National Clean Energy Policy

Legal analysis: Energy has long been a hot and difficult issue in China's economic development. Whether the energy problem is solved or not has a direct impact on whether the national economy can realize sustainable development. With the international energy pattern of change, China is facing the world's energy strategic deployment of the challenges brought about by the countries, which is China's national economic development of a bottleneck, but also on the peaceful rise of China's severe test. Therefore, from a strategic height to comprehensively analyze the energy situation, in-depth study of energy development issues, the sustained and healthy growth of China's national economy and social development has an extremely important significance.

Legal basis: "Chinese People's *** and State Energy Conservation Law"

Article 6 The State implements the energy conservation target responsibility system and energy conservation assessment and evaluation system, and the completion of energy conservation targets as a local people's government and its responsible person assessment and evaluation.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government report annually to the State Council on the fulfillment of their responsibilities with respect to energy conservation targets.

Article 7 The State implements industrial policies conducive to energy conservation and environmental protection, restricts the development of high-energy-consuming and high-polluting industries, and develops energy-saving and environmentally friendly industries.

The State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall strengthen energy conservation, reasonably adjust the industrial structure, enterprise structure, product structure and energy consumption structure, promote enterprises to reduce the energy consumption per unit of output value and per unit of product, eliminate backward production capacity, improve the development, processing, conversion, transmission, storage and supply of energy, and improve the efficiency of energy utilization.

The State encourages and supports the development and utilization of new and renewable energy sources.

Article 8 The State encourages and supports the research, development, demonstration and popularization of energy-saving science and technology, and promotes the innovation and progress of energy-saving technology.

The State carries out publicity and education on energy conservation, incorporates knowledge of energy conservation into the national education and training system, popularizes scientific knowledge of energy conservation, enhances the awareness of energy conservation among the entire population, and advocates a conservation-oriented way of consumption.