This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and a pivotal year for the launch of the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The Party Central Committee has arranged and carried out education on fostering and practicing a sound view of performance, which bears overall significance and far-reaching influence. General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of important expositions on establishing and implementing a correct view of performance, profoundly clarifying fundamental issues including for whom performance is created, what kind of achievements should be made and how to make achievements, providing fundamental guidelines for Party members and cadres to fulfill their duties and pursue undertakings in the new era.

As an important industrial association and comprehensive service platform of the national power industry, China Electricity Council has always taken Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guidance, resolutely implemented the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, integrated the education on fostering a sound view of performance deeply with the work of serving high-quality industrial development, pushed forward related work in a coordinated manner, and strived to take greater responsibilities and make greater contributions to accelerating the construction of an energy powerhouse.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the view of performance is a fundamental issue. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, China Electricity Council must firmly uphold political stance, stay true to the original aspiration of the industry and fulfill the purpose of serving others. It shall fully implement the general requirements of governing for the public, working for the people’s well-being, making scientific decisions and taking solid actions, consciously integrate national priorities with the mission of the power industry, and fulfill the glorious duties of serving the country, society, the general public and the industry with higher political awareness and stronger sense of responsibility.

Uphold the political stance of governing for the public and clarify the service orientation. Governing for the public and exercising power for the people is the fundamental governance philosophy of our Party, as well as the basic principle for China Electricity Council to perform its duties. As a basic and strategic public utility closely linked to national economy and people’s livelihood, the power sector is directly connected with the overall economic and social development and the vital interests of the people. As a national industrial association, China Electricity Council must always keep national priorities in mind, accurately grasp the positioning and strategic arrangements of social organizations set by the Party Central Committee, and integrate Party leadership into the whole process and all aspects of association services. It shall always stick to its political stance and original aspiration of serving people, examine, plan and advance all work from the perspective of the overall development of the Party and the country, so as to better support the construction of an energy powerhouse.

Anchor the performance orientation of working for people’s well-being and consolidate the foundation of services. Working for people’s well-being is the highest criterion for judging performance, and also the concentrated embodiment of the fundamental tenet of the power industry that power serves the people. Adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, China Electricity Council firmly establishes and practices a sound view of performance. Following the functional positioning of basing itself on the industry, serving enterprises, connecting with the government and communicating with the society, it takes member demands as the guide, regards meeting the power demand for economic and social development, safeguarding the overall interests of the industry and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises as the starting point and goal of all work. It strives to build high-quality service brands that conform to industrial reality, highlight association characteristics and reflect professional standards, and continuously improve the sense of gain and satisfaction of member enterprises and industrial practitioners.

Grasp the working method of scientific decision-making and optimize service approaches. Scientific decision-making is an inevitable requirement of a sound view of performance and a key means to improve the service level of the association. Based on the new situation and new tasks of energy and power transformation, China Electricity Council respects objective laws, conducts in-depth investigations and researches on hot issues and difficult problems in the industry, actively offers suggestions and acts as a reliable advisor. It strictly implements the system of democratic centralism, improves the decision-making and supervision mechanism for major decisions, major projects and foreign-related affairs in accordance with deliberation and decision-making rules, widely solicits opinions from all sides, and constantly enhances the scientificity, accuracy and effectiveness of decision-making. Guided by scientific decision-making, it continuously optimizes service paths, innovates service modes and improves service mechanisms, so as to realize coordinated development between association services and industrial progress.

Adhere to the pragmatic work style of taking solid actions and improve service quality and efficiency. Down-to-earth work is the distinctive feature of practicing a sound view of performance and an important foundation for doing a good job in association services. China Electricity Council vigorously promotes the fine work style of seeking truth from facts and taking responsibility, firmly opposes formalism and bureaucracy, and ensures all work achieves practical results with perseverance. It guides Party members and cadres to take on heavy responsibilities and tackle tough problems, take the initiative to solve difficulties restricting industrial development, and fulfill their duties in serving national strategies, so as to continuously enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of industrial services with rigorous work style and practical measures.

