Ningxia sharpens its edge in new energy

Ningxia : Integrated growth prioritized

The Ningxia Hui autonomous region will speed up the establishment of a new-type energy system and a new electric power system, while bolstering the clustered development of industries with local characteristics and distinctive advantages, as part of its broader push to achieve high-quality growth, the region's top official said.

Li Yifei, Party secretary of Ningxia and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said the region is ratcheting up resources to develop a modern coal chemical industry, new materials, clean energy, digital information, agriculture, culture and tourism.

It is also stepping up efforts to promote the exploitation and utilization of new energy, in order to drive industrial upgrading, cut carbon emissions and reduce pollution, he added.

As China's first demonstration zone for new energy comprehensive construction, Ningxia is a major green power supplier with abundant green energy resources. It is taking tangible steps to advance the green and low-carbon transition of the traditional energy industry.

Li said the installed capacity of new energy in Ningxia reached 41.32 million kilowatts in 2024, accounting for more than 50 percent of the region's total installed power capacity.

The region is at the forefront of the country's transformation to clean and efficient utilization of coal resources, with its modern coal chemical industry making it to the list of national advanced manufacturing clusters.

Ningxia's GDP grew 5.4 percent year-on-year in 2024, ranking sixth in the country and exceeding the national average for 10 consecutive quarters, according to the region's bureau of statistics. The regional GDP reached 550.3 billion yuan ($76 billion) last year.

Last year, Ningxia ranked third in the country in terms of industrial output. The region's industrial output increased 9.6 percent year-on-year, 3.8 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the country's overall industrial economy.

Li said Ningxia is pressing ahead with new urbanization and rural vitalization to promote the common prosperity of both urban and rural areas, adding that it has promoted new industrialization to drive the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

According to the official, the number of new types of agricultural business entities has reached 22,000 in the region, while the output of the agricultural product-processing sector surpassed 100 billion yuan last year.

Ningxia is also vigorously developing its rural tourism sector. The region's rural areas received 13.56 million visits last year, with revenue reaching 1.25 billion yuan.

Li said the region will continue to expand opening-up, improve business environment, facilitate growth of the private sector, and actively participate in Belt and Road cooperation, which will inject fresh impetus and vitality into its high-quality development.

Ningxia is also striving to build data center clusters, network infrastructure and integrated computing power systems to boost the development of its digital economy, as well as promote the digital transformation of industries and the industrialization of digital technologies.

A group of tech companies from home and abroad have built data centers in Ningxia to offer cloud computing services, thanks to the region's abundant energy resources and cooler climate.

Located in the Yellow River basin, Ningxia is surrounded by deserts on three sides and faces the daunting task of conserving and restoring ecosystems. Li said the region is pushing environmental protection and ecological restoration projects, including soil and water conservation and the control of desertification.

Reporter: Hu Dongmei and Fan Feifei

共同团结奋斗 共同繁荣发展

凝心聚力谱写中国式现代化宁夏篇章

——专访宁夏回族自治区党委书 记、人大常委会主任李邑飞

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注重在共同团结奋斗中聚力中国式现代化宁夏实践。宁夏全面贯彻新时代党的民族政策大政方针，有形有感有效加快创建示范区，促进各族群众在“行”上融入、“心”中融合，凝心聚力共建美丽新宁夏、共同走向现代化。一是持续巩固发展平等团结互助和谐的社会主义民族关系。坚定不移走中国特色解决民族问题的正确道路，坚持党中央集中统一领导，把维护中华民族根本利益放在首位，坚持和完善民族区域自治制度，依法治理民族事务，保持了政通人和、民族团结、社会稳定的好局面。二是全面构筑中华民族共有精神家园。广泛开展“牢记总书记嘱托、铸牢中华民族共同体意识”教育，深入实施党员干部培元固本、青少年夯基育苗、各族群众凝心铸魂、社科理论正本清源工程，组织马克思主义“五观”百场万人宣讲，推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，连续41年开展民族团结进步月活动，实现民族团结进步示范市县区创建全覆盖。三是大力促进各民族交往交流交融。统筹城乡建设布局规划和公共服务资源配置，加快构建互嵌式社会结构和社区环境，鼓励和引导区内外各民族人口跨区域双向流动融居，推动各民族在空间、文化、经济、社会、心理等方面全方位互嵌，各族群众在共居共学、共建共享、共事共乐中越走越近、越融越亲，习近平总书记在今年新年贺词中亲切肯定“银川多民族社区居民亲如一家”。

习近平总书记指出，没有各民族共同团结奋斗就难以实现社会主义现代化，没有各民族共同繁荣发展也不是社会主义现代化。宁夏将牢记习近平总书记谆谆嘱托，在中国式现代化全局中聚焦主线、突出主题，进一步共同团结奋斗、共同繁荣发展，奋力开创经济繁荣新局面、续写民族团结新篇章、绘就环境优美新画卷、创建人民富裕新生活，为建设认同度更高、凝聚力更强的中华民族共同体作出更大贡献。