We will improve the institutions, mechanisms and policies for the transition to green and low-carbon energy

I. General requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.

 We will deepen the revolution in energy consumption, supply, technology and system, strengthen international cooperation on all fronts, and proceed from national conditions to balance development with security, steady growth and structural adjustment. We will deepen reform and innovation of energy systems and mechanisms, accelerate the building of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, and promote high-quality energy development and a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. It will provide a guarantee for the scientific and orderly promotion of the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality on schedule and the construction of a modern economic system.

(2) Basic principles.

-- Adhering to a systematic approach and making coordinated progress. Strengthen top-level design, give full play to institutional advantages, properly handle the relationship between development and emission reduction, overall and local, short and medium to long term, properly handle the complementarity, coordination and substitution between different energy varieties at various stages of the transformation, promote the optimal combination of coal and new energy, and coordinate the national and regional energy green and low-carbon transformation.

-- Ensuring a safe and orderly transition. Under the premise of ensuring energy security, orderly promote the green and low-carbon energy transformation, establish first and break later, adhere to the national "one game of chess", and strengthen the identification and control of risks in the transformation. On the basis of accelerating the formation of reliable supply capacity of clean and low-carbon energy, gradually carry out safe and reliable replacement of fossil energy.

-- Innovation-driven, intensive and efficient. Improve the innovation system and incentive mechanism in the energy sector, and enhance the innovation capacity of key core technologies. We will implement the policy of giving priority to conservation, strive to reduce resource consumption and carbon emissions per unit of output, increase the efficiency of energy system operation and resource allocation, and raise overall economic and social benefits. We will accelerate the formation of incentive and restraint mechanisms for reducing pollution and carbon.

-- Adhering to market leadership and government guidance. We will deepen structural reform in the energy sector, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and build an energy market system that is fair, open and effectively competitive. We will give better play to the role of the government, strengthen guidance in planning, policy support, and market regulation, and create a favorable environment for development.

(3) Main objectives.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, an institutional framework for promoting green and low-carbon energy development has been basically established, a relatively complete policy, standard, market and regulatory system has been formed, and a mechanism for promoting green and low-carbon energy transformation led by "dual control" of energy consumption and non-fossil energy target system has been built. By 2030, China will have basically established a complete basic system and policy system for green and low-carbon energy development, and form an energy production and consumption pattern in which non-fossil energy sources can basically meet the increase in energy demand, replace fossil energy stocks on a large scale, and comprehensively enhance energy security.

Second, improve the coordinated promotion mechanism for the implementation of the national energy strategy and plan

4. Strengthen the guiding and constraining role of energy strategies and plans. Guided by the national energy strategy, strengthen the leading role of the national energy plan, all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) formulate their own regional energy plans in light of the national energy plan and deployment and local realities, clarify the goals and tasks of green and low-carbon energy transformation, and strengthen the coordination and mutual benefit among various energy varieties, upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and between regions in the preparation and implementation of the plan. We will improve the overall transition to green and low-carbon energy and ensure the security of supply. We will strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of energy planning and improve the mechanism for dynamic adjustment of energy planning.

(5) Establish a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for green and low-carbon energy transition. We will focus on monitoring and evaluating indicators such as energy intensity, total energy consumption, the proportion of non-fossil energy and renewable energy consumption, and the carbon emission coefficient of energy consumption in various regions, and evaluate the implementation and actual effects of relevant mechanisms and policies for green and low-carbon energy transition. We will improve the assessment mechanism for green and low-carbon energy development, and strengthen the assessment in accordance with the energy-related binding indicators determined by the outline of the national economic and social development plan, the annual plan and the energy plan. All regions are encouraged to meet the minimum proportion of renewable energy consumption and other indicators stipulated by the state through regional cooperation or through the trading of renewable energy consumption.