Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stated on March 5th that China will take a firm stance against environmental pollution, aiming to reduce carbon dioxide emissions intensity by more than 3.1% this year (2015), reduce chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen emissions by 2%, and reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by 3% and 5% respectively. In his government work report delivered at the National People's Congress, Li Keqiang stated that China will promote new energy vehicles, vigorously develop wind power, photovoltaic power, and biomass energy, actively develop hydropower, safely develop nuclear power, and develop and utilize shale gas and coalbed methane. He emphasized controlling total energy consumption and strengthening energy conservation in key sectors such as industry, transportation, and construction. He also stressed the active development of a circular economy and the vigorous promotion of resource utilization of industrial waste and domestic garbage. The report pointed out the need to win the battle against energy consumption, emission reduction, and environmental pollution. China's energy conservation and environmental protection market has enormous potential, and the energy conservation and environmental protection industry should be developed into a new pillar industry. He further emphasized the need to implement the air pollution prevention and control action plan, implement regional joint prevention and control, promote ultra-low emission retrofitting of coal-fired power plants, and promote zero growth in coal consumption in key areas. In addition to expanding the carbon emissions trading pilot program, it is also necessary to implement an action plan for water pollution prevention and control, strengthen the treatment of pollution in rivers, lakes, and seas, as well as water pollution sources and agricultural non-point source pollution, and implement full-process supervision from water source to tap. Third-party environmental pollution control should be promoted, and legislation on environmental protection taxes should be improved. According to China's key energy conservation, pollution reduction, and carbon emission reduction development plan, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focusing on developing energy-saving, pollution-reducing, and carbon-emission-reducing equipment and components can also enhance their competitiveness and enter the Chinese domestic market. (Source: ...)
