To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on building a new energy system, accelerate the construction of a new power system, support the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society, and serve the realization of the "dual carbon" goals, the 2025 New Power System Development (Chongli) Forum, sponsored by the China Electricity Council, was successfully held in Chongli, Hebei on September 23.

With the theme of "Green Development, Jointly Creating the Future", the forum included sessions such as leadership speeches, keynote speeches, special presentations, achievement releases, roundtable dialogues, exhibitions, and technical visits. Leaders, experts, and representatives from government departments, power enterprises and institutions, research institutes, institutions of higher learning, and international organizations gathered to conduct in-depth exchanges on the cutting-edge practices and innovative development of the new power system. They pooled industry wisdom, gathered innovative forces, discussed the construction plan of the new power system, and shared the vision of green and low-carbon development, contributing wisdom and strength to the realization of the "dual carbon" goals and the high-quality development of energy and electricity.
He Baoxiang, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Executive Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK), attended the forum and delivered a speech. He pointed out that the power industry is a pacesetter in fulfilling the "dual carbon" goals and a main force in promoting the green energy transition. This forum conforms to the trend of the times and responds to national strategic needs. He hoped that the participating guests would conduct in-depth discussions to jointly draw a new blueprint for the green energy transition and make power contributions to the realization of the "dual carbon" goals; build an open and inclusive industrial chain and supply chain to make power contributions to ensuring energy security; and cultivate new quality productive forces in the power sector to make power contributions to building a strong science and technology country. The Central Committee of the RCCK will continue to base itself on the overall national development situation, focus on in-depth research in the energy field, actively put forward suggestions for governance, and promote the high-quality development and high-level security of energy.
Wang Zhengpu, Deputy Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, Governor and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Hebei Provincial People's Government, extended a warm welcome to the guests attending the forum. He pointed out that actively promoting energy transition and accelerating the construction of a strong new energy province are not only important measures to implement national strategies and ensure energy security, but also an inevitable choice to break through bottlenecks and achieve green development. In recent years, Hebei Province has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, resolutely assumed the political responsibility of energy supply guarantee and green development, continuously promoted the transformation of power production methods and industrial structure, accelerated the construction of a new power system, and achieved remarkable results in energy transition. He hoped that all experts, scholars, and enterprise representatives would make full use of this forum to further exchange ideas, share experiences, and jointly promote the construction of the new power system towards "green", "innovative", and "high-quality" development.
Song Hongkun, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the National Energy Administration, stated in his speech that accelerating the construction of a new power system is a major task for China's power development on the new journey. It is necessary to deeply understand the importance and urgency of accelerating the construction of a new power system, focus on the "Nine Major Actions" in the "Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a New Power System (2024-2027)", grasp the critical period of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and promote greater breakthroughs in the construction of the new power system. The National Energy Administration will work with colleagues who care about and support the development of energy and electricity to promote the high-quality construction of the new power system, contribute energy strength to advancing Chinese-style modernization, and provide strong support for the realization of the "dual carbon" goals.
Yang Kun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Chairman of the China Electricity Council, pointed out in his welcome speech that guided by the new energy security strategy of "Four Revolutions and One Cooperation", the power industry has accelerated the construction of a new power system, continuously optimized the energy structure, and witnessed the emergence of landmark projects and innovative achievements, which have greatly promoted the clean and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society. Accelerating the construction of a new power system requires in-depth cooperation and joint planning among all parties, continuous promotion of theoretical innovation and practical exploration, and constant contribution to the high-quality development of energy and electricity. He hoped that taking this forum as an opportunity, all parties would conduct in-depth exchanges, cooperate in innovation, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and make new and greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a new power system and building a clean and beautiful world.
Angela Wilkinson, Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of the World Energy Council, delivered a video speech. She pointed out that the World Energy Council attaches great importance to the progress made by China in energy transition. China currently accounts for 74% of the world's total under-construction photovoltaic and wind power projects, exceeding the sum of all other countries. This scale has brought China opportunities for developing a circular economy—embedding reuse, zero waste, and closed-loop value chains into the core of energy growth and transition. She hoped to work with China to participate in global energy governance, formulate a global inclusive agenda on energy, and lead all countries towards a green development future.
Pang Xiaogang, Director, General Manager, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of State Grid Corporation of China, stated in his keynote speech that State Grid has always regarded serving the carbon peak and carbon neutrality as an important political task, coordinated development and security, coordinated supply guarantee and transition, accelerated the construction of a new power system, and promoted the green and low-carbon transformation of energy. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is an acceleration period for building a new power system, which requires a steady stream of scientific and technological innovation achievements to provide strong support for the green energy transition, actively and steadily promote the in-depth development of the national unified power market, and optimize the allocation of power resources. State Grid is willing to strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation with all parties to jointly address challenges, solve problems, strive to write a new chapter in the development of Chinese-style modernization power, and make new and greater contributions to building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Wen Shugang, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd., pointed out in his keynote speech that the new power system is a hub platform for realizing the "dual carbon" goals. Ensuring energy security is the basic premise, clean and low-carbon transition is the fundamental direction, independent scientific and technological innovation is the core support, industrial optimization and upgrading is the key carrier, and improving the market mechanism is an important guarantee. Building a new power system requires the joint efforts of all sectors of society. China Huaneng is willing to work with all sectors of society to promote green transition, deepen scientific and technological innovation cooperation, expand industrial development space, and make greater contributions to building a clean and beautiful world and a community with a shared future for mankind.
