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EU and China Enhance Cooperation on Emissions Trading

On June 18th, 2024, the European Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) of the People’s Republic of China signed the Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance cooperation on Emissions Trading (hereinafter referred to as “the MOU”) in Brussels to replace the previous one which was signed on July 18th, 2018. Building on the EU-China Climate Change Partnership and bilateral projects, the cooperation will continue for a period of five years.

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Work Plan for Accelerating the Establishment of a Dual Control System for Carbon Emissions

On August 2, the State Council released a “Work Plan for Accelerating the Establishment of a Dual-Control System for Carbon Emissions.” Historically, China has focused on managing both the total energy consumption and energy intensity since the 1980s—a strategy known as “dual control of energy.” However, with the growing need to combat climate change and utilize the comparative advantage of clean energy, the Chinese government announced in 2021 that it would gradually transform from a system of “dual control of energy” to a system of “dual control of carbon emission”. In July 2023, the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform officially endorsed the shift from energy dual control to carbon emission dual control.

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NDRC Publishes Power Market Operation Rules

On 14 May 2024, the NDRC published the Basic Rules for Power Market Operation. This marks the first revision of these rules in 19 years. The new market operation rules are a comprehensive package divided into eleven chapters and 45 articles, and define significant changes compared to the 2005 version. The new electricity market operation rules came into effect on 1 July 2024 and aim to improve various aspects of market design and operation.

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Progress Report on China’s Climate Change Adaptation (2023)

To make a first assessment on the implementation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change 2035, China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment (MEE) issued a progress report on China’s climate change adaptation on June 2, which systematically summarizes the achievements of China’s adaptation to climate change since 2022.

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Guidelines for Constructing Resilient Cities and Improving Public Infrastructure for Routine and Emergency Scenarios

The “Guidelines for Resilient Urban Planning and Land Policy with Integrated Dual-use (Routine-Emergency) Functions” require full play to the strategic guidance and rigid constraint role of national spatial planning in the construction of resilient cities, the improvement of public infrastructure for both Routine-Emergency use, to create livable, resilient, and smart cities.

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Action Plan for Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction in the Cement Industry

With its action plan, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) aims to provide guidance to China’s cement sector for achieving energy savings and carbon reduction. The main goals of the plan are to keep cement clinker production capacity at about 1.8 billion tons and to support the entire industry to comply with rules under an efficiency benchmark. The energy intensity of cement clinker production is targeted to decrease by 3.7% compared with 2020, thereby saving 5 million tons of standard coal and 13 million tons of CO2 by 2025.

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Establishment of Carbon Footprint Management System

China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment (MEE) issued a program for a carbon footprint management system to develop low-carbon supply chains. This program of MEE is the first national-level policy to establish a domestic carbon footprint management system. The target of the program is the establishment of a general standard for product carbon footprint (PCF) accounting with international standards. It will define about 100 carbon footprint accounting standards for key products until 2027 and 200 until 2030.

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China Issues Action Plan for Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction (2024-2025)

China’s State Council issued a 2024-2025 action plan for energy saving and carbon reduction. Goals include cutting energy consumption by 2.5% and CO2 intensity by 3.9% in 2024 while increasing non-fossil energy usage to 18.9% in 2024 and 20% in 2025. The plan projects a reduction of approximately 50 Mt of standard coal and a decrease in emissions by around 130 Mt of CO2. Measures involve strict coal consumption controls, the promotion of new energy vehicles, and enhanced energy efficiency in industries such as steel, petrochemicals, non-ferrous metals, building materials, architecture, transportation and public institutions.

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China’s Central Committee and State Council issued “The Opinions on Strengthening Ecological Environment Zoning and Control”

The General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued “The Opinions on Strengthening Ecological Environment Zoning and Control” (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) on March 17th.  It states that ecological environment zoning and control is an important measure to enhance the modernization of ecological environment governance,  to ensure ecological functions and improve environmental quality.

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