International oil and gas prices rise, NDRC: the overall impact is controllable, and the implementation of renewable energy alternatives is accelerated

On March 7, at the press conference on "Adhering to Stable Words, Seeking Progress in Stability, and Promoting New Progress in High-quality Development" held by the Information Office of the State Council, some media asked: The situation in Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate, and international oil and gas prices continue to rise.
, Does China have any plans to ensure the supply of energy? Will you consider increasing imports? What are the appropriate import channels that China can utilize?

In this regard, Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the recent escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has had an impact on the global energy market, and international crude oil and natural gas prices have further risen
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Due to the high proportion of China's crude oil and natural gas extraction, it will definitely be affected, and the import cost will objectively rise
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But overall the impact is manageable
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This is because, on the one hand, China is a big energy consumer and also a big energy producer, so the overall energy supply is guaranteed
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The sources of China's crude oil and natural gas imports have been diversified, and long-term contracts account for a high proportion.
As long as all parties comply with the contracts, imports can remain generally stable
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At the same time, China is vigorously promoting the high-quality development of renewable energy and accelerating the implementation of renewable energy substitution.
The rapid increase in clean energy will also effectively hedge and mitigate external impacts
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In the past year, the proportion of clean energy in China's total energy consumption increased by 1.
2 percentage points; in the national power generation in the past year, the proportion of power generation from wind power and photovoltaics increased by 2.
2 percentage points
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In addition, China's current CPI is at a low level, and comprehensive measures will be taken to alleviate the impact of imported inflation
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Regarding how to ensure the safe and stable supply of energy, Lian Weiliang said, specifically, "three efforts and one maintenance", focus on increasing production capacity, focus on strengthening reserves, focus on ensuring stable supply and stable prices, and resolutely guard the bottom line of energy consumption for people's livelihood
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The core of these measures is two words, one "increase" and one "stabilize"
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"Increase" means increasing production capacity, increasing production, increasing reserves, and increasing supply, and "stabilizing" means stabilizing imports, prices, and expectations
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The implementation of these measures will ensure the safe and reliable supply of energy, and in this process, the green and low-carbon transformation of energy will be promoted in an orderly manner
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