New energy generation accounted for 97.1 percent of China's newly added electricity consumption in 2025, underscoring its dominant role in meeting power demand, according to data released by the China Electricity Council (CEC) on Monday.
According to CEC, China added 550 million kilowatts of power generation capacity nationwide in 2025, of which wind and solar power contributed a combined 440 million kilowatts, accounting for 80.2 percent of the total newly installed capacity. Wind, solar and biomass power together generated 97.1 percent of the country's incremental electricity supply, making new energy the main driver of power consumption growth.
Investment in power grid construction continued to expand. In 2025, total investment in grid projects reached 639.5 billion yuan (about 92.06 billion U.S. dollars), up 5.1 percent year on year. Driven by the development of large-scale wind and solar power bases, investment in ultra-high-voltage (UHV) direct current transmission projects rose sharply, with direct current project investment up 25.7 percent year on year, while investment in alternating current projects increased by 4.7 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, cross-regional and cross-provincial electricity transmission recorded steady growth. In 2025, cross-regional power transmission reached 998.4 billion kilowatt-hours, up 7.9 percent year on year, while cross-provincial transmission exceeded 2.12 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 6.3 percent.
Looking ahead, CEC forecast that China's installed solar power capacity will surpass coal-fired power capacity for the first time in 2026. By the end of 2026, the combined installed capacity of wind and solar power is expected to account for about half of the country’s total power generation capacity.
New energy meets over 97 pct of China's incremental power demand in 2025
The "No. 1 central document" of the CPC Central Committee released on Tuesday has set out key tasks to advance agricultural and rural modernization and promote all-around rural revitalization in the new year, said an official of the Central Rural Work Leading Group on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference held by the State Council Information office, Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said that while maintaining the overall stability of the "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" work layout and responding to the new situation and new requirements, this year's major and key tasks in the "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" fields have been clarified which can be summarized as "four key tasks and two major supporting guarantees".
"The 'four key tasks' are to enhance comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality and efficiency, implement normalized and targeted assistance, actively promote stable income growth for farmers, and advance the construction of livable, business-friendly and beautiful rural villages in line with local conditions. We must formulate policies based on realities and apply precise measures, firmly safeguard the bottom line of national food security, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and raise the levels of rural industrial development, rural construction and rural governance," said Han.
"The 'two major supporting guarantees' are strengthening institutional and mechanism innovation and enhancing the Communist Party of China's comprehensive leadership over work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers. We must give full play to the Party's leadership, which is our greatest advantage, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, improve the effectiveness of policies that strengthen, benefit and enrich agriculture, and stimulate the momentum and vitality of rural revitalization," said Han.
China outlines four key tasks, two supporting guarantees in 2026 top rural policy: official
