"12Th Five-Year" Or Levy An Environmental Tax &Nbsp; &Nbsp; There Will Be Tremendous Business Opportunities In The Energy Saving Market.

Yesterday, the new China Office held a press conference on China's policies and actions to cope with climate change and the United Nations Conference on climate change in Cancun.

Jie Zhenhua, deputy director of the NDRC, introduced the relevant circumstances and answered questions from reporters.

Jie Zhenhua, deputy director of the NDRC, said at the news conference of the 23 new China office.

Whether carbon tax is levied is still under study.

Yesterday, the State Council held a press conference on China's policies and actions to cope with climate change and the United Nations Conference on climate change in Cancun.

At the meeting, Jie Zhenhua said that the relevant departments are actively studying the issue of levying environmental taxes, and it is possible to levy the "12th Five-Year" period.

But he stressed that during the "12th Five-Year" period, the state will make greater use of market mechanisms and economic means to achieve the goal of reducing carbon intensity. "For example, we have explored carbon trading in Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai and some places, and we may go faster in 12th Five-Year."

As for whether carbon tax is levied, Jie Zhenhua said "still studying".

Carbon intensity and other restrictive indicators

Before the Copenhagen conference last year, China announced the target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 to 40%-45% in 2005.

To this end, Jie Zhenhua said that in order to ensure the achievement of this goal, there will be some binding indicators in the 12th Five-Year plan, including carbon intensity, energy intensity, and the proportion of non fossil energy, and forest area and volume.

"After these indicators are confirmed, we will distribute them to all localities and industries in accordance with the specific circumstances of various localities, and may also be implemented to some specific enterprises and units."

Jie Zhenhua said.

In response to the problem of limiting the use of electricity by residents in energy conservation and emission reduction, he said that during the "11th Five-Year" period, "for the first time, we have no experience in defining the target of energy conservation and emission reduction.

Some places are loose and tight before execution.

By the end of this year, some erroneous practices have been adopted to achieve this goal.

At present, these problems are being solved step by step. "

In addition, Jie Zhenhua said that China has overfulfilled the task of reducing sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in 11th Five-Year, and the target of reducing energy consumption per unit GDP by around 20% is expected to be realized by the end of this year.

Energy saving and environmental protection industry has huge market potential.

During the "11th Five-Year" period, China's energy saving and environmental protection industry has made great progress. The state has invested about 200000000000 of its energy saving and emission reduction to drive 2 trillion of the whole society's investment.

Therefore, Jie Zhenhua said that the determination of binding targets in the "12th Five-Year plan" meant that the market potential of energy saving and environmental protection industry during the "12th Five-Year" period is very large.

In the future, the NDRC will formulate corresponding supportive economic policies accordingly to guide and support the development of the environmental protection industry.

For the "energy conservation and environmental protection industry development plan" discussed by the market, Jie Zhenhua revealed that on the afternoon of 24, the development and Reform Commission will hold an expert discussion, and will put forward opinions on the development plan of the energy conservation and environmental protection industry that will be submitted for consideration. After revision, it will be submitted for deliberation and final promulgation.

It is reported that "energy conservation and environmental protection industry development plan" will focus on supporting energy-efficient technology and equipment, energy-efficient products, energy saving service industry, advanced environmental technology and equipment, environmental protection products and environmental protection services, such as the six major areas.