'Two Sessions': China reinforces coal supply security, power market reforms amid green transition

China has unveiled its 2025 energy roadmap on the sidelines of this year's Two Sessions national political meetings, laying out a strategy to balance energy security, electricity market reforms, and carbon reduction, according to a government draft plan released on Wednesday.

China's Two Sessions meetings – the annual assemblies of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference – began on Tuesday in Beijing. The blueprint underscores the continued pivotal role of coal in safeguarding energy supply, while accelerating reforms in the power market system,