CHINA STATE PLANNER and other departments issued a notice launching a three-year action from 2026 to comprehensively implement energy-saving and carbon-reduction retrofits in nine high-energy, high-emission sectors: steel, electrolytic aluminum, cement, flat glass, refining, ethylene, synthetic ammonia, methanol and coal-fired power. The notice identifies these sectors as top priority for raising energy and carbon efficiency, cutting coal consumption and lowering CO2 emissions. The program runs

CHINA STATE PLANNER and other departments issued a notice launching a three-year action from 2026 to comprehensively implement energy-saving and carbon-reduction retrofits in nine high-energy, high-emission sectors: steel, electrolytic aluminum, cement, flat glass, refining, ethylene, synthetic ammonia, methanol and coal-fired power. The notice identifies these sectors as top priority for raising energy and carbon efficiency, cutting coal consumption and lowering CO2 emissions. The program runs through 2028; from 2028 authorities may further expand the scope and phase in other industries, and local regions may begin orderly implementation earlier as needed.