Xi Jinping calls for China to ‘push for a green, low carbon lifestyle’ amid self-sufficiency drive
- President Xi Jinping underscored the importance of a ‘comprehensive saving strategy’ and urged for major resource risks to be addressed as a priority
- Speech at a meeting Xi chaired on deepening reform on Tuesday came after China was hit by a drought-induced power crisis last month
President Xi Jinping stepped up calls for conserving resources and developing a recycling economy amid China’s self-sufficiency push, while he also repeated warnings on energy security in the wake of the recent power crisis.
Xi underscored the importance of a “comprehensive saving strategy” and urged for major resource risks to be addressed as a priority.
He also told a meeting he chaired on deepening reform on Tuesday that a waste-free society should also be “vigorously developed”.
Energy depletion is happening all the time and there’s a need to implement a greener lifestyle
Xi will keep reiterating the development of an “ecological civilisation”, “going green” and “energy saving”, according to Zhao Xijun, associate dean at Renmin University’s School of Finance.
“The energy crisis started in China last year, Pakistan’s recent flooding due to climate change and the high global energy prices are all signs of risks,” he said.
“Energy depletion is happening all the time and there’s a need to implement a greener lifestyle.”
China has stepped up efforts to improve its self sufficiency to drive economic growth and ensure food and energy security as part of its broad national security strategy in recent years amid the tensions with the United States.