He Kaiwen, Director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hubei Province: Hubei uses an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 3% to support an average annual economic growth of 6%

On July 21, He Kaiwen, director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hubei Province, said at the China Carbon Market Conference 2024 that Hubei is a major ecological province and shoulders the political responsibility of ensuring that "one reservoir of clean water is sent north and one river of clear water flows eastward." It also shoulders the mission of "building a fulcrum, being at the forefront, and writing a new chapter." In recent years, Hubei has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, thoroughly implemented the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", strived to promote the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Hubei, and is promoting The simultaneous development of the four modernizations based on comprehensive management of river basins.

He Kaiwen, Director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hubei Province

He Kaiwen said that Hubei adheres to the path of green and low-carbon development, accelerates the construction of a green industrial system, and implements 10 major green transformation projects such as energy-saving and carbon-reduction transformation in key industries. Accelerate the construction of a clean energy system and increase the proportion of clean energy power installed capacity to 65%. Accelerate the construction of a green institutional system, improve and improve mechanisms for ecological value realization and ecological protection compensation. We will continue to fight the tough battle against pollution and achieve consolidation and improvement of environmental quality. With an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 3% to support an average annual economic growth of 6%, green and low-carbon have become a clear background for Hubei's high-quality development.

He Kaiwen said that Hubei, as the "pioneer" of carbon trading and the location of the national carbon emission rights registration system, continues to promote the construction of systems and mechanisms in the field of carbon market construction, focuses on active trading norms, actively cultivates market entities, continuously strengthens market supervision, and achieves the improvement of quality and efficiency of the carbon market. Since the registration system was put into operation, it has achieved "zero failures, zero interruptions, and zero errors". Actively promote pilot innovation in regional carbon market trading, with a cumulative transaction volume of 390 million tons and a transaction volume of 9.575 billion yuan, accounting for 42.7% and 42.2% of the pilot market respectively. At the same time, more than 100 leading enterprises in the carbon field have been gathered, initially forming carbon trading, carbon assets and other carbon market industry chains.

He Kaiwen said that around the goal of "building a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential carbon market", we will further improve "carbon awareness", polish "carbon business cards", accumulate "carbon energy", strengthen market supervision, Strengthen policy innovation, promote green and low-carbon transformation in a market-oriented manner, and strive to improve Hubei's green and low-carbon development level.