Consumption and efficient use
The paper connects its approach to the energy-security strategy proposed in 2014. Its consumption chapter covers conservation requirements, improved efficiency in major sectors and greener patterns of energy use. Industry, transport, buildings and households are treated as parts of the same transition. Reducing the resources needed for economic and social activity is therefore considered alongside changing the sources supplying them.
Supply, grids and reliability
The supply chapter promotes non-fossil energy while coordinating traditional and new sources. It acknowledges a coal-based energy mix and continuing demand growth associated with development. System resilience, infrastructure and the relationship between different sources are central subjects. The transition is presented as a coordinated change in the energy system, with reliability among its stated objectives.
Innovation and energy governance
Technological development includes research systems, new energy technologies, digital and intelligent applications, and emerging areas of production. The governance chapter adds energy markets, government guidance and services, and legal arrangements. These chapters connect physical infrastructure with the institutions through which energy is developed, traded and supplied. The international section discusses cooperation and the wider provision of sustainable energy.
What the energy measures describe
The paper distinguishes installed generating capacity from electricity actually generated and from energy use more broadly. Its 2023 account gives clean energy a 58.2 percent share of installed generating capacity and a 39.7 percent share of generation. Those percentages have different denominators. Clean energy in this text also includes sources beyond wind and solar, making the category itself part of a precise comparison.
Publication: released 29 August 2024; the linked Xinhua Word attachment is the first 2024 edition. Many examples concern 2023 or comparisons with 2013. They describe the paper’s historical account rather than current 2026 energy conditions.
Original source: State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China.
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