Accelerate the development of new‑type productive forces, ensure energy security, and advance the green transition.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and is a pivotal year for achieving the goals and tasks set out in the 14th Five-Year Plan. Energy serves as an essential material foundation and a key driver of economic and social development. In this year’s Government Work Report, new measures and requirements were outlined for the development of the energy and power sectors: “strengthening the security of energy and resource supplies,” “proactively yet prudently advancing carbon peaking and carbon neutrality,” and “deepening the energy revolution, curbing fossil‑fuel consumption, and accelerating the building of a new‑type energy system.” With these objectives in mind, deputies and members of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference have actively offered suggestions and proposals, jointly discussing ways to promote high‑quality development in the energy and power industries.
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2026-03-22
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and is a pivotal year for achieving the goals and tasks set forth in the 14th Five-Year Plan. Energy serves as an essential material foundation and a key driver of economic and social development. In this year’s Government Work Report, new measures and requirements were outlined for the development of the energy and power sectors: “strengthening the security of energy and resource supplies,” “actively yet prudently advancing carbon peaking and carbon neutrality,” and “deepening the energy revolution, curbing fossil‑energy consumption, and accelerating the building of a new‑type energy system.” With these objectives in mind, deputies and members of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference have offered constructive proposals and engaged in lively discussions on the high‑quality development of the energy and power industries.
Strengthening energy and resource security to support high-quality development.
In the first quarter of this year, businesses accelerated the resumption of work and production, major projects were launched one after another, and the holiday economy boomed. Across the country, localities seized the early‑year opportunity window, leveraging the pivotal roles of consumption and investment in ensuring steady economic growth, striving for a strong start to the year.
This year’s Government Work Report calls for vigorously expanding domestic demand and fostering a virtuous cycle in the economy. It emphasizes the need to seamlessly integrate the strategy of expanding domestic demand with the deepening of supply-side structural reform, better balance consumption and investment, and strengthen their role in driving economic growth.
To consolidate and strengthen the momentum of economic recovery and improvement, and to continue promoting both qualitative gains and reasonable quantitative growth, deputies and committee members have put forward proposals on energy supply security and the development of energy infrastructure.
Energy projects are characterized by large-scale investment, long industrial value chains, and substantial employment, making them effective drivers of development across both upstream and downstream sectors. Accelerating the construction of major energy projects not only strengthens energy security but also stimulates investment, expands domestic demand, bolsters long-term growth momentum, and promotes steady economic expansion.
Henan, currently undergoing rapid industrialization and a new phase of urbanization, boasts significant potential for growing electricity demand and requires a multi‑pronged approach to strengthen its energy and power supply security. Gao Ke, a deputy to the National People’s Congress and deputy station director of the Xinxiang Substation Operation and Maintenance Station at the Xinxiang Power Supply Company in Henan, recommends accelerating the construction of new transmission channels for delivering power from other provinces into Henan, enhancing the capacity of existing lines, and increasing the intake of electricity from outside the province.
As a critical piece of infrastructure, the power grid plays a vital role in ensuring energy supply and in transforming China’s energy advantages into economic ones. By the end of 2023, State Grid Corporation had completed 35 ultra-high-voltage projects, with transmission lines exceeding 46,000 kilometers in length and cumulative power transmission surpassing 2.9 trillion kilowatt-hours, thereby providing robust support for sustained and stable economic development.
In recent years, China has vigorously implemented its regional coordinated development strategy, steadily strengthening the drivers of high-quality growth. The Government Work Report emphasized “raising the level of balanced regional development.” As regional coordination continues to reach new heights, ensuring energy security across regions also calls for fresh approaches and innovative models. Pan Yuping, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and president of the Sichuan Provincial Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, has urged the state to explore a new institutional framework for cross-regional energy‑security allocation, formulate a policy framework for an energy‑security community, and support the Chengdu–Chongqing region in jointly building a green, renewable‑energy system centered on hydropower.
With regard to strengthening security capabilities in key areas, the Government Work Report emphasizes bolstering energy and resource security and intensifying exploration and development of oil, gas, and strategic mineral resources. From the perspective of legislative safeguards, National People’s Congress deputy Zhou Yunjie, Party Secretary, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Haier Group, has submitted a proposal to revise the Draft Energy Law of the People’s Republic of China. “Energy is the lifeblood of industry and the backbone of the national economy, vital to both national welfare and security,” Zhou Yunjie stated. He recommends that the state adopt energy security as the central legislative principle and fundamental value objective, accelerate the formulation and adoption of an Energy Law, and establish a robust legal framework underpinning energy‑security goals, thereby ensuring national energy security.
To ensure a secure energy supply, a series of policy documents have been actively introduced recently. On March 1, the “Guiding Opinions on High-Quality Development of Distribution Networks in the New Context” were released, setting forth the goal that by 2025, distribution networks will be capable of accommodating approximately 500 million kilowatts of distributed renewable energy and around 12 million charging stations. On February 27, the “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Grid Peak-Shaving, Energy Storage, and Intelligent Dispatch Capabilities,” jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, were officially published, outlining objectives such as a substantial enhancement of the power system’s regulation capacity by 2027 and bringing the installed capacity of pumped-storage hydropower stations to over 80 million kilowatts.
Keywords:
Energy,Industrial chain
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