The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2023 put forward the "five musts", further deepening the understanding of the laws of doing a good job in economic work in the new era. Among them, "we must adhere to high-quality development and high-level security virtuous interaction, promote high-level security through high-quality development, and guarantee high-quality development through high-level security. Development and security should be dynamically balanced and mutually beneficial", which provides us with a fundamental basis for better coordinating development and security, and also puts forward new and higher requirements for doing a good job in energy work. Energy is an important material foundation and a source of motivation for economic and social development. To promote the energy industry to better coordinate high-quality development and high-level security has important significance for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization. We should closely combine the consolidation and expansion of the learning and implementation of the theme education results of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, earnestly implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, take the adherence to high-quality development as the hard truth of the new era, and promote the energy industry to better coordinate high-quality development and high-level security, and contribute to the promotion of Chinese modernization.

Always uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership, and consciously strengthen the correct political direction

The Central Economic Work Conference put forward "adhering to and strengthening the Party's overall leadership and comprehensively implementing the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on economic work" and demanded “implementing thoroughly without fail”, “implementing swiftly and resolutely”, “implementing in a down-to-earth manner” and “implementing with courage and initiative”. Among the Party, government, military, civilians and academia, the East, West, South, North and the center, the Party leads everything. The most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the Party is the strong leadership core of the Chinese-style modernization. Upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership is the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in economic work and the intrinsic requirement for promoting high-quality development. In the face of complicated and grave international situations and arduous and formidable tasks for domestic reform, development and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has rallied and led the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the whole country, withstanding external pressure, overcoming internal difficulties, focusing on expanding domestic demand, optimizing structures, boosting confidence, guarding against and defusing risks. High-quality development has been steadily advanced, and solid steps have been taken in building a modern socialist country in all respects. Facts have proven and will continue to prove that the Party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for us to overcome all difficulties and risks.

In the new journey of comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, we must consciously unify our thinking and actions with the Party Central Committee's analysis and judgment of the current situation and policy arrangements, deeply understand the decisive significance of “the two establishments”, implement “the two safeguards” with practical actions to promote high-quality development of energy, and consciously maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core in terms of ideology, politics and actions. It is necessary to comprehensively and accurately implement the major policy arrangements of the Party Central Committee on energy work, actively serve and safeguard the implementation of major national strategies of the Party and the state, embody the spirit of the Party Central Committee throughout all areas, aspects and links of energy work, and ensure that energy work always advances in the right direction.

Carry out the primary responsibility of energy security and always hold and stabilize the energy bowl

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed:Accelerate the construction of a modern energy system, enhance the conservation, intensive use, circulation and high-efficiency utilization of resources, and improve the capacity for ensuring the security of energy resources. Today's world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and China is at a critical stage in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The domestic and international environments it faces are undergoing profound and complicated changes, and uncertainties and unpredictable factors continue to increase. Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of a country with a huge population. As the world's largest energy consumer, China's economy has continued to recover and improve, and its energy consumption demand will continue to maintain rigid growth. How to effectively ensure national energy security and strongly ensure national economic and social development have always been the primary issues in China's energy development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important instructions and comments on ensuring national energy security on many occasions, which have provided us with a fundamental guide for doing a good job in energy work. Adhering to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implementing the important instructions and comments made by General Secretary Xi Jinping, firmly holding the initiative of energy in our own hands, and fully ensuring national energy security will enable us to grasp the initiative in future development and maintain the safety bottom line of the new development pattern.

On the new journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, we must always keep in mind the "greatest thing in the country" that cannot be ignored for a moment, and do a good job with a sense of responsibility that "never worries". Energy supply guarantee work puts the prevention and resolution of hidden risks that affect energy security and stable supply in a prominent position. We must not only be highly vigilant against the "black swan" incident, but also guard against the "grey rhinoceros" incident. Effectively enhance the foresight, pertinence and effectiveness of energy work, and use bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking to fully ensure the energy needs of economic and social development. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the energy production, supply, storage and marketing system, accelerate the improvement of new energy security and reliable substitution capabilities, strengthen the role of fossil energy security, build a multi-wheel drive energy supply system, effectively build a solid foundation for energy security, and provide strong energy security for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.

Build a green background for high-quality development and accelerate the pace of energy transformation

central economic work conference emphasized:"Actively and steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and accelerate the creation of a green and low-carbon supply chain." Promoting green and low-carbon transformation of energy is an integral part of promoting high-quality energy development and achieving high-level energy security. The energy structure rich in coal, poor in oil and little gas and the large amount of energy consumption are China's basic national conditions, which determine that we must insist on establishing first and then destroying, accelerate the optimization and adjustment of the energy structure on the premise of ensuring energy security and stability, and promote high-quality development., Promote green production methods to lay a more solid and sustainable foundation. In 2023, China's renewable energy will continue to maintain rapid development momentum, with a total installed capacity of more than 1.5 billion kilowatts, accounting for more than 50% of the country's total power generation installed capacity, historically exceeding thermal power installed capacity; among the global new installed capacity of renewable energy, China has contributed more than 50%; Renewable energy power generation capacity is about 3 trillion kilowatt hours, accounting for about 1/3 of the total society's electricity consumption. The energy structure has been further optimized, the green background has become brighter, and the pace of energy green and low-carbon transformation has become more solid and powerful.

