China has made marked progress in advancing its green and low-carbon transition over the past five years, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

The share of coal in the country's energy consumption dropped from 56.8 percent in 2020 to 53.2 percent in 2024, while non-fossil fuels rose from 15.9 percent to 19.8 percent.

By the end of June this year, China's installed renewable energy capacity reached 2.16 billion kilowatts, accounting for 59.2 percent of its total capacity and maintaining the country's global lead in both scale and growth rate.

Zhou Haibing, deputy director of the NDRC, said on Friday at an event in Beijing that in 2024, China's energy consumption per unit of GDP was down 11.6 percent compared with 2020, equivalent to a reduction of 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

He also noted that China's annual production and sales of new energy vehicles now both exceed 12 million units, ranking first in the world for 10 consecutive years.

Progress has also been made in construction and heating. In 2024, more than 97 percent of new urban buildings met green standards, while energy-efficient buildings accounted for over 66 percent of the total urban stock.

In northern China, clean heating areas expanded to 20.9 billion square meters, almost 50 percent higher than in 2020.

As the world's largest exporter and investor in clean energy, China has helped drive down global wind and solar power generation costs by over 60 and 80 percent, respectively, in the past decade, contributing significantly to the global green transition.