Northeast China's Jilin Province is boosting its talent training to meet the growing demand of China's thriving ice and snow market. The Institute of Ice and Snow Equipment of the Beihua University in Jilin City is taking a multidisciplinary approach to cultivate undergraduate students.
The 200 plus graduates from the institute's three related majors are very popular, boasting an employment rate exceeding 90 percent annually. "The booming ice and snow sports across China, from Heilongjiang and Jilin to Beijing, have created a significant demand for talent. Consequently, the talent turnover is relatively fast in the industry," said He Songbo, associate dean of the institute. In mid-December, Jilin Province introduced a document on promoting the high-quality development of the ice and snow economy, which aims to establish a specialized talent training system for ice and snow sports, develop customized and tailored training programs for ice and snow talent, and build integrated training bases. Furthermore, the first draft of a series of Chinese ice and snow sports textbooks, compiled by Jilin University in collaboration with 25 domestic universities such as Renmin University of China and Xiamen University, has been completed. The series is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2025.
Northeastern Chinese city boosts talent training for ice and snow market
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
