National Development and Reform Commission: Expand Multi User Direct Green Power Connections
2026-3-24
The Report on the Implementation of the 2025 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the Draft 2026 National Economic and Social Development Plan, formulated by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has been officially released.
The main tasks of the 2026 national economic and social development plan include:
deepening energy conservation and carbon reduction, and accelerating the comprehensive green transition of economic and social development. Guided by carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, efforts will be made to coordinately advance carbon reduction, pollution abatement, green expansion, high-quality development and high-level environmental protection.
Other key tasks include: improving the unified national power market system, better leveraging the interprovincial regulatory role of pumped storage, and enhancing cross-provincial and cross-regional power complementarity and mutual support. Rules for the power market will be refined to further standardize power market transactions and pricing practices; the market-oriented reform of on-grid electricity tariffs will be deepened; and work will be completed on the verification of transmission and distribution tariffs for the fourth regulatory cycle. A new model of multi-user direct green power connections will be expanded, and national strategic computing infrastructure will be supported in developing direct green power connections in line with local conditions.
As part of the industry initiatives to improve quality, reduce costs and cut carbon emissions, key measures include the development of zero-carbon industrial parks. Eligible regions will be supported in building zero-carbon parks, and various industrial zones will be upgraded toward low-carbon and zero-carbon operations. Models such as direct green power connectivity, local integration of new energy into incremental distribution networks, and integrated source-grid-load-storage systems will be implemented in zero-carbon parks to foster a ˇ°green production powered by green energyˇ± model.
In addition, zero-carbon road transport corridors will be constructed. Focusing on national expressways and ordinary national highways with large freight volumes and high truck density, comprehensive energy supply stations for charging and battery swapping, hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other fuels will be developed at transport hubs, logistics parks, service areas and other nodes. New energy heavy-duty trucks will be actively promoted, and a number of demonstration road sections will be established.
The main tasks of the 2026 national economic and social development plan include:
deepening energy conservation and carbon reduction, and accelerating the comprehensive green transition of economic and social development. Guided by carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, efforts will be made to coordinately advance carbon reduction, pollution abatement, green expansion, high-quality development and high-level environmental protection.
Other key tasks include: improving the unified national power market system, better leveraging the interprovincial regulatory role of pumped storage, and enhancing cross-provincial and cross-regional power complementarity and mutual support. Rules for the power market will be refined to further standardize power market transactions and pricing practices; the market-oriented reform of on-grid electricity tariffs will be deepened; and work will be completed on the verification of transmission and distribution tariffs for the fourth regulatory cycle. A new model of multi-user direct green power connections will be expanded, and national strategic computing infrastructure will be supported in developing direct green power connections in line with local conditions.
As part of the industry initiatives to improve quality, reduce costs and cut carbon emissions, key measures include the development of zero-carbon industrial parks. Eligible regions will be supported in building zero-carbon parks, and various industrial zones will be upgraded toward low-carbon and zero-carbon operations. Models such as direct green power connectivity, local integration of new energy into incremental distribution networks, and integrated source-grid-load-storage systems will be implemented in zero-carbon parks to foster a ˇ°green production powered by green energyˇ± model.
In addition, zero-carbon road transport corridors will be constructed. Focusing on national expressways and ordinary national highways with large freight volumes and high truck density, comprehensive energy supply stations for charging and battery swapping, hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other fuels will be developed at transport hubs, logistics parks, service areas and other nodes. New energy heavy-duty trucks will be actively promoted, and a number of demonstration road sections will be established.