Amid concerns as to how ‘green’ China can remain under the enormous economic pressure caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic, on 3 March 2020, the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council jointly released a Guideline on Building a Modern Environmental Governance System. Although
Mr. LI Ganjie, until recently China’s Minister for Environment and Ecology, has been appointed as Provincial Party Committee Member, Standing Committee Member, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Shandong Province on 9 April 2020. Mr. Sun Jinlong (Source: MEE) According to the official website of the Ministry of
Coal power plant (Copyright: Shutterstock/Kodda) With the release of its annual coal early warning system in February, China’s energy authority NEA has signalled increased scope for licencing new coal-fired power plants. On 26 February 2020, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) published its ‘Circular on 2023 risk and early warning
On 27 December 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the Notice on Emissions Data Collection for 2019. As in past years, this refers to companies that emit more than 26,000 t CO2 per year and that are part of the eight sectors that are to be included
Zhao Yingmin, Copyright MEE. For more than ten years, Xie Zhenhua headed the Chinese delegation in international climate negotiations, making him China’s leading climate negotiator and one of the world’s longest-serving climate diplomats. Whilst vigorously defending China’s right to development in earlier negotiations, Xie Zhenhua later became one of the
China’s capital follows the suit of another Chinese mega-city, Shanghai, and plans to unfold a full-scale mandatory municipal solid waste (MSW) segregation plan in May 2020. As expected, the measure will include fines of up to RMB 200 (approx. EUR 27) for individuals failing to distinguish between recyclable, organic, hazardous
Among several energy policies that have been announced during this reporting period, three are of particular relevance for the Chinese energy system. Firstly, the State Council has announced that China’s coal power prices will shift from fully government-regulated to partially market-based, although they will remain capped. Power generators, electricity retailers
On 25 September 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued a notice on national ETS training for the trial calculation of allocating power sector allowances and administrative management. Eight sessions comprising 17 training courses are to be held during the period from 22 October to 8 December for
The National Energy Committee held its fourth session on 11 October 2019. Chaired by Prime Minister LI Keqiang, the announcements and decisions of this body carry great weight and communicate the political priorities for the following years. As such, these decisions will probably be reflected in the forthcoming 14th Five-Year
