China: Energy Conservation in Buildings

Within its 11th Five-Year Period, China plans to reduce residential and public buildings’ energy consumption by 50%, saving 50 million tons of standard coal. The federal plan for energy conservation in buildings formally mandates:
- the quick technical reform of heat-supply systems nation-wide;
- renewed efforts to promoting building energy efficiency technology and related products; and
- renovation of existing buildings in the nation’s cold northern regions, with particular focus on hotels. 

China: Efficiency Upgrade for Appliance Production and Public Lighting

China: End-Use Energy Efficiency Programme (EUEEP)

China: National Medium-and Long-Term (2006-2020) Program Outline for Scientific and Technological Development

Designated “energy” as the No. 1 area that “needs urgent S&T support”. The document mapped out a host of government-supported plans covering key fields of study, cutting-edge technologies, big special programs, as well as basic research.

Date Implemented: 2006

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

China: 11th Five-Year Plan

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. In its “alternative oil strategy,” which is part of the Five-Year Plan, Beijing has called for a doubling in renewable energy generation to 15% of the country’s needs by 2020, including major increases in wind power and biomass.

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

China: Renewable Energy Law

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