As of 2024, Shenzhen had designated 113 pilot near-zero carbon emissions projects in areas including public facilities, industrial parks, communities and campus spaces. Altogether, these projects reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent, or 570,000 tons, annually.
In an age of ecological crisis and spiritual fatigue, this orientation carries global significance. It reminds the world that beauty is not a luxury, but a necessity. Beauty is the condition for sustaining life in harmony.
The efficient supply of computing power, algorithms and data is not merely about technological independence, but also about ensuring China’s digital security.
While independently addressing global climate change, China has intensified cooperation with the international community, actively participating in global climate governance.
In a turbulent and complex global environment, China continues to work toward socialist modernization, building common prosperity and an ecological civilization, while engaging with the world on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit.
Planning is what the key to responsible governance looks like. It’s one of the lynchpins of China’s unapparelled success in bringing wealth and wellbeing to its people, including women, those of different ethnicities and above all the poorest of the poor.
The GGI, the broader Global South mobilization, and the example of Central Asia’s diplomatic model all point toward a re-anchoring of global governance around equality, cooperation, and action.
Policymakers now face the difficult task of balancing this evolving sentiment—working with China on shared global challenges such as climate change and public health, while safeguarding U.S. interests and maintaining leverage.
Coexistence is not about one system erasing another. It is about weaving different realities into a single, strong social fabric. From Hong Kong, we have learned that this symphony, while challenging, is possible.
The Global South will undoubtedly become the most dynamic force in advancing these goals by focusing on real results. In many areas, we can make mutual contributions—and that should be the driving force of our cooperation.
The EU can still be a climate leader, but only if it stops treating the green transition as a symbolic target and starts treating it as a manufacturing crisis that needs an industrial strategy, not just regulation.
With China’s ongoing opening up, it has become increasingly attractive to multinational companies.
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