1,000 leading Chinese enterprises ordered to meet global energy standards

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the nation’s top economic planner, launched its “Top-1,000 Enterprise Energy Efficiency Action Plan” on Friday.

Under the program, China’s 1,000 largest domestic enterprises are required to meet global energy efficiency requirements and take the lead in the field domestically as part of the country’s endeavors to reduce energy consumption.
The enterprises consume one third of China’s primary energy, mainly from the petrochemical, coal mining, metallurgical, electricity, transportation, iron and steel and construction materials sectors.

If this plan can be effectively carried out, 100 million tons of standard coal could be saved by 2010, said Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the NDRC.

Xinhua