[Xu Jilin, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment] The third is to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of oil and gas exploration and development. Coordinate energy security and green development, strengthen clean and deep energy substitution in oil and gas production, and promote collaborative development of oil and gas, new energy, CCUS, and associated resources. Construct and form green and low-carbon core technologies, industry standards and operating models that can be replicated and promoted, guide oil and gas enterprises to transform into comprehensive energy supply and carbon reduction service enterprises, and achieve a win-win situation between oil and gas exploration and development and green and low-carbon development. Your answer is complete, thank you.
[China News Service Reporter] Currently, the target for the lowest share of renewable energy consumption, green power consumption assessments for key energy industries have been fully implemented, and a multi-user green power direct connection policy has also been implemented. How will the National Energy Administration break down barriers between green electricity transactions, green certification, and carbon emission accounting?
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Thank you to this reporter friend for the question. This year's government work report clearly proposes “expanding the application of green electricity.” As the core path of green and low-carbon energy transformation, large-scale promotion and application of green electricity has an irreplaceable strategic supporting role in promoting the high-quality development of renewable energy and helping to achieve the carbon peak target as scheduled. To this end, we have focused on the following three areas of work.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] The first is to expand the demand for green electricity consumption by combining “mandatory+voluntary”. To implement the requirements of the Energy Law, in June of this year, we issued the “Minimum Renewable Energy Consumption Target and Renewable Energy Electricity Consumption Responsibility and Weighting System Implementation Measures”, which clearly sets the minimum share of renewable energy consumption targets for key energy use industries; supports enterprises in key energy industries to further increase the proportion of renewable energy electricity consumption on the basis of national goals, and uses “forcible+voluntary” dual-wheel drive green electricity consumption to drive supply and demand collaboration through demand-side capacity expansion to enhance the green momentum of economic and social development.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Second, there is full coverage of green certification, consolidating the foundation for green electricity consumption. The “Measures” make it clear that the target for the minimum share of renewable energy electricity consumption can be achieved through methods such as spontaneous private use, direct green power connection, and green license green power transactions (transfers). Previously, projects for spontaneous use and directly connected to green electricity could only confirm environmental rights through physical measurement. In June of this year, we issued the “Notice on Organizing and Promoting the Issuance of Green Certificates for Non-public Grid Renewable Energy Power Generation Projects”. The organization issued green certificates for renewable energy power generation projects that are not directly connected to public grids, filling up the last shortcoming in issuing green certificates, and opening up an accounting data chain for various green power consumption scenarios.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] The third is to promote the connection of electricity carbon certificates and explore the increase in green electricity consumption. Energy is the main battleground for reducing carbon emissions. Promoting the integration of electricity and carbon certification is a focus point for unleashing the energy sector's potential for energy saving and carbon reduction. The core is to account for indirect carbon emissions from electricity and recognize the carbon reduction value of green certification green electricity. In May of this year, we introduced the “Non-Fossil Energy Electricity Consumption Accounting Guidelines (Trial)”, which clarifies non-fossil energy electricity certification methods such as electric energy transactions and green certificate transactions, effectively supports the accounting of indirect carbon emissions of electricity, provides a basic method for effectively connecting electricity carbon certificates, and helps guide energy-intensive enterprises to actively reduce fossil energy consumption and switch to green energy consumption.
[Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the Department of New Energy] Last week, our bureau officially released the China Green License Price Index, which uses transparent price signals to guide the accurate connection between green certificate supply and demand, which is of great significance in accelerating the development of China's green license market in a standardized, orderly, detailed and efficient direction. In the next step, we will thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, anchor the strategy of building an energy power and the country's “double carbon” goal, focus on expanding consumption and promoting consumption, and promote effective quality and reasonable volume growth of renewable energy. I'll answer those, thank you.
[Xinhua News Agency, China Economic and Social Affairs Reporter] Affected by geographical factors such as the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, uncertainty about global energy security has increased, making countries around the world more aware of the urgency of accelerating the clean transformation process. As the world's largest renewable energy producer and equipment exporter, how will China use its advantages to better play a leading role in the global energy transition?
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of Development Planning Department] Thank you for your question. Your question is particularly good. Everyone knows that traditional fossil energy is unevenly distributed around the world, but wind power and photovoltaics are not the same; they can basically be developed and used all over the world. It can be said that renewable energy is neither “contained” nor “taken away.” Since this year, the global energy market has fluctuated dramatically, and all countries have paid more attention to energy security and autonomy. The pace of new energy construction has accelerated markedly. Today, the energy transition is being promoted not only to protect the environment and improve the ecology, but is also an essential bottom line requirement for protecting the country's security.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] In recent years, China has built the world's largest and fastest growing renewable energy system, cooperating with more than 100 countries and regions on green energy projects. It can be said that China, based on the world's largest renewable energy industry chassis, has injected a steady stream of green momentum into the global energy transformation. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, we will focus on deepening international cooperation on energy in three areas.
[Xing Yiteng, Deputy Director of the Development Planning Department] The first is to act as a “stabilizer” for the global new energy industry chain supply chain. We will give full play to the advantages of the entire new energy industry chain, provide resilient and stable green energy products to help the world accelerate energy transformation and ensure energy security. The second is to provide a “one-stop” solution for power systems based mainly on new energy sources. Every country has different resource conditions, development levels, and transformation needs. We can provide full-process power solutions in all fields from power system planning, renewable energy generation, nuclear power, transmission and distribution, energy storage, “AI+” energy, technical standards to green power certification systems and market mechanisms. The third is to build a new engine for energy innovation and development. China has a large domestic market and a large number of implementation scenarios. We will continue to increase innovation in fields such as renewable energy technology, non-electricity use such as green hydroammonia alcohol, and “AI+” energy, strengthen cooperation and links with various countries in the energy sector, promote collaborative research on global low-carbon technology, and accelerate global sharing of advanced technology. I'll just answer those, thank you!
[Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of General Affairs] Due to time constraints, today's press conference has come to an end. Thank you all!
This article was selected from the official website of the “National Energy Administration”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Xu Wenqiang.