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Speakers:

Zhang Jianhua, administrator of the National Energy Administration (NEA)

Wan Jinsong, vice administrator of the NEA

Song Wen, director general of the Department of Legal and Institutional Reform of the NEA

Li Chuangjun, director general of the Department of New Energy and Renewable Energy Sources of the NEA

Chairperson:

Shou Xiaoli, director general of the Press Bureau of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) and spokesperson of the SCIO

Date:

Aug. 29, 2024

Shou Xiaoli:

Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to this press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO).

Today, we are releasing the white paper titled "China's Energy Transition," and holding this press conference to introduce and interpret its main content. 

The white paper, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important ideas and proposals on the high-quality development of energy. It systematically explains China's policies, principles and practices in advancing energy transition guided by the general secretary's new energy security strategy aimed at revolutionizing consumption, supply, technology and institutions, while strengthening all-round international cooperation. The white paper comprehensively introduces the positive achievements China has made in forming a new green energy consumption model, constructing a new energy system, developing new quality productive forces in the energy sector, and advancing the modernization of energy governance. It demonstrates China's efforts and contributions in continuously deepening international green energy cooperation, and advancing sustainable global energy development. The white paper calls on the international community to plan energy cooperation together, address global climate change, promote harmony between humanity and nature, and build a clean, beautiful planet. 

The white paper consists of a preface, main text and conclusion, totaling around 19,000 Chinese characters. The main text includes six sections: I. China's Path of Energy Transition in the New Era; II. Promoting Green Energy Consumption; III. Moving Faster to Build a New Energy Supply System; IV. Developing New Quality Productive Forces in the Energy Sector; V. Modernizing Energy Governance; and VI. Contributing to a Global Community of Shared Future.

The white paper is published in eight languages — Chinese, English, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese — by the People's Publishing House and the Foreign Languages Press, and is available at Xinhua Bookstore outlets across the country.

To help you better understand the white paper, we are glad to be joined today by Mr. Zhang Jianhua, administrator of the National Energy Administration (NEA), to introduce relevant conditions and answer your questions. Also present today are Mr. Wan Jinsong, vice administrator of the NEA; Mr. Song Wen, director general of the Department of Legal and Institutional Reform of the NEA; and Mr. Li Chuangjun, director general of the Department of New Energy and Renewable Energy Sources of the NEA. 

Now, I'll give the floor to Mr. Zhang for his introduction.