According to a report by Reuters on September 23, a latest study shows that the clean technologies exported by China in 2025 have helped reduce global carbon emissions, which exceed Britain’s annual emissions. This highlights the growing impact of China’s green technology development on the global climate.
According to analysis by Laurii Myllyvirta, co-founder of the Energy and Clean Air Research Center (CREA) based in Helsinki, Finland, batteries, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and especially solar panels exported from China last year helped reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by 374 million tons.
Based on the entire lifecycle of these products, China’s exports of clean technologies in 2025 are expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 6.9 billion tons, which is a 31% increase compared to 2024. This amount is roughly twice the carbon emissions of India last year.
Reports indicate that China is the main producer and exporter of technologies required for emission reduction. With large-scale, low-cost production, wind turbines, solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles made in China have changed the economic cost structures related to electrification and decarbonization worldwide, which is particularly crucial for developing countries.
The analysis indicates that nearly one-third of the emission reductions come from China’s exports of solar products to South Asia. Pakistan is experiencing explosive growth in the solar industry, and its share of solar power generation now ranks among the highest in the world.
According to China Customs data, in 2025, the exports of China's 'new three items'—electric vehicles, photovoltaic products, and lithium batteries—increased by 27.1% and 48.7%, respectively. The export volume of the 'new three items' reached nearly 1.3 trillion yuan.
