China’s transition. The world’s business.
18–24 May 2026
Focus event: On May 20, the NDRC and NEA issued NDRC Energy [2026] No. 688, expanding green-power direct connection from single-user projects to multi-user projects for industrial parks, zero-carbon parks and export-facing supply chains.
The cover story
Focus event: On May 20, the NDRC and NEA issued NDRC Energy [2026] No. 688, expanding green-power direct connection from single-user projects to multi-user projects for industrial parks, zero-carbon parks and export-facing supply chains.
Read the cover storyFocus event: Xinhua reported that eastern Inner Mongolia had signed more than 3bn kWh of staggered green-power trading contracts, using surplus cross-regional channel capacity to match renewable output with East China demand.
Focus event: On May 21, the MIIT Equipment Industry Development Center asked NEV producers to complete 2026 safety-hazard inspections covering batteries, assisted-driving systems, monitoring, after-sales service, accidents and safety-system self-checks.
Focus event: National Business Daily reported that NEV diagnosis-device restrictions and parts-key authentication are making independent repair difficult, pushing maintenance and insurance costs higher.
Focus event: First Financial reported that Sungrow signed a 7.5 GWh PowerTitan 3.0 energy-storage supply contract with Masdar for an Abu Dhabi project, plus 2.6 GW of inverters for the South zone.
Focus event: The NDRC and Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced that 2026 National Energy Conservation Week will run from June 15 to 21, with Low-Carbon Day on June 17 and a focus on carbon dual-control work in the 15th Five-Year Plan period.