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Green, low carbon, and beneficial to local economic and social development are

important considerations for international Belt and Road (B&R) cooperation,

said Wu Yin, former deputy director with the National Energy Administration

(NEA) and vice chairman with China Energy Research Society.

Speaking at the 3rd Belt and Road Seminar on Green Development of Coal Coking

Industry, Wu's idea of green transformation for energy cooperation especially

in energy industry was echoed by experts and enterprise representatives from

home and abroad at the event.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is acting as an open and inclusive

international cooperation platform, said Fang Xiaosong, deputy director with

International Business Department of China Electric Power Planning and

Engineering Institute (EPPEI), noting that B&R related countries post great

potential in power cooperation as energy development showing a "low carbon"

trend in terms of variety and structure.

Such trend was also addressed by Wang Yu, dean assistant and head of energy and

chemical department with China National Petroleum & Chemical Planning

Institute, noting that traditional chemical industry should focus on cutting

overcapacity, addressing weaknesses, adjusting structure and promoting upgrades

during 2021-2025 period to cultivate new momentum and achieve safe, green and

sustainable development.

For coal coking industry in Lvliang, focus should also be put on removing

obsolete capacity and promoting energy saving and emission reduction and

related technologies, Wang noted.

As a coal-rich province, Shanxi highly values technical innovation in coal

industry thus requires companies to achieve output in a greener and more modern

way, said Henry Hempel, technical director with Choren Industries Group GmbH,

who believes coal will remain a key source of China's energy production. The

country is moving towards green development and clean, high efficient

utilization of coal, he added.

Lvliang is an important coal coking industrial base in Shanxi which enjoys

sound momentum for digital economy, according to Luo Jiaodi, director with the

research center with Xinhua Finance of China Economic Information Service

(CEIS). Lvliang could seize the opportunity of Shanxi's piloting comprehensive

energy revolution reform and build itself into a 5G plus energy industry

benchmark, Luo suggested.

Jointly held by Lvliang government and CEIS, the 3rd Belt and Road Seminar on

Green Development of Coal Coking Industry kicked off on Saturday in Xiaoyi, a

county-level city of Lvliang, north China's Shanxi province.

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kicked off on Saturday in Xiaoyi, a county-level city of Lvliang, Shanxi.