China's Clean Energy Growth Fuels Economic Expansion

• •Clean energy sectors contributed 11.4% to China's GDP in 2025.
• •Investments in clean energy reached 7.2 trillion yuan, four times fossil fuel investments.
• •Electric vehicles, batteries, and solar technologies dominate the clean energy market.

In 2025, China's clean energy sectors contributed over a third of the country's GDP growth, totaling 15.4 trillion yuan ($2.1 trillion) and accounting for 11.4% of GDP. The clean energy industries, which include solar power and electric vehicles, nearly doubled in value from 2022 to 2025. Without these sectors, China's GDP growth would have fallen short of its 5% target, achieving only 3.5%. Investments in clean energy reached 7.2 trillion yuan ($1.0 trillion), significantly outpacing fossil fuel investments. The rapid growth of clean energy is attributed to the dominance of electric vehicles, batteries, and solar technologies, which generated two-thirds of the sector's value and attracted over half of the investments.