Promoting green transition of production and life via the use of renewable energy is the focus of a new plan by the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, along with five other departments.

The plan's guidelines put forward several major tasks, including enhancing the renewable energy supply capability and accelerating the application of renewable energy in key areas such as industry, transportation, agriculture and rural areas.

To enhance renewable energy supply, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power bases in desert and Gobi areas, promote clustered development of offshore wind power, and develop green fuels and produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources.

Meanwhile, the guidelines say speeding up the construction of supporting infrastructure for renewable energy is also on the agenda. This includes promoting the iteration of advanced technologies such as flexible direct current transmission and hybrid alternating current and direct current distribution grids, and advancing the construction of digital and intelligent grids.

In industrial areas, the guidelines propose to promote green and low-carbon transformation of industrial energy consumption, guide industrial development towards areas with abundant renewable energy resources, and facilitate the construction and application of industrial green microgrids.

It calls for strengthening the construction of charging infrastructure and hydrogen refueling stations to improve the urban and rural charging network system, while more 5G base stations and data centers are expected to be powered with photovoltaic and energy storage.

In addition, the guidelines encourage green energy cooperation with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries, and the establishment of a statistical and analysis platform for international cooperation on clean energy, to promote international cooperation in the R&D of advanced technologies and equipment for renewable energy applications in key areas.

Exchanges with international institutions on green certificates and electricity and joint research and training under the BRI sci-tech innovation action plan will also be supported.