Achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision of the Party Central Committee and a solemn commitment made by my country to the international community. In order to better promote the achievement of the carbon peak and carbon neutral goal, it is recommended that the national level promptly formulate an action plan for carbon emissions peaking before 2030, and provide guidance and basis for the development of carbon emission peaking action plans in various regions and fields.

News Spotlight

National Development and Reform Commission: The implementation plan for carbon peaking in coal, power, steel and other industries will be compiled.According to the Securities Times, the Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, Su Wei, said that the National Development and Reform Commission is currently studying and formulating a specific action plan for peaking carbon before 2030, focusing on the goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, and reasonably determining the main areas, Organize and implement a number of actions to achieve peak goals in key industries. Under the framework of the carbon peak action plan, a series of implementation plans for coal, power, steel, petrochemical, and chemical industries have been formulated and issued.

Ministry of Ecology and Environment: The national carbon market will issue registration transaction settlement rules as soon as possible.According to the Securities Times, Li Gao, director of the Department of Climate Change Response of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the formulation of relevant regulations on carbon emissions trading is being stepped up. At present, the construction of the national carbon market has entered a critical stage, and the relevant rules for registered transaction settlement will be released as soon as possible, the further construction of the registered transaction system will be completed, the running test of allowance allocation will be organized, and online trading will be launched as soon as possible.

China Electricity Council: It is estimated that the electricity consumption of the whole society will increase by 7%-8% in 2021.According to the Securities Times, the China Electricity Council stated that considering the domestic and international economic situation, the low base of the previous year, electric energy substitution and other factors, as well as the uncertainty of the external environment, it is expected that the growth rate of electricity consumption in the whole society will be high and then low in 2021. , The electricity consumption of the whole society will increase by 7%-8% throughout the year. If there is a long-term and large-scale high temperature weather in summer, the growth rate of electricity consumption in the whole society will probably exceed 8%, and the growth rate of electricity consumption will significantly exceed the previous year. .

Domestic News

National Development and Reform Commission: Carrying out work related to carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the petrochemical and chemical industry.According to the Securities Times, a few days ago, the Industrial Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission went to Shandong to investigate the development of the petrochemical and chemical industry. According to the research team, in accordance with the relevant arrangements of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Industrial Development is actively carrying out work related to carbon peaking and carbon neutralization in the petrochemical and chemical industry, coordinating the relationship between development and emission reduction, and promoting the realization of the carbon peaking and carbon neutral goal on schedule. Petrochemical and chemical enterprises must actively adapt to the development situation of carbon peak and carbon neutral, and realize low-carbon and green development.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a video dispatch meeting for industrial energy conservation supervision in 2021.On April 22, the Energy Conservation Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized a video dispatch meeting for industrial energy conservation supervision work, introduced the work ideas and key tasks of industrial energy conservation supervision in 2021, and interpreted the "Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the implementation of industrial energy conservation supervision work in 2021 ", require all regions to carry out in-depth special energy efficiency supervision of key industries, key energy-using products and equipment, data centers, etc., and continue to do a good job in daily energy-saving supervision.

Shanxi continues to promote provincial coal enterprises to increase the proportion of advanced production capacity.According to the Securities Times, on April 23, the Shanxi Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission held a meeting of leaders of provincial enterprises and municipal SASAC. The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to deepen supply-side structural reforms and continue to promote provincial coal companies to increase the proportion of advanced production capacity; to further promote the comprehensive reform of the energy revolution pilot projects, and promote provincial companies to further improve the degree of intelligence, mechanization, and raw coal selection rate of coal mines. Strengthen research on green, low-carbon and clean utilization of coal, and increase investment in clean and renewable energy.

Shandong has expanded its automobile consumption and raised 4.3 billion yuan to subsidize the promotion and application of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.According to news from Volkswagen Daily on April 23, the Department of Finance of Shandong Province stated that Shandong is committed to expanding auto consumption, raising 4.3 billion yuan, subsidizing the promotion and application of pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and supporting national three and below emission standards. The elimination of operating diesel trucks has continued to unleash the potential of automobile consumption.

The Fujian-Guangdong Electric Power Interconnection Project has started construction and is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2022.According to CCTV News, on April 23, the construction of the Fujian-Guangdong Electric Power Interconnection Project, a key energy project during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, started. This project is a landmark project for the State Grid and China Southern Power Grid to deepen cooperation and promote interconnection. Later, it will realize the interconnection of the power grids between Guangdong and Fujian for the first time, and promote the optimization of my country's energy resources on a larger scale. The line has a total length of 303 kilometers, a rated capacity of 2 million kilowatts, and an investment of 3.2 billion yuan. It is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2022.

my country opened its first pipeline gas pre-sale transaction.According to the Securities Times, a few days ago, the pipeline gas pre-sale transaction jointly launched by the China National Petroleum Sales Branch and the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Trading Center went online. This transaction conforms to the trend of my country's natural gas market reform. After pre-sale, the order can be transferred on the premise that the pipeline transmission conditions are met. The price is set by the market, providing my country's natural gas market participants with new features of guaranteed supply, stable price, and lock-in volume. Transaction mode.

international News

The Secretary-General of the United Nations urges developed countries to make greater contributions to climate action.According to Xinhua News Agency, UN Secretary-General Guterres attended the leaders’ climate summit via video, urging developed countries to make greater contributions to climate action, and asking developed countries to fulfill their public climate funding commitments at the G7 summit in June. , Including a long-term commitment of US$100 billion per year for climate action in developing countries.

Japan plans to generate over 50% of its electricity from non-fossil fuels in 2030.According to the Nikkei Chinese website, Hiroshi Ai Kajiyama of Japan's economy and industry said that it will increase the proportion of electricity that does not use fossil fuels, such as renewable energy and nuclear energy, to more than half of the overall policy. On April 22, the Japanese government set a new goal of 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2013. In order to achieve this goal, we will promote decarbonization in the field of power generation that emits 40% of greenhouse gases.

The Canadian government announced an increase in emission reduction targets.According to China News.com, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at the leaders’ climate summit that as one of the signatories of the Paris Agreement, Canada will increase its emission reduction targets and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. To 40% to 45% of the 2005 level.Editor/Baohongying