In northwest China's Gobi Desert, two neighboring power plants testify to an ongoing clean energy transition in the country's west-to-east power transmission system.

China to overhaul electricity system for green growth, energy security.

It was where the first tank, anti-aircraft gun and nuclear fuel for atomic bombs were produced.

The 220-kilovolt external power supply project of the Ningxia Shizuishan South Traction Substation of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway was put into operation on Friday.

The northwestern province is actively integrating into the national unified market, enhancing its business environment, and attracting industrial transfers from the eastern and central regions.

Last year, the region supplied 306 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to outside the region, equivalent to the annual output of three Three Gorges Dam, she added.

Their remarks came after the State Council recently announced an action plan for energy conservation and carbon reduction for 2024-25. It relaxed requirements on new energy utilization in resource-rich areas from 95 percent to 90 percent.

Using helicopter sling methods, they performed defect elimination tasks and installed distributed fault diagnosis devices on the ±800kV Tianzhong Line.