Ministry of Education: Carry out school rooftop photovoltaic action to accelerate the construction of green and low-carbon disciplines

On November 9th, the Ministry of Education issued a notice on the implementation plan for the construction of a green and low-carbon development national education system, which will take targeted measures to build a green and low-carbon development national education system with distinct characteristics, top-down connections, and rich content.
The plan points out that by 2025, the concept of green and low-carbon life and green and low-carbon development norms will be widely disseminated in primary and secondary schools, and the concept of green and low-carbon will enter the education system of primary and secondary schools; The relevant universities have initially established a professional system for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality related disciplines, and the level of scientific and technological innovation capabilities and innovative talent cultivation has significantly improved. By 2030, we will achieve the systematic cultivation and development of students' green and low-carbon lifestyles and behavioral habits, form a relatively comprehensive multi-level green and low-carbon concept education system, and connect the entire process of youth growth, forming a group of internationally influential and authoritative carbon peaking and carbon neutrality disciplines and research institutions.
Notice of the Ministry of Education on Issuing the Implementation Plan for the Construction of the National Education System for Green and Low Carbon Development
Jiao Fa [2022] No. 2
Departments of Education (Education Commissions) of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, Education Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, subordinate higher education institutions, and jointly established higher education institutions of various provinces:
  The Implementation Plan for the Construction of the National Education System for Green and Low Carbon Development is hereby issued to you. Please combine it with reality and conscientiously implement it.
Ministry of Education
October 26, 2022
Implementation Plan for the Construction of National Education System for Green and Low Carbon Development
  Integrate the concept of green and low-carbon development into all levels and fields of the national education system, cultivate a new generation of young people who practice green and low-carbon concepts, adapt to green and low-carbon society, and lead green and low-carbon development, play the role of talent cultivation, scientific research, social services, and cultural inheritance in the education system, and make unique contributions to the education industry to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. This implementation plan is formulated.
1、 Overall requirements
（1） Guiding ideology.
  The rich content of the national education system for green and low-carbon development guides young people to firmly establish the concept of green and low-carbon development, laying a solid ideological and action foundation for achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.
（2） Working principles.
——Adhere to national coordination. Strengthen overall design and work guidance, leverage institutional advantages, and consolidate responsibilities of all parties. Implement policies based on the actual classification of each region, encourage proactive actions, and demonstrate and lead. Focusing on concept construction and habit cultivation, we will integrate green and low-carbon orientation into various fields and links of the national education system, and accelerate the construction of a green and low-carbon national education system.
——Persist in prioritizing conservation. Putting energy and resource conservation as the top priority, we will build green schools, continuously reduce energy resource consumption and carbon emissions in primary and secondary schools, attach importance to technological transformation of campus energy conservation and consumption reduction, and campus greening work. We will advocate for a simple, moderate, green, and low-carbon lifestyle, and reduce carbon emissions from the source.
——Adhere to the full process of educating people. While emphasizing the integration of green and low-carbon education into primary and secondary school education and teaching activities, new achievements in ecological civilization construction, carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals and tasks should be added to teacher training. We should not only focus on the transformation of energy-saving technology and energy management in schools, but also on the creation of campus soft environments to achieve a quiet and nourishing effect.
——Adhere to openness and integration. Priority should be given to the dissemination of green and low-carbon concepts and technological progress achievements in schools, and industry leading enterprises should provide free social practice classes to universities, middle schools, and primary schools. Higher education institutions should increase investment in green and low-carbon scientific research and technology, and contribute educational efforts to achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
2、 Main objectives
By 2025, the concept of green and low-carbon living and green and low-carbon development norms will be widely disseminated in primary and secondary schools, and the concept of green and low-carbon will enter the education system of primary and secondary schools; The relevant universities have initially established a professional system for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality related disciplines, and the level of scientific and technological innovation capabilities and innovative talent cultivation has significantly improved.
By 2030, we will achieve the systematic cultivation and development of students' green and low-carbon lifestyles and behavioral habits, form a relatively comprehensive multi-level green and low-carbon concept education system, and connect the entire process of youth growth, forming a group of internationally influential and influential carbon peaking and carbon neutrality disciplines and research institutions.
