China is working towards the energy transition and is in the process of drawing up corresponding roadmaps for the overall economy and industrial sectors. All companies will have to follow these plans in future – without jeopardizing their economic success. „In China, politics and business are often difficult to separate. The industry has to implement the policy guidelines, and it is doing so,“ says Jens Hildebrandt, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Beijing and Executive Director of the German Chamber of Commerce (AHK). German companies are to sell the relevant technologies and services to China. They could play a profitable role.