Five ministries issued a notice implementing the Comprehensive Energy‑Saving
Strategy Action Plan. They will tighten energy and carbon controls at project
approval: enforce energy reviews and carbon emission assessments for fixed‑asset
investment projects and strengthen combined scrutiny of project energy, coal
consumption and emissions. New, modified or expanded high‑energy, high‑emission
industrial projects must adopt carbon‑emission‑equivalent or net‑reduction
replacement. In key air‑pollution regions new/modified/expanded coal‑using
projects must legally implement coal‑equivalent or reduced replacement.
Authorities will accelerate clean replacement of coal‑fired boilers and
coal‑fired industrial kilns and fully eliminate coal boilers of 10 t/h or below.
They will speed conversion of coal units for heat and build supporting heating
networks, retire old inefficient coal units and boilers, and orderly phase out
low-efficiency agricultural, commercial and residential coal facilities.
