China actually added record amounts of both wind and solar power capacity in 2025. And according to some calculations, it may even have reached peak CO2 emissions — way ahead of its planned trajectory The vast Asian country also provides the lion's share of the world's clean tech required for the global energy transition — manufacturing over 80% of solar panels, 60% of wind turbines and 75% of electrical vehicles (EVs) and batteries.
"On the economic and industrial front, the US has been left behind, and as a result of the very hostile approach of the current administration to decarbonization, the US will be further left behind," Li Shuo, director of the China Climate Hub at the US-based Asia Society Policy Institute, told DW.
