Supporting Low-Carbon Energy Transition in Small and Medium-Sized Towns of the People’s Republic of China
Publication | September 2025
Outlining how the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) small and medium towns can help drive its energy transition, this brief sets out a roadmap to help the country spur green growth and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
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The brief highlights pilot projects in Hebei and Anhui provinces and explains how continued coal dependency and inadequate infrastructure pose challenges. It shows how stepping up government support and innovative financing can create business opportunities. It suggests policy initiatives and details how measures to improve energy efficiency and increase distributed renewables and biomass heating can help bolster the PRC’s clean energy action plan.
Additional Details
Type
Series
Subjects
- Energy
- Energy sector governance and reform
- Clean energy
Countries
- China, People's Republic of
Pages
- 14
Dimensions
- 8.5 x 11
Publication Stock No.
- BRF250343-2
ISBN
- 978-92-9277-423-3 (print)
- 978-92-9277-424-0 (PDF)
ISSN
- 2071-7202 (print)
- 2218-2675 (PDF)
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