CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for new energy system construction, directing active, safe and orderly nuclear power development. Policy prioritizes third-generation pressurized water reactors, calls for maintaining a steady construction pace, advancing R&D and demonstration of advanced reactor types, and promoting site-appropriate integrated uses of nuclear energy. Target: operating nuclear capacity of about 110 GW by 2030.

2026-06-25

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for new energy system construction, directing active, safe and orderly nuclear power development. Policy prioritizes third-generation pressurized water reactors, calls for maintaining a steady construction pace, advancing R&D and demonstration of advanced reactor types, and promoting site-appropriate integrated uses of nuclear energy. Target: operating nuclear capacity of about 110 GW by 2030.