China's construction of renewable energy paradigm maintains momentum in 2023: report

China's construction of a national renewable energy paradigm maintained momentum in 2023, with major projects gaining substantial progress in the past year, according to the China Renewable Energy Development Report 2023 released on Friday.

The report shows that in 2023, the combined capacity of conventional hydropower stations under construction in China reached approximately 30 million kilowatts, with a cascade development pattern being formed.

Meanwhile, onshore wind power and centralized photovoltaic projects were being built into big bases, while the electrochemical energy storage sector registered large-scale development.

"Later, China will orderly promote the development of hydropower in major river basins, accelerate the construction of new energy bases, facilitate the development of distributed renewable energy, and increase the supply of renewable energy," said Zhang Yiguo, deputy director of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute.

The report also says that China will further promote the integrated development of hydroelectricity, wind power and photovoltaic power, in order to achieve a coordinated development for different types of renewable energy and raise the level of resources exploitation and the efficiency of their utilization.

"The next step is to establish and improve an operating mechanism and electricity price policy for the integrated development of hydroelectricity, wind power and photovoltaic power, so as to set up a new production, delivery, consumption and absorption system entirely for renewable energies," said Li Sheng, director of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute.

The report predicts that the scale of China's renewable energy output will remain at a high level in 2024.

The report also says that the production scale of conventional hydropower and pumped storage are expected to reach six million kilowatts. The grid-connected installed capacity of wind power will be about 70 million kilowatts, with solar power generation adding another 190 million kilowatts.

China's construction of renewable energy paradigm maintains momentum in 2023: report

A symphony concert was held at the Museum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing on the eve of the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the CPC, which falls on Monday.

Approximately 800 people, including laureates of major national honorary medals and titles, representatives of outstanding CPC members working at the primary level, experts from various fields, and members of the public from all walks of life, attended the concert.

It featured more than 20 musical works reflecting the CPC's endeavors in various stages over the past century and more. Multiple orchestras and institutions, such as the China National Symphony Orchestra, the China National Opera House and the National Ballet of China, participated in the performance.

The concert was co-hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the China Media Group (CMG), and was also broadcast in prime time on CMG channels on Monday.  

Symphony concert held in Beijing to celebrate 103rd founding anniversary of CPC