Five ministries issue conservation action plan: by 2030 cut energy and water intensity vs 2025 by ~10% each, land intensity by 15%. | China Day chinaday.news
Xinhua (about 21:38) reported that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on 4 November that the NDRC, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources and the National Government Offices Administration had jointly issued an Action Plan for Implementing the Comprehensive Conservation Strategy. By 2030 the plan aims for a sounder conservation system and markedly higher resource efficiency, cutting energy use, water use and construction-land use per unit of GDP by about 10%, 10% and 15% respectively versus 2025, further reducing grain-chain losses and lifting annual recycling of major recyclables to 510 million tonnes. It sets tasks across seven areas covering energy, water, grain, land, minerals and materials plus public conservation awareness, with supporting measures on standards, policy, oversight and technology. Gov.cn the same day carried an NDRC Q&A saying the plan has nine chapters and 22 measures and will push revisions to the Energy Conservation Law and the Circular Economy Promotion Law among others. Xinhua English (about 00:10 on 5 November) carried the same targets. The Chinese readout landed about 21:38, after the 4 November 20:00 close, so it is logged today.
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