■Realizing the goal of peaking carbon emissions and carbon neutrality is the internal requirement of implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development. It is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee to coordinate the overall situation of domestic and international development. We must deeply analyze the situation and tasks facing pushing forward peaking carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, fully understand the urgency and arduousness of realizing the goal of "double carbon", study the key work that needs to be done well, unify our thinking and understanding, and solidly implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee.
■China has entered a new stage of development. Promoting the "double carbon" work is an urgent need to solve the prominent problems of resource and environmental constraints and achieve sustainable development. It is a desperate need to comply with the trend of technological progress and promote the transformation and upgrading of economic structure. It is a real need to meet the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment and push forward the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. It is a pressing need to take the initiative to assume the responsibility of a major power. It is a great need to advance the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
■Achieving the goal of "double carbon" is a broad and profound change, which can not be achieved easily. We should improve our strategic thinking ability, push system concept through the whole process of "double carbon" work, and pay attention to dealing with four pairs of relations. The first is the relationship between development and emission reduction. The second is the relationship between the whole and the part. The third is the relationship between long-term goals and short-term goals. The fourth is the relationship between the government and the market.
■To promote the "double carbon" work, we must adhere to the principles of national overall planning, saving priority, scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, internal and external development and risk prevention, give better play to China's institutional advantages, resource conditions, technological potential and market vitality, and accelerate the formation of an industrial structure, production mode, lifestyle mode and spatial pattern that saves resources and protects the environment. First, we should strengthen overall planning and coordination. Second, we shall promote the energy revolution. Third, we should push forward industrial optimization and upgrading. Fourth, we shall accelerate the science and technology revolution of green and low-carbon. Fifth, we should improve the green and low-carbon policy system. Sixth, we shall actively participate in and lead global climate governance.
■We should enhance the Party's leadership over the "double carbon" work, strengthen overall planning and coordination, strictly make supervision and assessment, and promote the formation of joint efforts. We shall implement the same responsibility of the Party and the government, consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, incorporate the relevant indicators of "double carbon" work into the comprehensive evaluation system of regional economic and social development, increase the proportion of assessment and strengthen the indicators restriction.
On the afternoon of January 24, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held the 36th collective study on striving to achieve the goal of peaking carbon emissions and carbon neutrality. Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee when presiding over the study stressed that realizing peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality is the internal requirement of implementing the new development concept, constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development. It is a major strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee to coordinate the overall situation of domestic and international affairs. We must deeply analyze the situation and tasks facing pushing forward peaking carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, fully understand the urgency and arduousness of realizing the goal of "double carbon", study the key work that needs to be done well, unify our thinking and understanding, and solidly implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee.
In this collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, comrades of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee taught themselves and exchanged their working experience. Liu He, Li Qiang, Li Hongzhong and Hu Chunhua made speeches in combination with their respective fields and local work, and everyone had an exchange.
Xi Jinping made an important speech while presiding over the study. He pointed out that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee has implemented the new development concept, unswervingly followed the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon development, made efforts to promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and achieved remarkable results. We have established and improved a green and low-carbon circular development economic system, continued to promote the adjustment of industrial structure and energy structure, launched the national carbon market transaction, announced that there will be no new overseas coal and power projects, accelerated the construction of a "double carbon" policy system, actively participated in the international negotiations on climate change. These show the responsibility of a responsible major power. To achieve the goal of "double carbon", we must do it ourselves rather than others. China has entered a new stage of development. Promoting the "double carbon" work is an urgent need to solve the prominent problems of resource and environmental constraints and achieve sustainable development. It is a desperate need to comply with the trend of technological progress and promote the transformation and upgrading of economic structure. It is a real need to meet the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment and promote the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. It is a pressing need to take the initiative to assume the responsibility of a major power. It is a great need to advance the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. We must fully understand the importance of achieving the goal of "double carbon" and enhance our confidence in promoting the "double carbon" work.
Xi Jinping stressed that achieving the goal of "double carbon" is a broad and profound change, which can not be achieved easily. We should improve our strategic thinking ability, push the system concept through the whole process of "double carbon" work, and pay attention to dealing with four pairs of relationships. The first is the relationship between development and emission reduction. Emission reduction is not to reduce productivity or not to discharge, but to take the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon development, promote green transformation in economic development and achieve greater development in green transformation. We should adhere to overall planning, ensure energy security, industrial chain supply chain security and food security while reducing carbon, and ensure the normal life of the people. The second is the relationship between the whole and the part. We should not only enhance the awareness of taking the whole country into account, but also strengthen the connection and coordination of policies and measures to ensure the formation of joint forces. We should also fully consider the objective reality of regional resource distribution and industrial division of labor, study and determine the direction of local industrial structure adjustment and the "double carbon" action plan, and do not adopting the same tactic and implementing a one-size-fits-all method. The third is the relationship between long-term goals and short-term goals. We should not only base ourselves on the present, solve specific problems step by step and turn small victories into big victories, but also take a long-term view, overcome the idea of being eager for quick success and instant benefits and eager for success, grasp the rhythm and intensity of carbon reduction, and seek truth from facts, proceed in an orderly way and step by step and keep up the momentum. The fourth is the relationship between the government and the market. We should make great efforts to promote a better combination of promising government and effective market, and establish and improve the incentive and restraint mechanism for "double carbon" work.
