China has unveiled a new national climate strategy targeting a 17% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 compared with 2025 levels, as part of its efforts to advance long-term decarbonization goals.

The climate change plan, released on Wednesday by multiple government agencies, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission, sets out key objectives for the country's 15th Five-Year Plan covering 2026-2030, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

The roadmap aims to deepen progress toward China's "dual carbon" targets of peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060.

Under the plan, China will establish a transparent, internationally aligned voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reduction trading market and put in place a comprehensive product carbon footprint management system by 2030.

Authorities also pledged to strengthen monitoring and control of non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, with a target to develop the capacity to reduce emissions equivalent to 30 million tons of carbon dioxide by the end of the decade.

The strategy calls for implementing a dual-control system covering both total carbon emissions and carbon intensity, while accelerating the transition to a new energy system, expanding the use of non-fossil fuels and promoting an earlier peak in coal and oil consumption.

To improve resilience against climate change, the plan also emphasizes climate risk assessments and stronger responses to extreme weather events.

Earlier this month, China said it aims to increase the share of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption to 25% by 2030 under its carbon peaking action plan for the 2026-2030 period.