China has made several breakthroughs in renewable energy generation in recent years. By 2025, renewable energy installations accounted for more than half of the country’s total installed capacity, driven by the use of innovative technologies. This has provided strong momentum for both China and the world in their clean energy transition.
In early March China commited to accelerating the green transition across the board, according to the government work report submitted to the country’s top legislature.
Now Chinese Premier Li Qiang, on 20 April, 2026, followed this up with a call for efforts to optimize China’s energy structure and deepen reforms in energy systems, citing its role in coordinating China’s energy security and green transition.
Li made the remarks while presiding over a State Council group study session on energy development. Vice premiers Ding Xuexiang, Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong also addressed the meeting.
Amid the profound changes in the international landscape and continued growth in China’s energy consumption, the country must steadily enhance the resilience of its energy system and its capacity to ensure energy security, Li said.
He stressed the importance of strengthening scientific and technological innovation in the energy sector, moving faster to develop a new type of energy system, and promoting a green and low-carbon transformation in energy production and consumption.
Efforts should be made to fully tap the potential of renewable energy supply, continuously promote the clean and efficient use of fossil fuels, and accelerate the construction of a new-type power grid, the premier noted.
Li emphasised that coordinating energy security and green transition is a systematic undertaking, which requires deepening institutional reforms and innovation. He also called for efforts to advance the development of a unified national market in the electricity sector.
Source: CGTN, Apr 20, 2026. https://news.cgtn.com/…/China-prepares-its-grid…/p.html
