China's strategies and initiatives to foster high-quality leaping development of renewable energy

Abstract

Chinese authorities have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030. As compared with developed countries, China has a much shorter period to achieve its climate goals. The strategic plan is to construct clean and low-carbon energy production and consumption systems and promote the high-quality development of renewable energy. High-quality development is characterized by its technological, economical, and sustainable features. China's renewable energy is proliferating, and many policies and regulations have been implemented to facilitate this development. China would have installed one billion kilowatts of renewable energy by the end of 2021, generating 2.48 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, accounting for 29.8% of the country's total electricity consumption. It is a positive start to renewable energy development in The 14 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">th</sup> Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). The progress made in developing wind and photovoltaic solar power is particularly notable. The country has installed over 300 million kilowatts of wind and photovoltaic power, ranking first in the world. There were 652.6 billion kWh of wind-generated electricity and 325.9 billion by photovoltaic.