{"id":15623,"date":"2025-03-19T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/?p=15623"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:47:38","slug":"energy-secretary-ed-miliband-visits-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/energy-secretary-ed-miliband-visits-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Visits China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, visited China in March 2025 and met with Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, China\u2019s National Energy Administrator Minister Wang Hongzhi, and China\u2019s Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu in Beijing to commit to pragmatic engagement on the climate crisis, cooperating with China to reduce global emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing in The Guardian<\/a><\/em> ahead of the visit, Miliband said: \u201cThe only way to respond to [the climate crisis] is with decisive action at home and abroad\u2026 climate action at home without pushing larger countries to do their fair share would not protect current and future generations. Emissions know no borders, and we will only protect our farmers, our pensioners and our children if we get other countries of the world to play their part.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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On Monday 17 March, Ed Miliband met with Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang in Beijing. The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation in jointly addressing climate change. Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that China is ready to work with the UK to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries, consolidate the momentum for improvement and development of bilateral ties, deepen cooperation in areas such as financial services, trade and investment and low-carbon development, and jointly address climate change to better benefit the people of both countries and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miliband and China\u2019s National Energy Administrator Minister, Wang Hongzhi, also co-hosted the 8th China-UK Energy Dialogue in Beijing on 17 March. The two sides exchanged views on topics including clean energy technologies, energy transition, energy security and global energy governance. Following the dialogue, Miliband and Minister Wang signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the China-UK Clean Energy Partnership, which identifies priorities for collaboration, including power market reform, power grids, battery storage, offshore wind energy, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), clean low-carbon and renewable hydrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n