Laying Stress on Energy-Saving and Environmental Protection of Thermal Generation

The most attractive spot of the 11th Five-Year Plan is to change China’s present mode of economic growth and take a road of circulative economy based on effective utilization of resources and environmental protection. Electric power as a basic industry, energy conservation and environmental protection will become one of its working emphases in a period of time to come. In this connection, the journalist (Zhao Ran) from China Electric Power has exclusively interviewed Tang Yunlin, the former president of the China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute. He thought that the most important thing for power industry to save energy and protect environment is to bring about the energy conservation and environmental protection in thermal power plants rather than first develop hydropower, nuclear power and renewable energy. His viewpoints and suggestions have been recognized by many insiders.