Xinhua News Agency on August 11 was authorized to release the “CPC Central Committee and State Council on accelerating the economic and social development of comprehensive green transformation opinions” (hereinafter referred to as “opinions”). The Opinions pointed out that in order to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, in the field of transportation, it is planned that by 2030, the intensity of carbon exchange emissions of the operating and stopping unit counting turnover will be reduced by about 9.5% compared with 2020; and by 2035, new energy vehicles will become the mainstream of new sales vehicles.

At the same time, to build green transportation infrastructure. Enhance the level of greening of new stations, airports, terminals, and highway facilities, promote energy-saving and carbon-reducing renovation and upgrading of transportation infrastructure, build low-carbon (near-zero carbon) stations, airports, terminals, and highway service areas, and develop photovoltaics along highways according to local conditions. Improve the basic network of charging (exchange), hydrogen (alcohol) stations, shore power and other facilities, and accelerate the construction of urban intelligent transportation management systems.

In the field of transformation of consumption patterns, it is necessary to actively expand green consumption and establish green consumption incentive mechanisms. Encourage users to expand green consumption, support conditional areas through the issuance of consumption vouchers, green points, etc., and encourage enterprises to adopt “trade-in” and other means to guide consumers to buy green products. New energy vehicles and green smart home appliances, water-saving appliances, energy-saving stoves, and green building materials will be sent to the countryside, and supporting construction and after-sales service will be strengthened. Optimize the government's green procurement policy, expand the scope and scale of green product procurement, and incorporate carbon footprint requirements into government procurement in due course. Guiding enterprises to implement green procurement guidelines, encouraging enterprises in a position to do so to establish green supply chains, and driving the harmonious transformation of downstream enterprises.

In the policy area, it is necessary to build green transformation fiscal and taxation policies. Implement preferences for environmental protection, energy and water conservation, comprehensive utilization of resources, new energy and clean energy vehicle and ship systems. Actively build fiscal and taxation policies conducive to green low-carbon development and efficient use of resources, support the construction of new energy systems, transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, green and low-carbon scientific and technological innovation, energy conservation and intensive use and promotion of green and low-carbon life and other areas of work.

The Opinion that promoting the greening of economic and social development, low-carbon, is an important symbol of the new era of the Party's new philosophy of governance, is the key link to achieve high-quality development, is the solution to China's resources, environment and ecological problems of the foundation of the policy, is the construction of modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature inherent requirements.

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