General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to energy work, creatively put forward the new energy security strategy featuring four revolutions and one cooperation and the goal of building an energy powerhouse, providing fundamental guidance for the high-quality development of China’s energy and power industry in the new era. The Party Central Committee has made a series of major arrangements concerning the construction of an energy powerhouse, the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, the establishment of a unified national power market, and the acceleration of building a new energy system and new-type power system, clarifying the development path and key tasks for the high-quality development of the power industry. China Electricity Council shall closely follow national strategies, focus on key difficulties in the industry, take the initiative to assume responsibilities, and translate the sound view of performance into concrete practices to boost high-quality power industry development.

Stick firmly to the safety bottom line and consolidate the cornerstone of energy supply guarantee. Ensuring safe and stable power supply is the most fundamental and important achievement of the power industry, and also the primary goal for China Electricity Council to serve the overall national interests. The Council always prioritizes services for power supply guarantee, gives full play to its role as a bridge and think tank, continuously deepens the analysis and prediction of power supply and demand situation, improves the index system covering power supply and consumption, strengthens the monitoring and index release of thermal coal supply and demand, and raises the scientificity, accuracy and timeliness of prediction and early warning. It continuously strengthens basic guarantees including industrial statistics, reliability management and project quality supervision, and fully supports safe and stable energy and power supply with full-chain and professional services.

Implement green development concepts and advance the construction of new-type power systems. Green and low-carbon development is the distinct orientation of high-quality power industry development and an inevitable requirement for practicing a sound view of performance. Centering on the dual-carbon goals and the implementation of national 15th Five-Year Plan, China Electricity Council carries out in-depth research on forward-looking, strategic and overall issues. It strengthens researches on the safety resilience of new-type power systems, coordinated development of power, carbon and computing industries, and large-scale application of new energy storage, so as to provide more targeted and effective solutions. It accelerates the research on establishing a full-chain standard system for new-type power systems, and promotes the green, low-carbon and intelligent upgrading of power systems. It vigorously develops green and low-carbon services, expands emerging businesses such as product carbon footprint accounting and zero-carbon park certification, and provides technical support for the construction of national carbon market and unified national power market.

Strengthen innovation-driven development and activate core driving forces for power industry progress. Innovation is the primary driving force for development, as well as the key support for high-quality development of the power industry and realizing high-level self-reliance in science and technology. China Electricity Council actively serves the development of new productive forces and builds exchange platforms for power technological innovation. It organizes the selection of power innovation awards, and provides services for the evaluation, promotion and transformation of scientific and technological achievements to drive the demonstration and application of new technologies, new equipment and new standards. It takes the lead in building the national safety monitoring information platform for electrochemical energy storage power stations and the national hydrogen energy information platform to support the safe, standardized and large-scale development of new energy storage and hydrogen energy industries. It has built and operated the public power information platform to facilitate power data sharing and value exploration, actively builds innovative service scenarios integrating artificial intelligence and power industry, and raises the digital and intelligent level of the whole industry.

Serve national strategies and empower the construction of Chinese-style modernization. The power sector acts as a forerunner in economic and social development, and serving major national strategies and supporting the development of real economy is an important mission of the power industry. On the basis of completing researches on national power development plans during the 15th Five-Year Plan and plans for central enterprises to build new-type power systems, China Electricity Council deeply participates in the implementation and mid-term evaluation of national energy plans, power plans and renewable energy plans, and strengthens the connection between power reform and development and national strategies including coordinated regional development, rural revitalization and manufacturing powerhouse construction. It vigorously promotes power substitution, energy conservation and efficiency improvement, green power and green certificate application, and carbon footprint management, and supports the quality improvement and green transformation of real economy through high-quality power industry development. It actively contributes to the Belt and Road Initiative, promotes international mutual recognition of standards for green power, green certificates and carbon footprints, expands cooperation in international talent training, and takes an in-depth part in global energy governance. It vigorously advocates the power industry spirit of loyalty and dedication, pragmatism and innovation, pursuit of excellence and dedication to public welfare, improves industrial self-regulation mechanisms, credit systems and cultural service systems, and better supports the construction of an energy powerhouse with all-round, professional and high-level services.

