Guangzhou (JLC), March 18, 2026--Chinese Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed the country's commitment to peaking carbon emissions by 2030 in the government work report delivered at the fourth session of China's 14th National People's Congress on March 5, which was published on www.gov.cn on March 13, 2026.
One of the main objectives put forward in the work report for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) is to achieve an accumulated total reduction of 17 percent in the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP through continued promotion of the green and low-carbon transition across key sectors.
Specifically, it aims to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by around 3.8 percent for 2026.
In 2026, China will foster new growth drivers like hydrogen power and green fuels, exercise tight and effective regulation over energy-intensive and high-emission projects, accelerate efforts to phase out outdated production capacity, and support innovation and application of green and low-carbon technologies and equipment. It will also improve the systems for total resource consumption control and comprehensive resource conservation, and step up efforts in recycling of renewable materials, the report specified.
Consumption of coal accounted for 51.4% of the total energy consumption in 2025, down 1.8 percentage points from the previous year, while that of clean energy including natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and solar power accounted for 30.4% of the total last year, up 1.8 percentage points from 2024, according to a notice released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on February 28, 2026.