Lyu Jun, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of China Datang Corporation Limited, stated in his keynote speech that central energy and power enterprises are key entities in promoting the "dual carbon" work, and must take the lead in developing new quality productive forces in energy and power, accelerating the construction of a new power system, and planning and building a new energy system. China Datang Group will make full use of relevant domestic and international mechanisms and platforms, take capital, technology, talents, data and other factors as links, and comprehensively deepen pragmatic cooperation in project investment, scientific and technological innovation, talent training and other aspects around fields such as integrated smart energy, zero-carbon parks, direct green power connection, coordinated computing, electricity and carbon, and "artificial intelligence +" energy, to jointly promote the high-standard construction of the new power system and the high-quality development of new quality productive forces in energy and power.
Ye Xiangdong, General Manager, Director, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China Huadian Corporation Limited, pointed out in his keynote speech that the new power system is accelerating the restructuring of energy supply, consumption and governance models, promoting industrial structure optimization, technological iteration and upgrading, market mechanism innovation, and changes in social energy use patterns, providing strong support for coordinating carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and building a green, low-carbon and circular development economic system. China Huadian will coordinate high-quality development and high-level security, shoulder the primary responsibility of energy supply guarantee, accelerate the promotion of green and low-carbon development, actively promote the construction of a new power system, and provide a solid energy guarantee for the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Feng Laifa, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of National Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd., stated in his keynote speech that the construction of a new power system needs to be based on "four dimensions", grasp "five major tasks", and adhere to "three transformations". National Energy Group will fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches, seize the major strategic opportunities of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the construction of Xiong'an New Area, promote the implementation of the strategic cooperation agreement with Hebei, accelerate the construction of major projects, and promote the formation of a new pattern of systematic development of integrated energy including coal, wind, solar, hydrogen, storage and comprehensive energy, so as to make new contributions to promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the high-quality development of Hebei Province.
Xu Shubiao, Director, General Manager, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of State Power Investment Corporation Limited, stated in his keynote speech that building a new power system requires the coordinated efforts of technological innovation, price mechanisms, policy systems, and market rules. As the world's largest clean energy power generation enterprise, State Power Investment has carried out scientific and technological innovation and practical exploration in many fields, tackled key core technologies, innovated green power transformation, laid out circular economy, aggregated scattered resources, and promoted artificial intelligence +, striving to provide the "State Power Investment Plan" for China's energy green and low-carbon transformation. In the future, it will continue to base itself on industrial practice, strengthen the responsibility of central enterprises, and jointly contribute to building a new power system and promoting energy green and low-carbon transformation.
Huang Wei, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Harbin Electric Group Co., Ltd., pointed out in his keynote speech that for building a new power system, clean and low-carbon is the main direction, technological innovation is the key driver, and equipment manufacturing is an important guarantee. Facing the new situation of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and the new needs of energy green and low-carbon transformation and supply guarantee, Harbin Electric Group will resolutely serve the national major strategic deployment, unswervingly implement the new energy security strategy, deepen the core business of power equipment manufacturing, promote original, leading and disruptive technological innovation, accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, build an innovation ecosystem with deep integration of "production, education, research and application", strive to climb new heights in power equipment manufacturing, and help the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.
Huang Hanjie, President of Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co., Ltd., stated in his keynote speech that with the rapid increase in the proportion of new energy, higher requirements are put forward for the guarantee capabilities of the power system such as safety and resilience, regulatory flexibility, and climate resilience. It is necessary for power industry enterprises to strengthen the research on key core technologies of key equipment, apply digital technology to empower the transformation and upgrading of the power system, and support the high-quality construction of the new power system with scientific and technological innovation. Tebian Electric will unswervingly increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, promote the in-depth integration and innovation of new-generation information technologies such as digital twins and artificial intelligence with the manufacturing industry, accelerate the wider application of new quality productive forces in the power and energy field, and promote the construction of the new power system better and faster.
Liu Jizhen, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Director of the State Key Laboratory of New Energy Power Systems, delivered a keynote speech focusing on the current situation and prospects of China's energy transition and development. He conducted an in-depth analysis and interpretation of the achievements and challenges in the high-quality development of China's energy and electricity, and looked forward to the future development trend. He pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the key tasks of China's energy transition and development are to reshape the energy consumption system, establish a stable energy security guarantee system, accelerate the construction of a diversified non-fossil energy supply system, actively promote the scientific and technological innovation system, continuously improve the institutional mechanism construction, and continue to promote international energy cooperation. He emphasized that the way out for China's energy transition is to vigorously develop new energy, and it is necessary to handle the relationship between new energy and traditional energy, the overall and local, the government and the market, and energy development and conservation and utilization.