3、 Integrating green and low-carbon development into education and teaching
（1） Integrating green and low-carbon requirements into the curriculum textbooks of various stages of national education.   Systematically plan and scientifically design teaching content, improve educational methods, and encourage the development of local and school-based curriculum materials based on the psychological characteristics and acceptance abilities of adolescents of different age groups. In the preschool education stage, emphasis is placed on using picture books and animations to enlighten young children's awareness of ecological protection and develop habits of green and low-carbon living. In the basic education stage, popularize the basic concepts and knowledge of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in the teaching materials of subjects such as politics, biology, geography, physics, and chemistry. In the stage of higher education, we will strengthen the integration and integration of disciplines such as science, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, and law. We will establish a core knowledge system that covers areas such as climate system, energy transformation, industrial upgrading, urban-rural development, international politics and economy, and diplomacy, and accelerate the development of a comprehensive knowledge map across different fields. We will also develop a batch of high-quality textbooks in the field of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, forming a resource library. During the vocational education stage, emerging majors or courses such as carbon emission statistics and accounting, carbon emissions and carbon sink measurement monitoring, etc. will gradually be established.
（2） Strengthen education and training on green and low-carbon development for teachers. Education administrative departments at all levels, normal universities, and teachers' continuing education colleges should incorporate new knowledge of carbon peaking, carbon neutrality, new requirements for green and low-carbon development, and responsibilities and missions in the field of education into the curriculum system for normal students, principal training, and teacher training based on actual situations, to promote the teacher team to take the lead in establishing green and low-carbon concepts and enhance their ability to disseminate green and low-carbon knowledge.
（3） Incorporate the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee on carbon peak and carbon neutrality into the ideological and political work system of higher education institutions. Give full play to the role of the classroom as the main channel, and organically integrate the content related to green and low-carbon development into the ideological and political theory courses of universities. Through university situation and policy education lectures, expert report meetings, and thematic symposiums, guide college students to study and discuss green and low-carbon development, enhance their understanding of the importance of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality strategic goals, and promote the concept of green and low-carbon development into politics, classrooms, and minds. We will coordinate online and offline education resources, give full play to the exemplary and leading role of ideological and political official account in colleges and universities, and extensively carry out carbon peak and carbon neutral publicity and education.
（4） Strengthen the construction of green and low-carbon related professional disciplines. According to the needs of the national carbon peak and carbon neutrality work, we encourage qualified and foundational higher education institutions and vocational colleges to strengthen the construction of relevant disciplines and majors, innovate talent training models, and support qualified and capable higher education institutions to accelerate the construction of disciplines and majors such as energy storage, hydrogen energy, carbon capture, utilization and storage, carbon emission trading, carbon sequestration, and green finance. Encourage universities to offer introductory courses on carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Build a group of future technology colleges, modern industry colleges, and demonstration energy colleges in the field of green and low-carbon development, carry out international cooperation and exchanges, and increase the cultivation of high-level specialized talents in the field of green and low-carbon development. Deepen the integration of industry and education, encourage schools and enterprises to jointly carry out collaborative education projects between industry and education, and form a carbon peak carbon neutral industry education integration development alliance. Guide vocational colleges to add relevant majors. By 2025, the number of green and low-carbon related majors in the country will not be less than 600, and professional teaching standards will be issued to support vocational colleges to increase investment in low-carbon buildings, photovoltaic, hydropower, wind power, environmental protection, carbon emission statistics and accounting, measurement and monitoring and other related professional fields as needed, to enrich the teaching staff, and to promote the integration of ecological civilization and professional norms, Combining vocational qualifications with green standards for vocational certification, improving the curriculum system and practical training conditions, planning and constructing around 100 related curriculum textbooks, and moderately expanding the scale of technical and skilled talent cultivation.
（5） Implementing green and low-carbon practices will be an important part of educational activities. Innovate green and low-carbon education forms, fully utilize smart education platforms to develop educational resources, popularize relevant knowledge, and carry out online activities. Taking the opportunity of theme promotion nodes such as National Energy Conservation Promotion Week, National Urban Water Conservation Promotion Week, National Low Carbon Day, World Environment Day, and World Earth Day, various forms of educational activities such as theme class meetings, special lectures, knowledge competitions, and essay competitions will be organized to continuously carry out practical activities such as water conservation, electricity conservation, food conservation, garbage classification, and campus greening, guiding primary and secondary school students to establish the concept of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature from a young age, Consciously implement various requirements for energy and resource conservation and ecological environment protection. Strengthen social practice, organize college students to visit factories, mining enterprises, and rural communities through on-site visits, social research, volunteer services, and writing research reports to understand the progress of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality work.
