In the meantime, policymakers are making clear that economic growth remains a top priority and that growth depends largely on coal power. Beijing has a GDP target of 6% this year, a level which analysts say would allow authorities to tackle long-term problems such as the country s high debt levels. China s energy structure is dominated by coal power. This is an objective reality, said Su Wei, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission. CNBC translated his Mandarin-language comments, which he made late last week following Xi s separate remarks at a U.S.-led global leaders climate summit. Because renewable energy (sources such as) wind and solar power are intermittent and unstable, we must rely on a stable power source, Su said. We have no other choice. For a period of time, we may need to use coal power as a point of flexible adjustment.
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China s environmental data: The world s biggest polluter in numbers
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14/04/2021 - 10:16 In 2019 China s greenhouse gas emissions were twice as much as the United States GREG BAKER AFP/File 3 min
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US envoy John Kerry will visit China this week for climate change talks the first official trip under the Biden administration in a trip Washington hopes will put aside diplomatic spats and focus on joint environment challenges.
Kerry s trip comes shortly after a testy meeting in Alaska between two top Biden administration officials and their Chinese counterparts, with tensions high on a number of fronts.
But the former secretary of state has said climate needs to stand alone and the visit to Shanghai will focus on areas of potential cooperation.
Updated / Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021
12:57
China said it would exchange views with the United States on cooperation on climate change
US climate envoy John Kerry is visiting China for what Beijing said would be a four-day trip, as the two countries seek cooperation over the environment despite acrimony on other fronts.
In the first trip to China by a Biden administration official, the former secretary of state will be in Shanghai before travelling onto the South Korean capital Seoul.
His trip comes in preparation for President Joe Biden s virtual climate summit next week, to which the US leader has invited both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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In 2019 China s greenhouse gas emissions were twice as much as the United States. (Photo: AFP/GREG BAKER)
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BEIJING: US envoy John Kerry will visit China this week for climate change talks - the first official trip under the Biden administration - in a trip Washington hopes will put aside diplomatic spats and focus on joint environment challenges.
Kerry s trip comes shortly after a testy meeting in Alaska between two top Biden administration officials and their Chinese counterparts, with tensions high on a number of fronts.