China’s ambitious plans of green transition are hard for outsiders to grasp. Usually descriptive and expansive, its Five-Year plans are very much Chinese-centered in terms of way of thinking and narration. In the meantime, English media coverage tends to be “selective” and interpretative with “ideological” biases and geopolitical interpretations.

We try here to sketch the landscape of the planned transition by using footprints, handprints and blueprints, at least trying to do some “justice” to the steadfast endeavor China has been dedicated to addressing the challenges of ecological redlines.