A ski resort in central China's Hubei Province is hosting an ice and snow carnival featuring colorful activities for the increasing number of incoming skiers.
At the Wufeng International Ski Resort in Yichang City of Hubei, skiers can take part in various sports activities such as snow dragon boat races, snow bowling and snow tug of war contests to enjoy the ice and snow fun.
"I think the ice and snow sports activities today don't require very high skills, so everyone can be part of it. For example, in the snow dragon boat race, we were all having fun," said a tourist.
"I think this popular sport has involved a high proportion of participants. Everyone can have ice and snow fun," said another tourist.
As the winter season heats up ice and snow sports, photography services have also gained popularity among the tourists, who can have their photos taken by professional photographers while skiing.
"They instructed me to make some cool and beautiful movements when they were taking pictures of me, which I can post on WeChat Moments when I'm back home," said another tourist.
Ski resort in central China lures tourists with colorful activities
China is continuing to accelerate its green energy transition while meeting the considerable power demand, with renewable energy representing over 80 percent of the country's new installed power generation capacity.
The latest data showed that China's newly installed capacity for new energy power generation reached 258 million kilowatts from January to November, accounting for 81.5 percent of the total newly installed power generation capacity.
Experts say the renewable energy expansion can be partly attributed to China's efforts to accelerate the construction of new energy bases in its western areas to promote the distribution of new energy production in the more populous central and eastern parts of the country.
"For the next step, China's new energy power generation will be both centralized and distributed. It will also be land-based and sea-based. The generated power will be transmitted to other regions and consumed locally. We will continue promoting the construction of the wind and solar power generation bases in the sandy areas, rocky areas and deserts in the shelterbelt program in the northeast, north, and northwest regions of China. We will push forward the development of the water, wind, and solar power generation bases in southwestern China and the offshore wind power generation bases in eastern China. We will work to strengthen coordination in an effort to comprehensively diversify the supply of new energy," said Rao Jianye, director of the Clean Energy Research Institute under the China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute.
China is also improving its new power system, keeping enhancing the system's capability for receiving and distributing new energy so as to support the country's energy transition.
As China races to construct more new energy storage projects like photothermal energy storage projects and compressed-air energy storage projects, so far, the country's new energy storage has a capacity of over 60 million kilowatts, marking a significant achievement in maintaining the stable operation of the country's power system.
By the end of July, China's total installed capacity of wind and solar power had exceeded 1.2 billion kilowatts, more than doubling the 2020 level and achieving the 2030 target six years ahead of schedule.
New energy represents over 80 pct of China's new installed power generation capacity
