At a recent press conference, Li Chenggang, international trade representative of the Chinese mainland’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and vice-minister, highlighted a remarkable surge in the nation’s green and low-carbon exports for 2025. Key sectors from wind energy to electric vehicles are driving this boom, reshaping the global trade landscape.
Wind turbine generators and parts saw exports jump by over 30% in the first three quarters, while photovoltaic product shipments have topped 200 billion yuan ($28.6 billion) for four years straight. Last year alone, electric vehicle exports broke the 2 million unit mark for the first time—cementing the low-carbon revolution as a major export force.
“Green trade has been vital in stabilizing our foreign trade scale and optimizing its structure,” said Li. He noted that the Chinese mainland paired export growth with domestic greening efforts, fostering 451 green design enterprises, over 40,000 green products, 6,430 national green factories and 491 green industrial parks by end-2024.
When questioned about the mainland’s export controls on rare earths, Li emphasized that such measures are rooted in security and do not undermine green development goals: “Security underpins sustainable growth, and a robust economy reinforces national security.”
Beyond goods, green trade in services—backed by tools like green credit, green bonds and green equity funds—has emerged as a global growth driver, according to Wang Xin, head of the Research Bureau at the People’s Bank of the Chinese mainland. As policymakers and businesses worldwide seek decarbonization pathways, the Chinese mainland’s low-carbon export wave offers insights into the future of green growth.
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