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Title in national language: 
中华人民共和国节约能源法(2018修正)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
2007
Effective Start Year: 
2018
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Other
Issued by: 
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China
Overall Summary: 
This Law is enacted with a view to promoting energy conservation in the whole society, enhancing energy utilization efficiency, protecting and improving environment, and promoting comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development.
Access
Energy access priorities: 
[P]eople’s government’s at all levels shall, in accordance with the principles of suitability to local conditions, enhance development of Energy in rural areas[....].
Efficiency
EE action plans: 
The standardization administrative department and other departments concerned under the State Council shall organize the formulation and real-time revision of relevant national standards and industrial standards for energy conservation, so as to establish and improve the energy conservation standard system.--- [...] formulate compulsory standards for energy consuming products' and equipment's energy efficiency standards as well as the energy consumption quota per unit of product for the products that consume much energy during the production process.
EE labeling: 
The State implements the energy efficiency label management to household appliances and other energy consuming products that are widely used and consume much energy. The catalogue of products to which the energy efficiency label management is implemented and the corresponding implementing measures shall be formulated and promulgated by the energy conservation administrative department under the State Council together with the product quality supervision department under the State Council. [E]nterprises and individuals manufacturing the energy-consuming products shall have the norm for energy consumption clearly indicated on the labels affixed to their products or in the specifications thereof.
EE industry standards: 
The State encourages enterprises to set down energy conservation standards stricter than national standards and industrial standards. ---It is prohibited to construct new industrial projects that are technically outdated, highly Energy-consuming, and prodigiously wasting Energy. [I]n designing and constructing buildings, Energy-conserving building structures, materials, appliances and products shall be employed according to the provisions of relevant laws and administrative rules and regulations in order to improve thermal and insulating performance and reduce Energy consumption for heating, cooling and lighting purposes.
EE building standards: 
National standards and industrial standards for construction energy conservation shall be set down by the construction administrative department under the State Council and be promulgated by following statutory procedures.
EE transport standards : 
The department concerned under the State Council shall set down fuel consumption quotas for transport vehicles, and any vehicle that does not meet the quota shall not be operated. The communications administrative department under the State Council shall strengthen supervision and administration of fuel consumption detection of transport vehicles.
EE financial incentives: 
The central finance and the provincial local finance shall arrange special energy conservation funds to support the research and development of energy conservation technologies, demonstration and popularization of energy conservation technologies and products, implementation of key energy conservation projects, publicity and training of energy conservation, information service, praises and awards, etc. The State applies preferential taxes and other supportive policies to the energy conservation technologies and products that need support and are listed into the popularization catalogue prescribed in Article 58 of this Law. The State supports the popularization and use of energy-saving lighting instruments and other energy-saving products through financial subsidies. The State applies tax policies good for conserving energy resources, improves the paid use system of energy and mineral resources, and promotes the conservation of energy resources and the enhancement of exploitation and utilization level.
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
The State carries out publicity and education of energy conservation, incorporates energy conservation knowledge into national education and training system, popularizes scientific knowledge about energy conservation, enhances the awareness of the whole people in energy conservation, and advocates energy-saving consumption patterns. When a real estate development enterprise sells houses, it shall clearly show warranty periods of energy saving measures and heat preservation works as well as other information about the houses it sells, indicate the said information in house sales contracts, quality warranty books and manuals, and be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of relevant information. [T]he States encourages and supports research and dissemination of science and technology for Energy conservation and makes greater efforts to publicize and educate the people in the importance of Energy conservation, spreading scientific knowledge about Energy conservation among all the people so as to enhance their awareness of the need.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
The State encourages the development and utilization of new and renewable resources of Energy.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
The energy conservation administrative department under the State Council shall take charge of energy conservation supervision and administration nationwide. The departments concerned under the State Council shall be responsible for energy conservation supervision and administration within the scope of their respective functions, and accept the guidance of the energy conservation administrative department under the State Council.The energy conservation administrative department under the local people's government at or above the county level shall take charge of energy conservation supervision and administration within its own administrative area. The departments concerned under the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for energy conservation supervision and administration within the scope of their respective functions, and accept the guidance of the energy conservation administrative department at the same level. -- The communications administrative department under the State Council shall take charge of the energy conservation supervision and administration of national transport sectors according to its functions. The communications administrative department under the State Council shall, jointly with the energy conservation administrative department under the State Council, formulate energy conservation plans for relevant sectors respectively. --The pubic institutions administrative departments under the State Council and the local people's governments at and above the county level shall, jointly with the departments concerned, formulate and organize the implementation of energy conservation plans for public institutions under their respective jurisdictions. The energy conservation plans for public institutions shall contain the energy conservation transformation plans for existing buildings of pubic institutions.
National policy structure: 
The State Council and the people's governments at and above the county level shall incorporate energy conservation work into national economic and social development plans, annual plans, and organize the formulation and implementation of long and medium-term special plans and annual energy conservation plans. The State Council and the people's governments at and above the county level shall report energy conservation work to the people's congress or the standing committee thereof at the corresponding levels every year. The energy conservation administrative department under the State Council shall, jointly with the departments concerned under the State Council, formulate the energy conservation technological policies for electric power, iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, oil processing, chemical, coal and other main energy consuming industries, and propel enterprises to carry out energy conservation technological transformation.
Statistics collection and management: 
Statistics offices under the people's governments at and above the county level shall, jointly with the departments concerned at the corresponding level, establish and improve an energy statistical system, improve the system of energy statistical indices, improve and regulate energy statistical methods, and ensure the truthfulness and integrity of energy statistics. The statistics administrative department shall, jointly with the energy conservation administrative department under the State Council, regularly publicize the energy consumption and energy conservation situations of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and main energy consuming industries.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
The State encourages industrial enterprises to adopt efficient and energy-saving motors, boilers, kilns, fans, pumps and other equipment as well as the technologies of cogeneration of heat and power, waste heat and pressure generating, clean coal and advanced energy consumption monitoring and control, etc.[...]
Low-emission and cleaner coal technology: 
[...]develop and disseminate the use of clean coal technologies, including fluidized bed combustion, smokeless combustion, and gasification and liquefaction, that are suited to domestic coals in order to increase coal utilization efficiency[...]
R&D energy efficiency: 
The energy conservation administrative department under the State Council shall, jointly with the science and technology administrative department under the State Council, issue the energy conservation technology and policy outline, and guide the research, development, popularization and application of energy conservation technologies. [T]he people's governments at and above the county level shall take energy conservation technology research and development as a key field of government science and technology investment, support scientific and research entities and enterprises to apply and study energy conservation technologies, set down energy conservation standards, develop common and crucial technologies for energy conservation, and promote innovation and achievement transformation of energy conservation technologies.