Promote the "dual control" of total energy consumption and intensity

Achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in coordinating domestic and international situations.
A solemn commitment to build a community with a shared future for mankind
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To achieve the "dual carbon" goal, we must not only promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, but also promote the "dual control" of total energy consumption and intensity
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After long-term development, China has become the largest energy producer and consumer in the world, and has formed an energy supply system with comprehensive development of coal, electricity, oil, natural gas, new energy and renewable energy
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In 2021, China's total energy consumption will reach 5.
24 billion tons of standard coal, an increase of 5.
2% over the previous year
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Coal consumption accounted for 56.
0% of total energy consumption, down 0.
9 percentage points from the previous year; clean energy consumption accounted for 25.
5% of total energy consumption, up 1.
2 percentage points
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Although China has made great achievements in energy development, it also faces challenges such as huge energy demand pressure, many energy supply constraints, serious damage to the ecological environment from energy production and consumption, and overall backward energy technology
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First, the industrial structure formed over the years in China is characterized by high energy consumption and high carbon emissions, and the proportion of high energy consumption industries, especially heavy chemical industries, is relatively high
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Industrial energy accounts for 65% of the total social energy consumption, of which the five major energy-consuming industries, such as steel, building materials, petrochemicals, non-ferrous metals, and chemicals, account for nearly 50%
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Changing this situation will not happen overnight, but it must be done more and faster
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Second, coal accounts for a relatively large proportion in China's energy consumption structure, and it is still our basic national conditions to be dominated by coal
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At present, coal accounts for more than half of primary energy consumption in China, and coal power generation accounts for about 60%.
The realization of carbon peaking must be based on this reality
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Third, China's energy technology level is generally backward, and independent innovation needs to be vigorously promoted
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Fourth, the reform of energy prices needs to be further deepened, and the role of prices as a "baton" in improving energy utilization efficiency, promoting energy conservation, emission reduction and carbon reduction should be further developed, and a mechanism in which energy prices are mainly determined by the market will be formed
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The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period and a window period for carbon peaking
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General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Achieving the 'dual carbon' goal is an extensive and profound change, and it is also a long-term task.
It must be unswerving and scientific and orderly to advance.
" "The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy must be based on new energy.
Safe and Secure Alternative Basis"
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From the strategic perspective of national development and security, we must assess the situation and follow the trend, insist on making progress while maintaining stability, and make solid progress
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It is necessary to base itself on the present, solve specific problems step by step, and accumulate small wins for big wins; but also take a long-term perspective, overcome the idea of ​​​​seeking quick success and eagerness for success, adhere to seeking truth from facts, step by step, and continue to exert efforts, and grasp the rhythm of controlling consumption and reducing carbon.
and strength
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Optimize and improve the industrial structure
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Accelerate the establishment of a green and low-carbon industrial system, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the accelerated development of strategic emerging industries; strengthen overall planning and coordinated promotion, promote coordinated regional economic development, and resolutely curb the blind development of high-energy-consuming, high-emission, and low-level projects
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Improve the concentration of high-energy-consuming and high-emission industries and the scale of enterprises, build industrial clusters and characteristic industrial parks, promote the clustering and development of advantageous industries, and achieve energy conservation and emission reduction through the integration of industrialization and informatization, digital transformation, and intelligent upgrades
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Accelerate the adjustment of energy consumption structure
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Strengthen the clean and efficient utilization of coal and orderly reduction and substitution, promote energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation, flexibility transformation, and heating transformation of coal power, and continue to increase the degree of green coal mining and clean and efficient utilization; reasonable control of coal consumption growth and orderly reduction of coal consumption Substitute the proportion of coal energy consumption, strictly control the access to projects with high energy consumption, high emission and low level, and continuously optimize the structure of energy production and consumption; actively develop hydropower, wind power, photovoltaics, actively develop nuclear power in a safe and orderly manner, and strive to develop and utilize hydrogen energy, Tidal energy, biomass energy and geothermal energy, improve the level of electrification, and improve the energy supply system
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Increase energy technology innovation
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In-depth study of smart grid technologies that support the large-scale and friendly grid connection of wind power and solar power generation to improve the level of autonomy; promote energy conservation and consumption reduction technologies such as cascade utilization of energy in the park in high energy consumption and high emission fields; accelerate the development and application of advanced oil and gas extraction technologies to improve The level of clean and efficient utilization of fossil energy; promote the research and development, demonstration and industrial application of carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage technology; increase the research, demonstration and industrial application of energy storage technology, and improve the utilization rate of energy conversion; promote traditional energy, new energy technology and The deep integration of modern information, new materials and advanced manufacturing technologies will explore the formation of a technical system for energy production, processing, transportation, storage and utilization
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Establish and improve the energy policy system
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Improve the energy consumption and carbon emission evaluation system, and incorporate energy consumption and carbon emission impact evaluation into the environmental impact evaluation system; formulate green finance guidance policies, use a multi-level green financial product system, and support key areas of clean energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, and carbon emission reduction technologies Development; speed up the construction of a unified, open, competitive and orderly energy market system, and deepen the reform of energy prices
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Cultivate and practice a green lifestyle
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Enhance the national awareness of saving, advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle, and firmly establish energy saving awareness and the social fashion of diligence and thrift
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Resolutely resist and oppose all forms of energy waste, and encourage residents to use more energy-efficient, lower-energy-consuming household equipment and new energy vehicles through various means
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