China's commitment makes global green transition more achievable

RIGHT after the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympics, a United States media outlet voiced concern that "by 2050 most of the world will be too hot to hold the Olympic Games." With rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events, the idea that future editions of the Summer Olympics might only be held in the Southern Hemisphere's winter no longer seems farfetched. In response to these challenges facing human survival, the world is seeking solutions, and China's latest proposal is "green transition in all areas of economic and social development."

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) proposed a series of goals to further deepen reforms comprehensively, including accelerating a comprehensive green transition in all economic and social sectors. Recently, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have unveiled a set of guidelines to ramp up green transition in all areas of economic and social development (hereinafter referred to as the "guidelines"). It marks China's first systematic national approach to green transition. As the world's second-largest economy with a population of over 1.4 billion, China has proactively proposed this comprehensive green transition after setting "dual carbon" goals. Amid global setbacks in green transformation, increasing politicization of climate issues, and rising green trade barriers, China is providing a crucial piece for the fragmented Blue Planet.