How China contributes to building a clean and beautiful world
- Hge News
- May 18
- 2 min read
Standing in northern Kazakhstan's Akmola region, over 40 wind turbines convert the abundant wind energy resources, brought by cold air from Siberia, into clean electricity.
As the new achievements of the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between China and Kazakhstan, these units deliver more than 800 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 650,000 tonnes.
China has become a leader in areas such as photovoltaic and wind power generation, taking concrete actions to address a series of global challenges such as climate change, said Almas Chukin, a prominent Kazakh economist.
"Seeing a number of wind turbines standing on the land of Kazakhstan, I believe that in the future, humans will live on a cleaner planet where the sky is bluer and the water is clearer," Chukin said.
Connecting its own development with global development and linking the future of mankind with the vast life on Earth, China has always advocated the building of an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world that enjoys lasting peace, common security and common prosperity.
Supporter for sustainable development
Bearing fruitful achievements domestically, China has been cooperating with other countries in achieving green growth and strengthening their adaptation capacity for climate change.
For years, China has continued to provide support to other developing countries, especially small island countries, least developed countries and African countries, in addressing climate change through building clean energy and environmental protection projects, organizing scientific research exchanges and training seminars, and carrying out practical cooperation.
Besides Kazakhstan, clean energy stations with Chinese investments have also taken off in Mali. The Gouina Hydropower Station in Mali has transformed West Africa's energy landscape since its 2022 launch.
Generating 687 million kWh annually, the hydropower plant provides enough power for 1 million residents across Mali, Senegal and Mauritania, replacing 240,000 tonnes of coal and reducing carbon emissions by 630,000 tonnes yearly.
Decades ago, due to issues including overfishing and water quality deterioration, fishing became increasingly difficult in Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
However, since 2013, Chinese scientific research institutions have cooperated with the local fishery research institutes to provide water quality monitoring equipment, gradually restoring the lake's ecosystem, and teaching local fishermen scientific fishing methods to help increase their incomes.
China's solution has brought long-term benefits to African countries and people, said Laison S. Kaganga, a Tanzanian scholar focusing on the protection of Lake Victoria.
By November 2024, China, an active participant in South-South cooperation, had signed 54 memorandum of understandings on South-South cooperation addressing climate change with 42 developing countries, and had rolled out over 300 capacity-building programs in climate-related fields and provided training opportunities for over 10,000 participants from more than 120 developing countries.
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