EnergyCommentary
Green Design Pushes ESG Upstream into Product Engineering
Focus event: Xinhua explained the 2026 industrial product green-design guide issued by MIIT and other departments.
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4–10 May 2026
AI Is Forcing China to Build a New Kind of Energy Policy
Focus event: four ministries issued an action plan on the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy.
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AI Is Forcing China to Build a New Kind of Energy Policy
Focus event: four ministries issued an action plan on the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and energy.
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China’s Solar Leaders Show the Cost of a Green Overcapacity Cycle
Focus event: Yicai reported continuing Q1 losses across China’s photovoltaic supply chain.
Trade & supply · FinanceCommentary
U.S. Solar Decoupling Is Becoming a Financing Risk, Not Just a Tariff Risk
Focus event: Reuters reported that companies, banks and insurers are pulling back from China-linked U.S. solar factories amid subsidy uncertainty.
NatureCommentary
China’s Recycling System Is Becoming a Data-and-Standards Market
Focus event: Economic Daily reported 2025 recycling-industry figures from the China National Resources Recycling Association.
EnergyCommentary
Holiday EV Charging Shows China’s Demand-Side Transition Is Getting Real
Focus event: NEA data showed a sharp increase in highway EV charging during the May Day holiday.