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Xi's emphasis on greener global growth "manifests the country's great sense of duty and exemplary role in advancing global climate governance and green, low-carbon development"

China should further support the clean and efficient use of coal and gradually phase out outdated coal production capacity to facilitate green and low-carbon development in the country, experts said on Monday.

The just concluded Central Economic Work Conference highlighted the importance of China's two carbon goals－realizing peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060－not only for the country but also for the global fight against climate change, one of the world's most prominent global challenges. China, as a country with international responsibility, has long proved to be one that can seize opportunities from challenges. By following a low-carbon development path, China will both be a beneficiary and contributor.

The Chinese authorities have emphasized the need to have a proper understanding of the country's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals in a tone-setting economic meeting.

In recent years local authorities in China have often raced to create what is euphemistically dubbed IP (intellectual property), in the form of a signature building in their city. But by now, we have often seen negative consequences of such projects, which evolved from luxurious government offices t...