The relevant officials of the Central Finance and Economic Affairs Commission elaborated on the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference in 2025.

Question: What new deployments will be made next year to promote comprehensive green transformation around the "dual carbon" leadership? In September of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced a new round of national determined contributions, for the first time proposing absolute emission reduction targets covering the entire economy and all greenhouse gases, demonstrating China's firm determination to actively address climate change with unchanged direction and increased intensity. According to the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, efforts will be continued next year from five aspects to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth synergistically, enhancing the momentum of green development. First, actively and steadily promote carbon peaking. Next year will be the first year to transition from double control of energy consumption to double control of carbon emissions, further solidifying the foundation of carbon emissions statistics and accounting, and implementing a system of double control of total carbon emissions and intensity. Coal and oil are the main drivers of energy consumption and carbon emissions in China. It is necessary to deepen the energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation of key industries and steadily promote the peaking of coal and oil consumption. Efforts should be made to strengthen the construction of the national carbon emission trading market and improve the voluntary emission reduction trading system for greenhouse gases. Second, accelerate the construction of a new energy system. The recommendation to build an energy powerhouse for the first time in the 15th Five-Year Plan is significant. Next year, an outline of the plan for building an energy powerhouse will be formulated. Continuous increase in the proportion of new energy supply, accelerated construction of clean energy bases, and promotion of new electricity consumption primarily by new energy generation. Enhancing the complementary and resilient level of the power system, constructing smart grids and microgrids. Actively expanding the application scenarios of clean energy, increasing the use of green electricity, and building a number of zero-carbon zones and zero-carbon factories. Third, accelerate the development of green and low-carbon industries. Improve support policies for finance, taxation, investment, etc., cultivate new growth points such as hydrogen energy and green fuel. Implement comprehensive control actions for solid waste, establish a comprehensive control system for solid waste management that reduces waste at the source, manages the process, utilizes the end, and manages the entire chain harmless. Strengthen the recycling of renewable resources and vigorously promote the circular economy. Fourth, continue to promote pollution prevention and control and optimize the ecological system. Deepen the battle to defend the blue sky, clear water, and clean land, and strengthen the control of new pollutants. Meanwhile, coordinately promote the protection and restoration of important ecological systems, solidly advance the battle against the "Three-North" engineering, strengthen the governance of key lakes, integrate and optimize natural protected areas, and accelerate the construction of a system of natural protected areas with national parks as the main body. Fifth, enhance the capacity to respond to extreme weather. Next year, efforts will be made to strengthen the construction of meteorological monitoring, forecasting and warning systems, further improve monitoring methods, enhance forecast accuracy, strengthen the linkage between meteorological warnings and disaster warnings, urgently address the shortcomings in the infrastructure for flood control and disaster resistance in northern regions, and enhance disaster prevention and reduction capabilities.