China has become the world's second largest energy consumer and will surpass the United States to become the world's largest energy consumer within 3-5 years. As the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, although China's per capita emission level is still only 1/4 that of the United States and 1/2 that of Japan, China will face increasing international pressure. Vigorously developing the new energy industry will be one of China's important breakthroughs in solving energy and environmental issues and fulfilling its commitments to the international community.

At present, the development of coal power, solar and wind energy all involve prices or subsidies. Once the resource price system is straightened out, it will promote the sustainable and healthy development of energy, especially new energy. The National Energy Commission will take the lead in formulating the national energy strategic plan. The national energy strategic plan will guide the medium and long-term development and construction of energy, and the coverage period is expected to exceed 20 years. The national energy strategic plan will focus on adjusting the diversified development of the energy structure and developing new energy, nuclear and biomass energy, hydropower, wind energy, etc.

During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, China has included the new energy industry as one of the seven key areas supported by the state. Not only is it supported by national policies, but various localities have also formulated many preferential policies to encourage enterprises to develop new energy industries. The “Outline of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China” issued on March 16, 2011 stated that “vigorously develop energy conservation and environmental protection, a new generation of information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, and new materials. , New energy vehicles and other strategic emerging industries. The energy-saving and environmental protection industry focuses on the development of key technology equipment, products and services for high-efficiency, energy-saving, advanced environmental protection, and resource recycling." "The new energy industry focuses on the development of a new generation of nuclear energy, solar thermal utilization and photovoltaic thermal Power generation, wind power technology and equipment, smart grid, biomass energy." According to the news from the authority in March 2011, the new energy plan that has received much attention will be finally named the "Emerging Energy Industry Development Plan." Several ministries and commissions including the National Energy Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology participated in the drafting of this plan. After several revisions and improvements, the plan has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and submitted to the State Council.

Industry insiders believe that after the introduction of the new energy development plan, my country's new energy investment in the next ten years will reach 5 trillion yuan. The key areas supported by this plan are concentrated in the seven aspects of wind energy, solar energy, nuclear energy, biomass energy, water energy, clean utilization of coal, and smart grids. In terms of specific implementation path, development scale, and major policy measures, the development and utilization of new energy and the upgrading and reform of traditional energy have been deployed. According to the plan, it is estimated that by 2020, China's new energy power generation capacity will be 290 million kilowatts, accounting for about 17% of the total installed capacity. Among them, the installed capacity of nuclear power will reach 70 million kilowatts, the installed capacity of wind power will reach 150 million kilowatts, the installed capacity of solar power will reach 20 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity of biomass power will reach 30 million kilowatts. According to the plan, after the implementation of the plan for the emerging energy industry, the excessive dependence on coal demand will be greatly reduced by 2020, which can reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by about 7.8 million tons and carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.2 billion tons. During the planning period, direct investment will be increased by 5 trillion yuan, an annual output value will be increased by 1.5 trillion yuan, and social employment will be increased by 15 million. It is foreseeable that the development prospects of China's new energy industry will be very broad.