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Table 3.4: Provinces and Cities Selected Under the Low Carbon Pilot Province and City
Programme of China
Low carbon Year Provinces Cities
pilot batch
Batch 1 2010 Guangdong, Liaoning, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Xiamen,
Hubei, Shaanxi, Yunnan Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang, Baoding
Batch 2 2012 Hainan Beijing, Shanghai, Shijiazhuang,
Qinhuangdao, Jincheng, Hulunbuir, Jilin,
Daxing’anling, Suzhou, Huai’an, Zhenjiang,
Ningbo, Wenzhou, Chizhou, Nanping,
Jingdezhen, Ganzhou, Qingdao, Jiyuan,
Wuhan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guangyuan,
Zunyi, Kunming, Yan’an, Jinchang, Urumqi
Source: National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation
The nominated pilot cities and provinces were expected to undertake 3.3
the following tasks:
• Develop and propose a low carbon development plan
• Formulate supportive policies for low carbon green growth
• Establishing a low carbon industrial system
• Establishing a greenhouse gas emission statistics and data
management system
• Encouraging low carbon lifestyle and consumption patterns
• Capacity development in the cities on data of GHG emissions
Of the first five pilot provinces and eight pilot cities, the key targets
are carbon intensity and energy intensity. Shenzhen city is the first to
propose to arrive at an emissions peak between 2017 and 2020. The
second batch of 29 low carbon pilot provinces and cities has announced
to curb the total amount of carbon emissions or the peak year for carbon
emissions. Cities were given flexibility to determine their targets, for
e.g., Xiamen has chosen a carbon emission target. See Figure 3.5 for
targets of pilot cities.
Yunnan Province established an annual provincial special
fund of RMB 30 million, running from 2011 to 2015, to drive low
emissions intensity infrastructure industry. Guangdong Province
also set up a special fund of RMB 30 million towards institutional
mechanisms for low carbon development management systems and
demonstration projects.
Hangzhou is one of the first cities in China to place the natural
environment at the centre of its development agenda. It has focussed its
efforts toward retrofitting existing buildings rather than the common
approach of seeking energy savings in new construction. The Hangzhou
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Programme of China
Low carbon Year Provinces Cities
pilot batch
Batch 1 2010 Guangdong, Liaoning, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Xiamen,
Hubei, Shaanxi, Yunnan Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang, Baoding
Batch 2 2012 Hainan Beijing, Shanghai, Shijiazhuang,
Qinhuangdao, Jincheng, Hulunbuir, Jilin,
Daxing’anling, Suzhou, Huai’an, Zhenjiang,
Ningbo, Wenzhou, Chizhou, Nanping,
Jingdezhen, Ganzhou, Qingdao, Jiyuan,
Wuhan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guangyuan,
Zunyi, Kunming, Yan’an, Jinchang, Urumqi
Source: National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation
The nominated pilot cities and provinces were expected to undertake 3.3
the following tasks:
• Develop and propose a low carbon development plan
• Formulate supportive policies for low carbon green growth
• Establishing a low carbon industrial system
• Establishing a greenhouse gas emission statistics and data
management system
• Encouraging low carbon lifestyle and consumption patterns
• Capacity development in the cities on data of GHG emissions
Of the first five pilot provinces and eight pilot cities, the key targets
are carbon intensity and energy intensity. Shenzhen city is the first to
propose to arrive at an emissions peak between 2017 and 2020. The
second batch of 29 low carbon pilot provinces and cities has announced
to curb the total amount of carbon emissions or the peak year for carbon
emissions. Cities were given flexibility to determine their targets, for
e.g., Xiamen has chosen a carbon emission target. See Figure 3.5 for
targets of pilot cities.
Yunnan Province established an annual provincial special
fund of RMB 30 million, running from 2011 to 2015, to drive low
emissions intensity infrastructure industry. Guangdong Province
also set up a special fund of RMB 30 million towards institutional
mechanisms for low carbon development management systems and
demonstration projects.
Hangzhou is one of the first cities in China to place the natural
environment at the centre of its development agenda. It has focussed its
efforts toward retrofitting existing buildings rather than the common
approach of seeking energy savings in new construction. The Hangzhou
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