{"id":316172,"date":"2026-02-25T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316172\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:30:33","slug":"chinas-new-energy-strategy-aims-to-shield-economy-from-shocks-and-meet-climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316172\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s new energy strategy aims to shield economy from shocks \u2013 and meet climate targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China has vowed to refine its energy strategy and ramp up major engineering projects over the next five years, placing energy security at the heart of its new development blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>The National Energy Administration announced on Monday that it would introduce a new development framework this year, together with a series of sector-specific plans, as Beijing enters its latest <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/article\/3326468\/chinas-15th-5-year-plan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">five-year plan period<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe internal and external environment for building China\u2019s new energy system is undergoing profound and complex changes,\u201d said Ren Yuzhi, head of the administration\u2019s planning department, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He cited rising geopolitical fragmentation in the global energy trade and domestic risks such as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/china-accidents-weather-disasters?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">extreme weather<\/a> as growing threats to security, alongside rapid technological change reshaping the sector.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To respond to these shifts, the administration pledged to improve energy flows and upgrade infrastructure nationwide. To boost self-sufficiency in eastern regions, it said it aims to have local supply cover more than 70 per cent of the projected increase in energy demand in those areas over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s power-hungry coastal regions have long relied on energy imports and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3342334\/tibets-exploitable-green-power-could-meet-chinas-energy-needs-official-survey?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">long-distance transmission<\/a> from the country\u2019s resource-rich but sparsely populated western regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has vowed to refine its energy strategy and ramp up major engineering projects over the next five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2102,72,114,29588,113,34041,147559,61,60,147562,115643,147560,147563,147561],"class_list":{"0":"post-316172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-climate-goals","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-energy-security","14":"tag-energy-strategy","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-medog-county","18":"tag-national-energy-administration","19":"tag-ren-yuzhi","20":"tag-tibet-autonomous-region","21":"tag-yaxia-hydropower-project"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}