Recently, at the World Economic Forum 2024 Annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, China's global green and low-carbon transformation plan has attracted wide attention.

Tackling climate change is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. At the World Economic Forum's "Energy Transition Needs" sub-forum held on the 16th, Fatih Birol, the director of the International Energy Agency, pointed out that the country with the largest investment in clean energy is China. Birol urged other countries to join the process as soon as possible.

Fatih BiROL, Director of the International Energy Agency: In the past five years, investment in clean energy development has grown from $1 trillion to $1.8 trillion, which is a huge increase, while fossil fuels have not changed, and this growth is mainly coming from China and developed countries, and countries around the world need to join this process.

Mr Birol's view is backed by the World Economic Forum. On the eve of the annual meeting, Klaus Schwab, founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, called for the opportunity to develop a green, digital and inclusive economy to create jobs, increase purchasing power and ultimately promote sustained economic growth.

At this forum, China's development in solar, wind and other clean energy and electric vehicle industries has been internationally recognized. As an important producer of renewable energy-related equipment, China has actively promoted the low-carbon growth of the world economy.

Iqbal Daliwal, director of the Amritel Poverty Reduction and Development Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) : China's air management of major cities such as Beijing provides an excellent model for many countries in the world to maintain a balance between industrialization and the quality of life of their residents, and there is a lot to learn from China. So it makes sense to work more closely with China to promote low-carbon growth.

Zhang Jian, vice president of the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University, told reporters that the challenge of global climate change to human society is becoming more and more severe, and green low-carbon transformation has become an international consensus. By leading in cost, technology, and scale, China is a major force in leading the climate change and energy transition.

Zhang Jian, Deputy Director of the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University: China is an important force in promoting renewable energy, including in cost, scale and technology, and China will play a bigger and more important role in tackling climate change and promoting energy transition in the future.