Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's push on amending the so-called "security acts" is doomed to failure, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.
At a press conference on March 13, Lai portrayed the Mainland as a "hostile external force" and outlined 17 strategies to counter so-called threats facing the island, including making amendments to several acts to strengthen Taiwan's "legal framework for national security".
Lai's statements have triggered grave concerns among people from all walks of life in Taiwan, drawing widespread criticisms that such comments could escalate tensions while crippling cross-Strait exchanges.
"The Lai Ching-te administration has been trying every means to amend these acts just to pave the way for further sowing their 'green terror' across Taiwan, so that they can exploit these unjust acts for malicious purposes, including intensifying the repression of political dissidents, inciting anti-China sentiments, and restricting exchanges and interactions across the Taiwan Strait as well as between Taiwan and Hong Kong, Macao. Lai Ching-te's 'green authoritarianism' and 'dictatorship of Taiwan separatist forces' seriously violate the historical trend and the mainstream public opinion on the island, and will inevitably be opposed and doomed to failure," said Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
Lai Ching-te's push on amending "security acts" in Taiwan doomed to failure: spokesman
Lai Ching-te's push on amending "security acts" in Taiwan doomed to failure: spokesman
China's natural gas production is projected to reach 300 billion cubic meters by 2030, according to a development report released in Beijing.
The report, covering the development of China's oil and gas industry during the country's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025), said proven geological reserves rose by 7 billion tons of oil and 7 trillion cubic meters of gas, up 43 percent and 40 percent respectively from the previous five-year period. Oil and gas production hit record highs.
"The oil output is likely to reach between 215 and 216 million tons this year. Natural gas has seen major growth during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025), with annual domestic output rising by nearly 13 billion cubic meters. In the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), we expect annual increases of more than 10 billion cubic meters, reaching 300 billion cubic meters around 2030," said Wu Mouyuan, deputy director of the Economics and Technology Research Institute of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).
The report forecast that China's energy structure will feature less coal, stable oil and gas, and rising non-fossil fuels over the next decade.
By 2060, fossil fuels are expected to account for 23 percent of the energy mix, hydropower and nuclear 19 percent, wind 25 percent, and solar 30 percent, the report said.
"In the next five years, through the integrated development of fossil energy and renewables, we will achieve a heathy, stable, and resilient energy system. Clean energy will continue to grow rapidly. More than 90 percent of renewable energy will be consumed via electricity, so the electrification at end-use sectors is a key direction of transformation in the future," said Wu.
With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and new high-energy industries, China's power demand will exceed 20 trillion kilowatt hours by 2060, double the 2025 level. Electrification at end-use sectors is expected to reach 62 percent, rising by nearly one percentage point annually, the report projected.
China to see gas output hitting 300 bcm by 2030: report