Achievements are made through down-to-earth efforts and hard work. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that all work must be done with solid efforts, practical measures and tangible results, that adhering to high-quality development should become an important part of leading cadres’ view of performance, that people should possess strategic vision and make far-sighted and in-depth thinking, and see all undertakings through to the end. China Electricity Council will effectively strengthen implementation work, translate the achievements of education on fostering a sound view of performance into practical actions for self-improvement, governance efficiency improvement and high-quality industrial services, continuously optimize work styles, and comprehensively elevate work quality and service standards.

Deepen theoretical education and continuously enhance Party spirit cultivation. Party spirit is the decisive factor for fostering a sound view of performance. The Council takes in-depth education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance as the primary political task at present and in the coming period. Through theoretical study groups of Party committees, Party branch meetings, special seminars and on-site research activities, it guides Party members and cadres to internalize and externalize the sound view of performance. It gives full play to the leading role of Party committees, strictly implements democratic centralism, improves the deliberation rules and decision-making procedures of Party committees, and promotes the in-depth integration of Party leadership into all links of association governance. It consciously considers, positions and advances association work against the overall undertakings of the Party and the country, continuously improves political judgment, political understanding and political execution capacity, and ensures all work moves forward along the correct direction.

Adhere to problem-oriented approach and ensure thorough rectification and implementation. In accordance with the fundamental standards and practical requirements of a sound view of performance, the Council fully implements the primary responsibility of Party committee secretaries, dual responsibilities of leading group members and coordinated duty performance mechanisms. It comprehensively sorts out deviations in performance concepts existing in association development, focuses on fulfilling rectification requirements from inspections and educational supervision, and carries out work in the form of itemized management, project-based advancement and closed-loop completion. It adheres to timely investigation and immediate rectification, and translates educational achievements into practical results in solving problems and promoting development. It combines immediate improvement with long-term mechanism improvement, establishes and improves long-term rectification mechanisms and whole-process supervision systems, consolidates rectification outcomes steadily and prevents recurring problems to ensure complete follow-up work.

Improve institutional mechanisms and standardize duty performance in an all-round way. The Council optimizes the institutional system, performance evaluation system and supervision and accountability mechanism of the association, firmly corrects the tendency of valuing superficial forms over practical results, and takes actual achievements, service efficiency and member satisfaction as the fundamental criteria to judge work performance. It improves mechanisms for research and decision-making, progress supervision and rectification implementation to ensure all work is scientifically planned, accurately promoted and fully implemented. It always maintains strict work discipline, integrates work style improvement with the establishment of a sound view of performance, and strengthens coordinated political supervision and daily supervision. It targets and rectifies problems including biased performance concepts, formalism and bureaucracy, imposes strict accountability, strengthens compliance management, and guarantees all work moves forward in the right direction with rigid constraints.

Adhere to Party management of cadres and foster rigorous and capable work conduct. The Council improves the personnel selection and appointment mechanism conducive to fostering a sound view of performance, adheres to the principle of selecting talents with both political integrity and professional competence with priority given to political integrity, puts political standards in the first place, and focuses on assessing political quality. It selects and appoints cadres who firmly uphold correct performance concepts, work in a down-to-earth manner, deliver outstanding achievements and win public recognition. It gives full play to the strength of expert teams and enterprise-assigned staff, strengthens the training and selection of young cadres and talent echelon construction, optimizes performance appraisal and incentive mechanisms, and fully mobilizes the enthusiasm of all staff for career development. With a sound political atmosphere and rigorous work style, it ensures the sound view of performance takes root and yields tangible results, and provides solid organizational guarantee for serving high-quality development of the power industry and supporting the construction of an energy powerhouse.