China Policy
China’s provincial-level governments have now all published their 15th five-year plans – economic and social development blueprints for 2026-203... Read More
Solar power has been a major element of China’s renewables buildout since the mid-2010s. The country installed 315 gigawatts (GW) of new c... Read More
China has said that hydrogen is a key “future industry”, important to both its energy transition and its industrial policy. Hydrogen frequentl... Read More
A major change in the way that China measures its core climate goal has effectively halved the growth in the country’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissio... Read More
Chinese government leaders published a policy document on 22 April – Earth Day – calling for stricter controls on fossil-fuel consumption and gre... Read More
As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz wreaks havoc on fossil-fuel supplies across the world, a prominent narrative in western media has been that lo... Read More
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is responsible for about 30% of the global temperature increase observed since the industrial revolution. China ... Read More
China has published its 15th five-year plan, setting the strategic direction for the nation out to 2030, including support for clean energy and energ... Read More
Open and transparent data can accelerate the decarbonisation of China’s industries and boost public interest in climate change, says Ma Jun. Ma ... Read More
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole. ... Read More
Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 –&... Read More