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The recently released \"Three-Year Action Plan for Dual Control of Energy Consumption in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (2021–2023)\」 proposes the implementation of key initiatives such as the \"Action for Green Energy Development\". Except for projects aimed at ensuring energy supply for people’s livelihoods, new projects that use coal as a raw material and fuel will, in principle, no longer be approved. By 2023, coal consumption per unit of GDP will have decreased by 9.3% compared to 2020. As required, Ningxia will accelerate the upgrading of existing coal-fired power units, actively promote reforms aimed at using coal-fired power for heating as well as energy-saving and consumption-reduction upgrades, and fully implement flexibility improvements. Continuously reduce the consumption of coal for heating, advance the transition from coal to gas and from coal to electricity in an orderly manner, increase the share of electricity consumption at the end-use level, and ensure that all cities at the county level and above have access to clean heating solutions. Strengthen the regulation of coal-fired boilers: new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 35 tons of steam per hour or less are prohibited from being built in the built-up areas of cities at the county level and above, while new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons of steam per hour or less are prohibited from being built in other areas. To implement these alternatives, Ningxia will also focus on building green energy bases with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts in the S-shaped area of the Yellow River, as well as green energy bases of that scale for supplying electricity from Ningxia to Hunan, while simultaneously promoting the production of green hydrogen. By 2030, the installed capacity for green energy generation is aimed to reach 33 million kilowatts, while the production volume of green hydrogen is expected to reach 200,000 tons per year.