{"id":46588,"date":"2026-04-06T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46588"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:04:28","slug":"chinas-xi-urges-faster-development-of-new-energy-system-as-middle-east-war-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46588","title":{"rendered":"China’s Xi urges faster development of new energy system as Middle East war continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a \u200cnew energy system to safeguard the country’s energy security, weeks into the Iran war that has triggered global energy shocks.<\/p>\n

The leader of the world’s second-largest economy also emphasised hydropower development and ecological protection, while urging the safe and orderly expansion of \u200bnuclear power, according to state broadcaster CCTV on Monday.<\/p>\n

“The Party Central Committee has gained a profound \u200bgrasp of global energy development trends and made major decisions by advancing the new \u2060energy security strategy in depth,” he said, referring to the ruling Communist Party’s centre of authority.<\/p>\n

Xi \u200bdid not directly mention the war in his remarks cited by CCTV.<\/p>\n

The United States and Iran have been weighing \u200ba Pakistani-brokered plan that could end their five\u2011week-old conflict, even as Tehran pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Role of coal and greener energy<\/p>\n

Analysts have pointed out that China is relatively better-positioned to absorb the higher oil prices. \u200bCoal accounts for more than half of its energy mix, while it has ample oil stockpiles and \u200bimports via the Strait of Hormuz represent only around 5% of total energy consumption.<\/p>\n

Read More: China overtakes US in global approval amid Trump\u2019s controversial war in Iran<\/p>\n

“The path we took in being the \u200cfirst \u2060to develop wind and solar power has now proven to be forward-looking. At the same time, coal-fired power remains the foundation of our energy system and must continue to play its supporting role,” Xi said.<\/p>\n

China operates more than half of the world’s coal-fired power capacity, making it the top carbon emitter, which Western-led \u200bclimate initiatives have long contended \u200bwith. The country \u2060continues to position coal power as a reliability backbone and flexible backup system, even as it accelerates renewables.<\/p>\n

Although he underscored the role of coal in China’s energy \u200bmix, the president said the country\u2014the world’s largest consumer of coal\u2014must stay committed \u200bto clean, \u2060low-carbon development.<\/p>\n

“A greener, more diversified and resilient new energy system will provide a strong guarantee for China’s energy security and economic development,” CCTV said.<\/p>\n

Last July, China began construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam on \u2060the eastern \u200brim of the Tibetan Plateau.<\/p>\n

Construction on a solar thermal power \u200bplant by China General Nuclear Power Group at an altitude of 4,550 metres in Tibet has also begun on Monday, according to \u200bstate Xinhua News Agency.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a \u200cnew energy system to safeguard the country’s energy security, weeks into the Iran war that has triggered global energy shocks. The leader of the world’s second-largest economy also emphasised hydropower development and ecological protection, while urging the safe and orderly expansion of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}