Gao Shiji made the above statement at the 2023 annual meeting of the China Development Forum. He also said in his speech entitled "Accelerating the Development of Renewable Energy and Working Together to Ensure Global Energy Security" that China attaches great importance to international cooperation in the energy field because China is an important participant in the global energy system. It became the world's largest energy producer in 2006 and accounted for 22% in 2021; it became the world's largest energy consumer in 2009 and 25% in 2021; The largest oil importer; it became the world's largest natural gas importer in 2018. Since China's population accounts for 18% of the world's population and is the world's factory, China's energy security is guaranteed, which is an important contribution to the world's economic and social development.

China has always been committed to coordinating international and domestic resources to ensure energy security. The self-sufficiency rate of energy supply is basically stable at more than 80%. In 2022, China's crude oil output will reach more than 200 million tons, and natural gas output will exceed 220 billion cubic meters; 2.56 billion kilowatts, of which renewable energy has reached 1.2 billion kilowatts, and the annual installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power generation has exceeded 100 million kilowatts for three consecutive years. However, China has also experienced periodical and regional energy supply shortages in recent years. For example, in the summer of 2021, power shortages occurred in many provinces and cities, which affected normal production and living order.

Gao Shiji said that from a global perspective, ensuring energy security is still an important global issue. In Europe and other developed countries, the prices of gas, oil, and coal have risen sharply in the past two years due to various reasons, pushing up electricity prices, resulting in high inflation and restraining economic growth. For most developing countries, the problem of ensuring energy supply is even more severe. The United Nations Sustainable Development Tracking Report shows that global energy utilization indicators have improved significantly compared with 2010, but the problem is still serious. There are still 700 million people who lack electricity, and there are still 2.4 billion people who mainly use firewood and coal for cooking, which seriously affects people's health. At the same time, international funding to support clean energy development in developing countries has declined in recent years.

Gao Shiji said that at the same time, to cope with the increasingly prominent climate threats, human beings need to quickly and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the most important of which is to reduce the use of fossil energy, which undoubtedly makes ensuring energy security more difficult and more complicated. The solution is to accelerate the development of renewable energy.

Gao Shiji pointed out that developing renewable energy is conducive to improving global energy supply and security. Firstly, the distribution of solar energy resources and wind energy resources is relatively uniform; secondly, the development of renewable energy means that energy security and supply are gradually getting rid of the strong dependence on resources and are turning more to technology dependence. The role of supply collection is greatly enhanced. Full use of renewable energy will make energy self-sufficiency possible for all countries worldwide.

Over the past period , the world has entered an era of rapid development of renewable energy. In 2021, the growth rate of global renewable energy power installations will hit another record. The proportion of renewable energy in final energy continues to increase, and the scale of employment and investment in renewable energy is also increasing significantly. , has become a force that cannot be ignored to support the development of the global economy.

Gao Shiji said that China had made great efforts to develop new energy, greatly reduced the cost of renewable energy, and continuously improved the technical level of renewable energy,directly promoted the widespread use of renewable energy worldwide. More importantly, China provides developing countries with clean energy technologies, products, and talent training through the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance and the Green Silk Road Messenger Program.

"In the face of the turbulent international situation, the urgent need for global development, and the severe challenge of climate change, we urgently need global cooperation to ensure energy security and promote low-carbon energy transition. On the one hand, we must actively protect the world A normal energy trade order supports global development with a safe energy supply; on the other hand, it adheres to the direction of green and low-carbon development and realizes a large-scale leap in renewable energy, especially in building an efficient global green and low-carbon industrial chain supply chain system Go hand in hand to accelerate the global energy green transition; finally, the world must work together to ensure energy security and energy transition justice. To this end, it is necessary to share knowledge on energy security and green transition, such as the knowledge of clean coal utilization and the just transition of fossil energy. Oil and gas need to jointly promote Green and low-carbon energy technology development and knowledge diffusion." Gao Shiji said.