China: Medium and Long Term Energy Conservation Plan

Plan of Energy Conservation aims to push the whole society towards energy conservation and energy intensity reduction, to remove energy bottlenecks, to build an energy saving society, and to promote sustainable social and economic development. In this plan, detailed energy conservation targets were set up. Key actions and comprehensive policy measures were put forward such as the Ten key projects for Energy Conservation. The programming period is divided into the Eleventh Five Year Plan period running to 2010 and the period from 2010 to 2020. The energy conservation objectives and the focus of development by 2010 are essentially planned, whereas the objectives stated for 2020 are proposed.
Specifically: Guidelines for Rural Hydropower plan to increase its installed hydropower capacity by 15 million kilowatts to supply electricity for 10 million rural residents from 2006 to 2010 by constructing 400 hydropower driven counties; Guidelines for Transport plan six railways for passenger transportation, including one between Beijing and Shanghai and five inter-city railways, 14 expressway by 2010; Plan for Energy Conservation aims to reduce energy consumption per capita by 20% in 2010, compared to 2005.

Date Implemented: 2004

Status: In Force; Framework policy

References: http://www.beconchina.org/energy_saving.htm