4、 Enhancing the Contribution of Education Services by Leading Green and Low Carbon Development
（6） Support higher education institutions to carry out research on carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Strengthen the cultivation of national key laboratories, national technology innovation centers, National Engineering Research Center and other * innovation platforms in carbon peak and carbon neutrality related fields, set up a group of key research teams, and accelerate the basic theoretical research and new breakthroughs in key common technologies in green and low-carbon related fields. Optimize the layout of innovation platforms in related fields of universities, promote the construction of cutting-edge science centers and key core technology integration research platforms, and build a full chain research system from basic research, technological innovation to industrialization. Support universities and science and technology enterprises to establish technology research and development centers, industrial research institutes, pilot bases, collaborative innovation centers, etc., build a full chain innovation network for carbon peak and carbon neutrality related technology development, focus on common needs and difficult issues in the green and low-carbon field, carry out joint tackling of green and low-carbon technologies, and promote the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, serving the high-quality development of the economy and society.
（7） Support higher education institutions to carry out policy research and social services in the field of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Guide universities to leverage their talent advantages, organize professional forces, conduct cutting-edge theoretical and policy research around carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and provide policy consulting services for carbon peak and carbon neutrality work. Assist relevant administrative departments in conducting important policy research, decision-making evaluation, and policy interpretation, actively participate in the development of various plans and standards related to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, project review and argumentation, and support and ensure the implementation of key work and projects.
5、 Integrating green and low-carbon development into campus construction
（8） Improve the campus energy management system. Encourage schools across the country to conduct research on campus energy consumption, establish a monitoring system for campus energy consumption, conduct real-time tracking and accurate analysis of campus energy consumption data, and establish a campus energy management system that covers energy conservation, water and gas conservation, as well as promoting green tourism, in response to campus energy consumption and the learning needs of teachers and students. Accelerate the application of modern information technologies such as mobile internet, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and big data in campus teaching, scientific research, infrastructure, logistics, social services, etc., achieve the intelligence and dynamism of energy management in the field of logistics in universities, and promote the improvement of quality and efficiency, transformation and upgrading of green development in schools.
（9） Prioritize the use of energy-saving and emission reduction new technology products and services in the construction of new campuses and the renovation of existing campuses. Widely utilizing advanced energy-saving new energy technology products and services in the field of campus construction and management. Gradually reduce the proportion of traditional fossil energy applications in an orderly manner, increase the proportion of green and clean energy applications, and reduce carbon emissions from the source. Accelerate the large-scale development of ultra-low energy consumption, near zero energy consumption, and low-carbon buildings, and improve the energy-saving level of new school buildings. Vigorously promote energy-saving renovation of existing buildings and old heating pipelines in schools, comprehensively promote energy-saving products such as energy-saving doors and windows, green building materials, and reduce the energy consumption demand of buildings. Encourage the use of passive technologies such as natural ventilation and natural lighting; Adopting new technologies such as refrigeration room technology, smart heating technology, and smart energy control platforms to reduce energy consumption according to local conditions. Optimize the energy consumption structure of school buildings. Accelerate the electrification and low-carbon use of energy in school buildings, and deepen the large-scale application of renewable energy in school construction. Carry out school building rooftop photovoltaic activities in areas with conditions, and promote the integration of photovoltaic and building development. Vigorously improve the popularization rate of electrification such as hot water and cooking in school life. Pay attention to campus greening work, encourage the use of roof greening, vertical greening, and increasing natural landscape water bodies to increase the natural carbon sink area of the campus.
6、 Safeguard measures
（10） Strengthen organizational leadership. Education administrative departments at all levels should attach great importance to the construction of a green and low-carbon national education system, with the goal of serving major strategic decisions on carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. They should coordinate various resources, increase exploration efforts, and formulate work plans based on local realities and the creation of green schools. Fully leverage the intellectual advantages of talents in the education system, and accelerate the construction of the national education system for green and low-carbon development.
（11） Promote collaborative support. Strengthen leadership in the construction of the national education system for green and low-carbon development, increase collaboration among various departments, and form a collaborative mechanism to promote the construction of the national education system for green and low-carbon development. Provide funding and policy support for major scientific and technological tasks, major topics, key disciplines, and key laboratories in the construction of the national education system for green and low-carbon development, and steadily promote the work of green and low-carbon education on campus.
（12） Strengthen publicity and guidance. Various regions should take multiple measures to promote the concept of green and low-carbon development, timely promote the progress of the construction of the national education system for green and low-carbon development, summarize and promote the experience and practices of various schools at all levels, strengthen the positive publicity of advanced models, play a role of role models, achieve good publicity effectiveness, guide teachers and students in the education system to form a simple and moderate lifestyle, and create a good green and low-carbon social atmosphere.