BY LORETTA B MANELE

While 25 constituencies have received solar power system equipment, the remaining 25 constituencies will get theirs next year.

Gu Wenlong, an official and representative from the Chinese Embassy in Honiara revealed this during a handover ceremony of solar power system to remaining constituencies of the first group of 25 constituencies on Friday, November 14, 2025.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, he also expressed gratitude to the staff of the Ministry of Environment and representatives of constituencies who attended the program.

Wenlong said them working hard together during the past few months has made the day’s event possible.

He also took the opportunity to congratulate David Hiba Hiriasia, Ministry of Environment’s newly appointed Permanent Secretary.

“And also, I wish to say congratulations to my brother, David, for your new position as the P.S. for the Environment Ministry. And we hope that as your position evolves, we will continue our cooperation with you, no matter what kind of position you are holding today or in the future, to enhance the cooperation we already have in different areas,” said Wenlong.

Moreover, he stated that the handover ceremony also shows China’s dedication to tackling climate change.

Wenlong said China is a major contributor to world efforts to handle climate change.

“Over the past decade, China’s annual consumption per unit of GDP has dropped more than 3 percent in each year. China’s installed renewable energy capacity has grown to 370 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 64 percent of the world’s total,” he said.

Wenlong also stated that in the past years, China has helped reduce 60 percent of the cost of global wind power generation, and 80 percent of the cost of global photovoltaic power generation.

“….. and more than 1.4 billion tons of carbon emissions from other countries, making a significant contribution to the global fight against climate change,” he added.

Wenlong further noted that two months ago, Chinese President, Xi Jing Ping, during his address to the UN Climate Summit that China by the year 2035, will reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 7 to 10 percent, increase the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30 percent and expand the installed capacity of wind and solar power, with the aspiration to bring the total to more than 3,000 gigawatts and scale up the total forest installed water to over 24 billion cubic meters.

“So, this is really a very big proposal by our President for the world to deal with climate change, and also we all know that other countries are really seriously affected or damaged by climate change,” he said.

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