• Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2016

        National Plan for Mineral Resources (2016-2020)

        …control system for tungsten and rare earths exploitation;Establish the dynamic balance mechanism between rare earth mining consumption and new reserves; Accelerate the development of traceability system.By 2020, the total amount of rare earths exploitation (rare earth oxides, REO) should be controlled at 140,000 tons per year.The Plan encourages international cooperation, especially in the Belt and Road Region, China-Latin America and China-Africa. It actively promotes policy dialogue with multilateral organisations such as APEC and World Bank. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Plan focuses on oil and gas, iron, copper, aluminium and other minerals…

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2024

        Voluntary Carbon Market expansion to cover hydrogen

        Hydrogen is expected to be covered under the China Certified Emissions Reduction (CCER) mechanism (for the voluntary carbon market) that was restarted in 2024 after a 6-year pause. Methodologies for CCER issuance have been published for other clean technologies and it is anticipated that a methodology for hydrogen will be released in 2024

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2025

        Government-backed venture capital fund

        In early 2025, China announced plans for a government-backed venture capital fund of around USD 140 billion to support technology start-ups, including a focus on renewable energy.

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2018

        Announcement on Adjustment of Import Waste Management Catalogue Announcement No. 36 of 2009

        The Government of the People’s Republic of China through the General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Development and Reform Commission revised and supplemented the “Catalogue of Solid Wastes Prohibited from Import”. This included imported solid wastes that did not comply with the “Catalogue of Solid Wastes that Can Be Used as Raw Materials in the Restricted Import Category”. Battery scraps, such as black mass, were prohibited within this list. Recycled black mass for lithium-ion batteries meeting GB/T 45203 requirements, however, is excluded from solid waste classification and may be imported…

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2023

        Announcement on the Optimisation and Adjustment of Temporary Export Control Measures for Graphite Items

        …strength, high-purity, high-density synthetic graphite materials and products.natural flake graphite products including spherical graphite and expanded graphite. The policy also removes the temporary export control on other “less sensitive” graphite products, such as Carbon Electrodes for Furnaces, primarily used in the steel, metallurgy, and chemical sectors.  Since 2006, the Chinese government has been imposing temporary export control on graphite. The new policy will replace its 2006 predecessor, which was a joint decision by the MOFCOM, GAC, and the State Administration for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defence that imposed temporary export controls on several graphite products.

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2024

        2024 Adjustment on import and export tariffs

        Starting from January 2024, China is implementing a reduction in import tariffs for 1,010 commodities, including lithium chloride, low-arsenic fluorspar, and gas diffusion layers for fuel cells.Import tariffs on some commodities, including ethylene, propylene, and LCD glass substrates below 6 generations have been increased.

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2013

        Interim Measures for the Administration of Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading

        …Province of 68.7 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 6 of 7 ETS locations. There currently lacks information on Chongqing and Shanghai accounts for 36.7 per cent of the total trading volumes. CCERs were traded at an average price of US$2.5 in Beijing and US$3.7 in Shanghai. The China Certified Emission Reduction Exchange Info-Platform is found on http://cdm.ccchina.gov.cn/ccer.aspx and run by the NDRC's Department of Climate Change. A total of 2296 CCER Projects have been approved by third-parties and their PDDs are openly available from the platform.

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2021

        New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)

        By 2035, China is planning to have a strong international foothold on new energy vehicle technologies. Domestically, the government wants all public transportation to be fully electrified, electric vehicles to account for the majority of new vehicle sales, and fuel cells and autonomous vehicles to be commercially available and applied. The New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan focuses on strategies and targets to promote new energy vehicles (including electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles). One of the main targets is to reach a fuel economy of 12kWh/100km for electric vehicles by 2025, and for new energy vehicles to…

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2016

        Light-duty Vehicles Emissions Standards

        In 2016, China released the Stage 6 Limits and Measurement Methods for Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles (GB18352.6—2016). This standard applies to light-duty vehicles (M1, M2, and N1 categories up to 3,500 kg of maximum mass) powered primarily by gasoline or diesel. The Stage 6 standard contains two sets of fuel-neutral emission limits — China 6a (set to be effective from July 2020, implementation delayed to January 2021) and 6b (effective from July 2023) — for air and climate pollutants, including carbon monoxide (CO), total hydrocarbons (THC), nitrogen oxides (NOX), particulate matter (PM), particle number (PN), and…

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2018

        Heavy-duty Vehicles Emissions Standards

        …2018, China released China VI emissions standards that apply to new heavy-duty diesel vehicles nationwide in two stages. The first stage, China VI-a, is largely equivalent to Euro VI and applied to gas engines in July 2019, urban HDVs in July 2020, and all new HDVs in July 2021. The second stage, China VI-b, adds requirements such as anti-tampering monitoring and remote on-board diagnostics data reporting that are expected to enhance real-world emissions compliance. China VI-b will apply to gas engines nationwide starting in January 2021 and all new HDVs in July 2023.

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