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Title in national language: 
2014-2015年节能减排低碳发展行动方案
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2014
Effective Start Year: 
2014
Effective End Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry, Transport, Building, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Gas, Other
Issued by: 
State Council of China
Overall Summary: 
The policy reinforces the targets of energy intensity reduction and the emission reduction, therefore to achieve the targets made for the 12th Five-Year Plan. The policy specifies the work plans for the year 2014-2015, in the field of industry structure reform, encouraging the technology support and the further policy support etc.
Efficiency
EE targets: 
During 2014-2015, the energy intensity per unit GDP should decrease by 3.9%[...] ---Vigorously implement the energy-saving technological transformation project, formulate an energy-saving capacity of 32 million tce by utilising optimized energy system etc.[...]. Speed up the implementation of energy-saving technology and equipment industrialization demonstration project, obtain the energy-saving capacity of 11 million tce. Implement energy efficiency leader program and energy contract management project, therefore cultivate the energy-saving capacity of 22 million tce. ---The energy-saving capacity for transport in terms of railway, waterway etc. should be more than 14 million tce,[...]. ---[...]During 2014-2015, the national public institutions’ energy consumption should be reduced by 2.2% per unit building area --- [...] promote the power demand side management mechanism, during 2014-2015, save 40 billion kwh of electricity, saving 9 million kilowatts of power.
EE action plans: 
Accelerate the renovation of coal - fired boilers. Carry out the boiler energy consumption and pollution emissions survey. Implementation of coal - fired boiler energy saving and environmental protection comprehensive upgrading project. ---[...] increase the motor vehicles’ emission reduction. By the end of 2014, supply the diesel of national standard IV [...] --- Strengthen industrial energy saving and carbon reduction. Implement industrial energy efficiency improvement plan[...] to carry out industrial green development special action[...] --- Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction. Deeply develop green building operations and actions. The governmental institutions and public invested buildings [...]should achieve the green building standards. By 2015, [...] new green building should be 300 million square meters[...] --- Strengthen energy saving in the field of transportation. Speed up the construction of comprehensive transport system, to carry out green recycling low - carbon transport system construction demonstration project[...]
EE labeling: 
Implement energy efficiency labeling and energy-saving low-carbon product certification. Revise energy efficiency labeling management measures[...] integrate energy efficiency labeling system and low carbon product certification system, the development of energy-saving low-carbon product certification [...]
Energy Service Companies (ESCOs): 
Actively cultivate third-party organizations such as energy-saving audits institutions, energy-saving low-carbon certification institutions and carbon emission verification institutions[...] By 2015, the output value of energy service industry for energy saving and environmental protection will reach 4.5 trillion yuan.
EE financial incentives: 
Strengthen fiscal and taxation support.Governments at all levels should increase the financial support for energy-saving emission reduction efforts, integrate energy-saving emission reduction funds in various fields, strengthen co-ordination arrangements[...].
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Take a variety of publicity and education activities to mobilize the public to participate in energy-saving emission reduction initiative.
Environment
Pollution level targets, PM10, PM2.5, SOx, NOx: 
[...] by the end of 2015, the sulfur dioxide reduction should be 2.3 million tons, nitrogen oxide emission reduction more than 2.6 million tons. ---during the 2014-2015, the SO2 emission should reduce by 2%, the NOx emission should decrease be more than 5%
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
During the 12th Five-Year Plan, the carbon dioxide reduction should be 280 million tons.
Pollution control action plans: 
Accelerate the renovation of coal - fired boilers. Carry out the boiler energy consumption and pollution emissions survey. Implementation of coal - fired boiler energy saving and environmental protection comprehensive upgrading project. --- Strengthen energy saving in the field of transportation. Speed up the construction of comprehensive transport system, to carry out green recycling low - carbon transport system construction demonstration project[...] ---Strengthen the role of environmental impact assessment. Strictly implement the environmental evaluation and energy consumption evaluation for projects. The new built high energy consumption and high emission project must reach the domestic advanced level. [...]
Carbon markets: 
promote carbon emissions trading pilot, establish the national carbon emissions trading market.
Green finance: 
Promote green financing. Bank and financial institutions have to speed up the innovation for financial products, deepen the support the for energy conservation and emission reduction projects.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
Improve the policy for pricing. [...] Implement differential pricing and punitive tariff policy[...]
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
Increase the natural gas supply[...]
Energy mix: 
[...]strictly control coal consumption, reduce the proportion of coal consumption. [...] increase the supply of natural gas, optimize the use of natural gas[...] Vigorously develop non-fossil energy, by 2015 the proportion of non-fossil energy will account 11.4% of primary energy consumption.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Strengthen the surveillance. Strengthen energy-saving monitoring capacity-building, by 2015 establish the provincial-municipal-local governments level energy-saving monitoring system.[...]
National policy structure: 
Improve the standards. Promote the revision of energy conservation law, air pollution prevention and control law and environmental protection regulations, promote energy conservation assessment review, work on climate change legislation[...].
Statistics collection and management: 
Strengthen statistical warning. Strengthen the energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and pollutant emissions measurement and statistical capacity-building, and further improve the energy-saving emission reduction carbon measurement, statistics, monitoring, verification system to ensure that the relevant indicators of accurate data.
Public database availability: 
[...]strengthen the analysis and early warning, regularly release the information around the achievement of energy-saving targets and the main pollutant emissions data[...]
Technology
R&D energy efficiency: 
Strengthen technological innovation. Implement energy-saving emission reduction technology and special actions, implement demonstration projects for key industry and low-carbon technology innovation[...]