China's 15th five-year plan emphasizes a transition to clean energy but lacks specific absolute emissions reduction targets, focusing instead on increasing non-fossil energy consumption to 25% by 2030 and doubling non-fossil energy capacity over ten years. The plan promotes the development of large-scale wind and solar bases in desert regions for cross-regional power transmission and emphasizes grid stability and market-oriented approaches like "green factories" and zero-carbon industrial parks. Despite these measures, the absence of an absolute emissions cap leaves ambiguity about China's climate plans.
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