On 29 August 2022, SONG Zhiping, the president of World Cement Association (WCA), announced the cement sector will be officially covered in the national ETS in his speech at the virtual meeting of “Carbon Asset Management and Dual Carbon Targets” held by WCA.

Study tours to Europe strengthen exchange on carbon markets and ETS
To enhance policy dialogue on carbon markets between China and Europe and to support the development of China’s national Emissions Trading System (ETS), GIZ organized two study tours to Germany and European Union institutions in October and November 2025. Tailored to the interests of policymakers and research institutions, the tours focused on ETS and advanced monitoring technologies.

