摘要
During the United Nations climate change conference in Paris, Zhou Dadi, an energy expert and former Director General of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, shared his views in an exclusive interview with Beijing Review reporter Deng Yaqing. He talked about the significance, difficulties and goals of China's green and low-carbon development. Excerpts of the interview are as follo.
Beijing Review:How do you define green and low-carbon development?What does it mean to China?Zhou Dadi:Green and low-carbon development is totally different from what China has pursued in the past.The focus is on both promoting economic development and improving the quality of people’s life.Before,China valued industrialization,therefore the economy was based on the wholesale construction of industrial facilities,manufacturing of