-- A global forum on ecological civilization, Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2021, opened Monday in southwest China's Guizhou Province, which is tipped to evolve into a global campaign aimed at dramatically reducing the world's carbon footprint.

-- Striving for the country's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, provinces in the western China including Guizhou have stepped up their low-carbon transition and pooled resources into the clean energy market.

-- In the future, China plans to promote the eco-friendly transformation of thermal power enterprises with long-term heavy pollution and further explore renewable energy alternatives in the construction of new infrastructure.

by Xinhua writers Yao Yulin, Luo Yu and Wu Si

GUIYANG, July 12  -- A global forum on ecological civilization, Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2021, opened Monday in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The forum will witness a range of online and offline activities. Lots of guests are expected to join the event online, while around 500 are attending the forum on site.

It is tipped to evolve into a global campaign aimed at dramatically reducing the world's carbon footprint, said Peter Koenig, a former senior economist with the World Bank, attending the event via video link.