BEIJING: The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its third meeting on Friday. Xi Jinping presided over the meeting.
Participants at the meeting approved the draft lists of candidates for members and alternate members of the 20th CPC Central Committee, as well as for members of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
The presidium meeting decided to submit the lists to delegations for deliberation.
The lists were generated through competitive preliminary elections conducted by delegations to the congress.
The preliminary elections were conducted under the supervision of ballot scrutineers in accordance with the election methods of the congress. Over 8 percent of the nominees were voted off in the preliminary elections.
The results of the preliminary elections are valid, according to the presidium.
The formal elections for the Party’s new central committee and CCDI will be held on Saturday morning.
The CPC regards the building of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan for the perpetual development of the Chinese nation, Zhai noted on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
While highlighting that China has incorporated achieving carbon peak emissions and carbon neutrality into its overall economic and social development, he said China’s CO2 emissions per unit of GDP dipped 34.4 percent and the share of coal use in total energy consumption declined to 56 percent in 2021.
Over the past ten years, historical, transitional and overall changes have occurred in the building of ecological civilization, and ecological and environmental protection, noted Zhai.
China has become the fastest country to improve air quality, as the average PM2.5 density has dropped to 30 micrograms per cubic meter in 2021 from 46 micrograms per cubic meter in 2015, added Zhai.
China is ready to work with other parties to actively participate in global governance on climate change, said Zhai.
