China: Sixth Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development

This Five-Year Plan included massive investment for energy conservation, with funds equal to about 10 percent of energy supply investment into energy conservation projects. The major policies included: restructuring energy-intensive industries; reducing the direct burning of oil; increasing equipment and process efficiency with technology and eliminating the most inefficient equipment and production processes; issuing energy-consumption standards for energy-intensive products; using a system of rewards and penalties to encourage energy-conservation activities; providing low-interest loans for some energy conservation projects; and supporting research and development in energy-conservation technologies.

Date Implemented:1981-1985

Status: Still in Force; Mandatory

References: Executive Summary of the National Communication to the UNFCCC