China's efforts helping drive greener future

Political advisory body strives to promote opening-up and whole-process democracy

While blasting narratives that accuse China of "overcapacity" in green energy sectors, Liu Jieyi, a seasoned diplomat and senior official of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said that "many countries are exporting what they produce best, and you cannot call that 'overcapacity'".

Liu, a member of the Standing Committee and vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, made the remarks in an exclusive interview with China Daily that covered a wide range of topics, including high-level opening-up, new quality productive forces and China's whole-process people's democracy.

The recent hostile narratives on China's so-called "overcapacity "have targeted the country's clean energy products, such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and lithium batteries.