On the new journey of building a strong and prosperous country and achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization across the board, we should set our sights on the "dual carbon" goals and tasks, coordinate the transformation and development of energy with safeguarding energy security, actively and steadily advance peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality, greatly enhance the safe and reliable substitution level of new energy, continuously optimize and adjust the energy mix, unswervingly follow the high-quality development path that prioritizes ecology and pursues green, low-carbon development, and better contribute to the construction of a beautiful China. It is imperative to seize the key link of adjusting the energy mix, speed up the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, greatly improve the quality and quantity of energy supply, effectively support high-quality economic and social development with relatively low energy consumption and carbon emissions, and contribute to the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development through profound changes in the energy sector.

Give full play to the innovation-driven and leading role to help develop new productive forces

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed:Promote industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, especially foster new industries, new models and new impetus with disruptive and cutting-edge technologies, and develop new and high-quality productivity. Promoting energy technology towards a high level of self-reliance and self-strengthening. It is both an intrinsic requirement to adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, seize the initiative of innovative development and ensure national energy security, and also an important measure to promote high-quality energy development and achieve high-level energy security. At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are developing in depth. Major disruptive technologies are emerging one after another, and the transformation speed of scientific and technological achievements is accelerating. Whether we can seize the opportunity to speed up the pace of scientific and technological innovation, actively cultivate and develop new and high-quality productivity is of vital importance for us to vigorously promote new industrialization and achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening as soon as possible.

On the new journey of building a strong country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization, we must place innovation in a prominent position in the overall development of the country, implement the strategy of innovation-driven development in depth, accelerate the promotion of energy technology revolution, focus on improving the modernization level of the energy industry chain, and help accelerate the cultivation and development of new and high-quality productivity. We should promote the demonstration application of major technical equipment in the energy field and focus on promoting the integration and connection of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation. We should focus on improving the energy science and technology innovation system, integrating and optimizing scientific and technological resources, implementing systems such as "announcing problems to attract talents" and "races", and guiding various social capital to invest in the field of energy science and technology innovation. We should adhere to the planning and construction of a new energy system and the construction of a new power system, strengthen independent innovation in energy science and technology, accelerate the promotion of high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology in the energy field, improve the independent and controllable level of the energy industry chain and supply chain, strive to open up new fields and new tracks for development, and continuously shape new kinetic energy and new advantages for development.

Adhere to the people-centered development idea and secure the bottom line of people's livelihood and energy consumption

The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized the need to pay attention to grasping and handling the relationship between economic development and improving people's livelihood, and required "persist in doing our best and within our capabilities, and hold, accurately and firmly the bottom line of people's livelihood." The people are the deepest foundation and greatest confidence for our party to govern. Only by adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, insisting that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and development results are shared by the people, can we have a correct concept of development and modernization. Developing the economy is ultimately to improve people's livelihood, and improving people's livelihood is also an important driving force for promoting economic development. The level of people's livelihood energy consumption not only measures a country's modernization level, but also reflects the people's happy living standards. We continue to consolidate and expand the educational results of studying and implementing the theme of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, practice the purpose of benefiting the people, and focus on solving outstanding problems that the people have strongly reflected; continuously enhance the ability to ensure clean heating in the northern region, with a clean heating rate of 76%., the people's sense of access to energy continues to increase.

On the new journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, we must always adhere to the people's stance, put the people at the top of our hearts, deeply grasp the people's livelihood attributes of energy work, continue to improve the level of energy benefiting the people, and solve the problems of production and living energy use that the people are concerned about, and better serve the people's yearning for a better life while coordinating high-quality energy development and high-level security. Solidly promote clean heating in the northern region and steadily increase the proportion of renewable energy heating. Promote the transformation and upgrading of rural power grids in an orderly manner, consolidate and improve rural power supply guarantee capabilities, and promote the clean and low-carbon transformation of rural energy. Implement the "Thousands of Villages and Thousands of Villages Action to Control the Wind" and the "Thousands of Thousands of Households" to explore new models, new paths, and new mechanisms for green and low-carbon development in rural areas. Improve the layout of charging infrastructure and improve the level of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (The author is the Party Secretary and Director of the National Energy Resources Administration)

From the People's Daily