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As the white paper China released on Saturday underscores in its opening sentence, "Earth is the only home of all humanity, and tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development are vital to our survival and future".

中国上周六发布的白皮书开篇即强调：“地球是全人类唯一的共同家园，应对气候变化、促进可持续发展关乎人类的生存与未来。”

Released by the State Council Information Office two days after the opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the Brazilian city of Belem, the paper reinforces that the country remains resolutely committed to the global climate cause.

这份题为《碳达峰碳中和：中国的计划与解决方案》的白皮书，在联合国气候变化框架公约第三十次缔约方大会于巴西贝伦市开幕两天后，由国务院新闻办公室发布，重申了中国对全球气候事业的坚定承诺。

Titled "Carbon Peaking andCarbon Neutrality: China's Plans and Solutions", the paper outlines the big progress the country has made so far in promoting itsgreen and low-carbon energy transition and its firm commitment to peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060.

这份文件系统阐述了中国在推动绿色低碳能源转型方面取得的重大进展，以及2030年前实现碳达峰、2060年前实现碳中和的坚定目标。

Thanks to its vigorous measures to substitute renewables for fossil fuels and establish a new energy and power system, China has made notable progress in its green and low-carbon energy transition. The percentage of nonfossil energy consumption increased from 16.0 percent in 2020 to 19.8 percent in 2024, the largest and fastest scaling up of clean energy worldwide. By the end of August 2025, the installed capacity of wind and photovoltaic power had surpassed 1,690 gigawatts, triple that of 2020 and accounting for about 80 percent of the country's newly installed power generation capacity since 2020. Meanwhile, it had 112 nuclear power units in operation, under construction, or approved for construction, with a combined installed capacity of 125 GW, ranking first in the world. Its installed capacity of biomass power generation reached 46.88 GW.

通过大力推进可再生能源替代化石能源、建设新型能源体系和电力系统，中国在绿色低碳能源转型方面取得显著进展。非化石能源消费占比从2020年的16.0%提升至2024年的19.8%，清洁能源发展规模与速度稳居全球首位。截至2025年8月底，风力-光伏电力系统容量突破1690吉瓦，较2020年增长三倍，约占2020年以来全国新增发电装机容量的80%。同时，中国在运、在建及获批核电机组达112台，总装机容量125吉瓦，位居全球首位。生物质发电装机容量达到46.88吉瓦。

The utilization of fossil energy has also become more efficient and efforts to improve the reliability and resilience of the power system are paying off as part of the country's implementation of major pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The achievements China has made should encourage others to pursue their own green tra