Shanxi leads responsible energy revolution with reforms
Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured that China is ready to work with the international community to strengthen energy cooperation in all aspects, safeguard energy security, address climate change, protect the ecology and environment, promote sustainable development and bring more benefits to people around the world.
In his congratulatory letter to the Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum which opened on Tuesday in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, a traditional energy production center in China, President Xi said low-carbon energy development concerns the future of humanity and China will actively promote energy consumption, supply, technology, and institutional transformation.
As a national forum approved by the State Council of China, the Taiyuan Forum attracts experts from around the world. It has already been successfully held three times exerting significant impact on the global energy field.
It is developing into an influential energy platform for conducting highlevel dialogues, launching scientific and technological achievements, and promoting international cooperation in the global energy sector.
The Taiyuan Forum is co-hosted by the People’s Government of Shanxi Province, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Commerce and National Energy Administration. Aside from the opening ceremony and summit, an exhibition on energy revolution and six sub-forums are also featured.
While highlighting the national theme of energy revolution, the forum aims to show the world China’s achievements and determination in advancing energy revolution as well as its call for further international cooperation.
The event also serves as a great opportunity for Shanxi to enhance its influence at home and abroad, lead the energy revolution and promote energy transformation and development. It is of great significance for Shanxi to transform from a major coal consumer to a pioneer in energy revolution and embrace high-quality development.
Shanxi places more emphasis on attracting experts from around the world for this year’s forum. It has strengthened the exchanges with the International Energy Agency, foreign provinces or states, universities, as well as research institutions. It has also deepened its cooperation with leading energy companies in the world to build demonstration projects on international cooperation.
Shanxi province opens itself to forging closer cooperation with international partners in energy transformation and reform.
The Taiyuan Forum aims to provide a platform of consultation, contribution, and shared benefits for various parties to promote global energy transformation, jointly address the challenge of climate change, reach a consensus on fully implementing the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and deepen cooperation.
To thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the important arguments of President Xi on energy reform, the forum will help to practice the country’s goals, policies, requirements, and strategies on energy, promote energy consumption, supply, technology, institutional revolution and all-round international cooperation. It will also push forward the Shanxi’s energy revolution comprehensive reform pilot program.
Through the forum, Shanxi will gather global wisdom, bring about new ideas for economic development, and fulfill its mission given by the central government to provide valuable experience in energy revolution for the rest of the country.
The reform program in Shanxi is expected to be a pioneering one in exploring ways to carry out such programs nationwide.It is a comprehensive one that involves various fields and tackles deep-rooted problems in China’s economic development.
Through the Taiyuan Forum, Shanxi commits to shouldering its responsibility and resolutely achieve the strategic goals of energy transformation and reform as a good example for the rest of the country and the world.