Andri Doni, Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Electrical Power Association, delivered a keynote speech on Indonesia's power implementation plan to achieve the 2060 net-zero emission target. He pointed out that Indonesia has formulated the "Renewable Energy Acceleration Development Plan" to meet power demand through clean energy. It plans to add 69.5GW of installed power generation capacity during 2025-2034, of which renewable energy will account for 61% of the new installed power generation capacity. At the same time, it will solve the problem of regional mismatch between supply and demand by building a green super grid, and plans to add about 48,000 kilometers of transmission lines during 2025-2034.
Laszlo Deak, Director of International Relations of the Hungarian Electrotechnical Association, stated in his keynote speech that by 2030, the total investment in clean energy infrastructure in Hungary will be about 12-13.5 billion euros, of which about 7 billion euros will be invested in energy storage, photovoltaic and wind power. Photovoltaic power generation has become the largest power source in Europe, accounting for 22% of the power structure, but Europe still faces enormous challenges in achieving the 2030 photovoltaic power generation installed capacity target. The key lies in rapidly expanding the scale of battery energy storage and comprehensively improving system flexibility.
An Yanbin, Director, General Manager, and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of State Grid Jibei Electric Power Co., Ltd., delivered a special speech on the theme of "Exploration and Practice of Jibei Power Grid in Promoting the Construction of a New Power System". Chu Jingchun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of National Energy Group New Energy Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., delivered a special speech on the theme of "Key Technology Research and Demonstration of GWh-level Molten Salt Heat Storage Coupled with Coal-fired Power Units". Sun Fuyou, Vice President of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., delivered a special speech on the theme of "Leaping Power Intelligence, Creating a New Power Future". Combining the innovative practices and representative cases of their respective enterprises in the construction of the new power system, they provided valuable experience references for actively promoting the construction of the new power system.
At this forum, the China Electricity Council released achievements such as "Carbon Footprint Certification for Power Equipment Products", "Zero-Carbon Park Certification", "2024 Research on China's Power Carbon Footprint Factors", "Power Carbon Footprint Standards", and "Carbon Emission Indicators for Power Grid Engineering Construction". These achievements concentratedly demonstrated a number of the latest practical results obtained by the China Electricity Council in firmly implementing the national "dual carbon" strategy and coordinating and leading the construction of the carbon footprint management system in the power industry, reflecting the positive results achieved by China's energy and power industry enterprises in serving the "dual carbon" goals and promoting green and low-carbon transformation and development.
At the forum, the China Electricity Council, together with Beijing Power Exchange Center, Guangzhou Power Exchange Center, Inner Mongolia Power Exchange Center, and HydroChina Corporation, jointly released the "2025 Top 100 Chinese Enterprises in Green Power Consumption". Based on true and reliable green power consumption data, the list covers industries such as energy, petrochemical, steel, manufacturing, science and technology, and service industries. Through the green practices of leading enterprises in various industries, it promotes the green development achievements of enterprises, stimulates the green consumption vitality of enterprises, and encourages and promotes the whole society to practice green consumption.
The forum officially released the China Power Generation Natural Gas Price Index (CEGI) compiled by the China Electricity Council. As the first domestic power generation natural gas price index, it fills the gap in this field, marks the further improvement of China's power fuel price index system, and helps promote the healthy and sustainable development of the natural gas power generation industry.
The forum also released the "2025 New Power System Development (Chongli) Forum Proceedings and Case Collection". The included achievements are technologically advanced and have remarkable application effects, covering multiple cutting-edge directions such as integrated energy, digital intelligence, key power grid technologies, power markets, and management innovation. They reflect the wisdom crystallization of the power industry in promoting energy transition and cultivating new quality productive forces, and have important demonstration significance and promotion value.
A roundtable dialogue was held at the forum around the topics of green transition of the power system and construction of a unified power market. The participating guests conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions, shared the innovative practices, difficulties and challenges in the construction of power markets in various regions and enterprises, and discussed ideas and strategies for the green transition of the power system.
Also attending the forum were Chen Xingying, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Full-time Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the RCCK; He Bingqun, Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Vice Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, and Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the RCCK; Shi Yubo, Former Vice Minister of the National Energy Administration and Chairman of the China Energy Research Society; Li Rui, Deputy General Manager and Member of the Party Leadership Group of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd.; Wang Xinwei, Deputy General Manager and Member of the Party Leadership Group of China Three Gorges Corporation; Yan Huafeng, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China Electrical Equipment Group Co., Ltd.; Li Xinsheng, Deputy General Manager and Member of the Standing Committee