Zhang Yongsheng: Can't use the traditional industry era thinking to analyze carbon neutralization and innovation

China Economic Net, Beijing, August 2nd. Recently, Zhang Yongsheng, director of the Institute of Ecological Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said at the "First Seminar of the China Carbon neutrality Forum" that the thinking of the traditional industrial era cannot be used to analyze the carbon neutralization era Innovative issues and development issues.

In Zhang Yongsheng's view, the biggest challenge facing Chinese carbon neutrality and innovation is the development concept and development model that has been formed in the traditional industry era, and the corresponding innovation path, which may hinder people's problems with the innovation of carbon neutralization and the times. Thinking.

Zhang Yongsheng said that behind the carbon neutralization is the systematic change of development paradigm and research paradigm since the Industrial Revolution, involving systematic profound changes in development concepts, development content, resource concepts, business models, and space concepts.

"The innovation of carbon neutralization is a new thing for all developed countries and developing countries." Zhang Yongsheng said that the deep understanding of carbon neutrality and the country's inherent innovation capabilities are the realization of carbon neutralization key.

Zhang Yongsheng believes that only technical changes in the production field are not enough, and there must be changes in lifestyle and consumption models, so that the goal of carbon neutrality can be achieved.

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