Changzhi city in North China's Shanxi province has focused on its green industrial transformation, by expanding its energy industry supply chain and extending its energy revolution. 

In line with the province's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Changzhi has conducted in-depth research into the current situation for energy development, the sector's industrial foundations, resource advantages and development bottlenecks. 

It has invited authoritative organizations to conduct studies on energy revolution-related policies issued by the State and Shanxi in recent years – interpreting, analyzing and forecasting the index system for future energy development and scientifically setting energy development goals.

The city has improved 44 specific work measures in 10 fields, including intelligent, green and safe coal mining and the development of the solar power sector. 

Since the start of the year, it has cooperated with advanced energy and chemical companies, including China Baowu Group, China Energy Investment Corp and State Power Investment Corp, in the areas of new carbon-based materials, new energy development and the efficient use of energy recovery. 

The city has sought cooperation with scientific research institutions, including Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Coal Chemistry, on the commercialization and transformation of joint technology achievements. 

A total of 61 new energy projects in Changzhi were included in the province's new energy and renewable energy project bank. 

Changzhi has also improved its project services and optimized its business environment, with a number of major energy projects accelerated and several energy enterprises introduced to the city.

A total of 58 energy projects, with a total investment of 74.61 billion yuan ($11.55 billion), were selected as provincial key projects in 2021. 

As of the end of July, the total installed power capacity of Changzhi was around 9 million kilowatts, of which the new energy power capacity was 2.22 million kW, accounting for 24.69 percent of total installed capacity.