July 17, 2018 – During the 20th EU-China summit, Brussels and Beijing signed a strategic partnership including a renewed commitment to carbon market cooperation, while the joint statement of the summit also mentioned the recently launched second phase of the EU-China ETS cooperation project. Some commentators saw these steps as a further sign of China’s commitment to the development of its national ETS.
MEE has built an online Helpdesk on the national ETS on the official website
In January 2023, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) gradually began publishing Frequently Asked Questions series for the national ETS implementation on the official