Xi Jinping pointed out that to promote the "double carbon" work, we must adhere to the principles of national overall planning, saving priority, scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation, internal and external development and risk prevention, give better play to China's institutional advantages, resource conditions, technological potential and market vitality, and accelerate the formation of an industrial structure, production mode, lifestyle mode and spatial pattern that saves resources and protects the environment. First, we should strengthen overall planning and coordination. We should integrate the "double carbon" work into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction and the overall situation of economic and social development, adhere to the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, greening and growth, accelerate the formulation and introduction of relevant plans, implementation plans and safeguard measures, organize the implementation of ten actions for peaking carbon emissions and strengthen the connection of policies. All regions and departments should have an overall concept, scientifically grasp the rhythm of peaking carbon emissions, clarify the main body of responsibility, work tasks and completion time, and advance steadily and orderly. Second, we shall promote the energy revolution. Based on China's energy and resource endowment, we should adhere to the overall plan of making destruction before construction. The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy must be based on the safe and reliable substitution of new energy. We should make greater efforts to plan and build a new energy supply and consumption system based on large-scale wind and solar power bases, supported by clean, efficient, advanced and energy-saving coal power around them, and supported by stable, safe and reliable UHV power transmission and transformation lines. We should resolutely control fossil energy consumption, especially strictly and reasonably control the growth of coal consumption and substitution of coal consumption reduction, and vigorously promote the linkage of transformation of coal power energy conservation and carbon reduction, flexibility transformation and heating transformation. We should consolidate the foundation of domestic energy production, ensure the safety of coal supply, maintain the stable growth of crude oil and natural gas production capacity, strengthen the construction of coal, gas and oil reserve capacity, and promote the large-scale application of advanced energy storage technology. We should give more prominence to promoting the development of new and clean energy, and actively and orderly develop light energy, silicon energy, hydrogen energy and renewable energy. We should promote the deep integration of energy technology with modern information, new materials and advanced manufacturing technology, and explore new modes of energy production and consumption. We should accelerate the development of new energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy, biomass energy, geothermal energy, marine energy and hydrogen energy with scale and efficiency, coordinate hydropower development and ecological protection, and actively develop nuclear power in a safe and orderly manner. Third, we should push forward industrial optimization and upgrading. We should seize the opportunity of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, promote the deep integration of emerging technologies such as the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the fifth generation mobile communication (5G) with green and low-carbon industries, build a green manufacturing system and service system, and increase the proportion of green and low-carbon industries in the total economy. We should strictly control the carbon emission of new projects and resolutely curb the blind development of high energy consumption, high emission and low-level projects. We should make great efforts to promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries such as iron and steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemical, chemical industry and building materials, and accelerate the innovation and digital transformation of low-carbon processes in the industrial field. We should strengthen the waste resource utilization, vigorously develop the circular economy and reduce the waste of energy and resources. We should make overall plans for urban and rural low-carbon development and improve the quality of green transportation. We should promote the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and consolidate and enhance the carbon sink capacity of the ecosystem. We should advocate a simple and moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle, guide green and low-carbon consumption, encourage green travel, carry out the demonstration of green and low-carbon social action, and enhance the people's awareness of conservation and ecological environmental protection. Fourth, we shall accelerate the science and technology revolution of green and low-carbon. We should pay close attention to tackling key problems of green and low-carbon technologies and accelerate the research, development, popularization and application of advanced and applicable technologies. We should establish and improve the evaluation and trading system of green and low-carbon technologies and accelerate the transformation of innovation achievements. We should innovate the talent training mode and encourage colleges and universities to speed up the construction of relevant disciplines. Fifth, we should improve the green and low-carbon policy system. We should further improve the "double control" system of energy consumption, and the new renewable energy and raw material energy consumption should not be included in the total energy consumption control. We should improve the "double carbon" standard, build a unified and standardized carbon emission statistical accounting system, and promote the transformation from "double control" of energy to "double control" of total carbon emission and intensity. We should improve laws and regulations and improve fiscal, tax, price, investment and financial policies. We should give full play to the role of the market mechanism, improve the carbon pricing mechanism, and strengthen the connection and coordination of carbon emission rights trading, energy rights trading and power trading. Sixth, we shall actively participate in and lead global climate governance. We shall uphold the vision of a community of shared future for mankind, take a more active part in the global climate negotiation agenda and international rule-making, and promote the establishment of a fair, equitable, cooperative and win-win global climate governance system.
Xi jinping stressed that it is imperative to strengthen the Party's leadership on the "double carbon" work, reinforce the overall planning and coordination, carry out strict supervision and evaluation, and promote the formation of joint forces for work. Moreover, it is imperative to implement the principle of equal responsibility for the Party and the government, effectively fulfill the responsibilities of each party, incorporate the relevant indicators of the "double carbon" work into the comprehensive evaluation system of the economic and social development of various regions, increase the weight of evaluation, and strengthen the indicator restrictions. Leaders at all levels shall strengthen the learning of the basic knowledge, implementation path and work requirements of the "double carbon", so as to ensure that they truly learn, understand, and put into practice the "double carbon" strategy. We shall take the "double carbon" work as an important part of the education and training system for cadres and enhance the ability of leaders at all levels to promote green and low-carbon development.
