By Colleen Howe

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s climate goals made public on Wednesday promise the continued expansion of renewable energy, which it has already added at a rapid pace, but make no specific commitment to increase its share in power generation or scale back coal.

In announcing the country’s first carbon reduction goals, President Xi Jinping said China would increase its wind and solar power capacity, already the world’s largest, by six times from 2020 levels to 3,600 gigawatts by 2035.

Last year, China reached a target to bring total wind and solar generating capacity to 1,200 GW six years ahead of schedule, reflecting what analysts said is its penchant for setting goals it knows it can meet.

Yao Zhe, global policy adviser for Greenpeace East Asia, said this week’s updated tar

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