Programs, prices and policies towards energy conservation and environmental quality in China

by ZhongXiang Zhang

China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of programs, prices, market-based instruments, and other economic and industrial policies and measures targeted for energy saving and pollution cutting, and the associated implementation and reliability issues. The article ends with some concluding remarks and recommendations.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Zhang, ZhongXiang
Publisher:	Milano : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Subject:	Energy Saving \| Environmental Quality \| Low-Carbon Development \| Power Generation \| Energy Prices \| Market-Based Instruments \| Economic Policies \| Industrial Policies \| Resource Taxes \| Implementation and Reliability \| China \| Energieeinsparung \| Energy conservation \| Umweltpolitik \| Environmental policy \| Energiepolitik \| Energy policy \| Ökosteuer \| Environmental tax \| Industriepolitik \| Industrial policy \| Umweltbelastung \| Pollution \| Energiepreis \| Energy price \| Energiesteuer \| Energy tax \| Treibhausgas-Emissionen \| Greenhouse gas emissions \| Umweltschutz \| Environmental protection