Original Title: Notice from the Municipal Government Office on Issuing the Work Plan for Accelerating the Establishment of a Dual-Control System for Carbon Emissions in Wuxi
To implement relevant national and provincial directives and accelerate the establishment of our city’s dual-control system for carbon emissions, this work plan has been formulated in accordance with our city’s actual conditions.
I. Objectives and Requirements
By 2025, based on the carbon emission accounting standards for relevant industries and enterprises and product carbon footprint standards issued by the central and provincial governments, and in conjunction with the national greenhouse gas emission factor database, the municipal carbon management platform will be fully established. The city’s carbon emission statistical accounting system will be further improved, and relevant measurement, statistical, and monitoring capabilities will be continuously enhanced, providing a strong guarantee for the smooth achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.
During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, implement a dual-control system for carbon emissions that prioritizes intensity control while supplementing it with total volume control. Incorporate carbon emission targets into the national economic and social development plan, strengthen carbon emission accounting capabilities in key industries and sectors,improve management systems for key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting entities, conduct carbon emission assessments for fixed-asset investment projects, establish a product carbon footprint management system and a product carbon labeling and certification system, and comprehensively advance the work on “local carbon assessment, industry carbon control, enterprise carbon management, project carbon evaluation, and product carbon footprint.” We will build a systematic and comprehensive dual-control system for carbon emissions to ensure the timely achievement of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.
After reaching carbon peak, implement a dual-control system for carbon emissions that prioritizes total volume control while supplementing it with intensity control. Further strengthen carbon emission control requirements for all regions, key sectors, and enterprises; improve the product carbon footprint management system; promote the product carbon labeling and certification system; and drive a steady decline in total carbon emissions.
II. Key Tasks
(1) Improving the Local Carbon Assessment System
1. Strengthen the guiding role of carbon emission planning. Conduct a comprehensive inventory of the city’s carbon sources and sinks to establish and improve Wuxi’s “carbon ledger.” Incorporate carbon emission targets into the national economic and social development plan, designate the reduction of carbon emission intensity as a binding indicator for national economic and social development, and carry out carbon emission total accounting; energy consumption intensity will no longer be treated as a binding indicator.
2. Establish a two-tier carbon emission budget management system at the municipal and municipal (county/district) levels. Research and formulate an implementation plan for Wuxi’s carbon budget management, launch pilot carbon emission budget preparation, conduct annual analyses of carbon emission trends and target projections, and strengthen coordination with the national carbon emissions trading market.During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, formulate carbon emission budgets based on carbon emission intensity reduction targets and adjust them dynamically. Research and implement a three-tier carbon emission budget management system covering the municipal, municipal (county) district, and key carbon-emitting entity levels, and establish carbon emission budget ledgers for key carbon-emitting entities at both the citywide and regional levels.
3. Promote zero-carbon industrial parks as pilot projects for local carbon assessment. Deepen the development of zero-carbon industrial parks and advance the implementation of the Wuxi Three-Year Action Plan for Zero-Carbon Industrial Park Development (2025–2027). With the creation of zero-carbon industrial parks as the primary task, simultaneously advance four supporting initiatives: zero-carbon factories, integrated source-grid-load-storage projects, virtual power plants, and zero-carbon service providers.Take the lead in key industrial parks to advance work such as total carbon emissions accounting and carbon emissions budget management, laying a solid foundation for citywide implementation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
(2) Enhancing Carbon Management Capabilities Across Industries
4. Improve carbon emission accounting mechanisms in key sectors. Leverage the roles of sectoral regulatory authorities and industry associations to focus on industrial sectors such as power, steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, petrochemicals, and chemicals, as well as sectors including urban and rural construction and transportation. In accordance with the scope of carbon emission accounting for each sector, conduct carbon emission accounting for key sectors based on data from energy and industrial statistics, carbon emission calculations for energy activities and industrial production processes, and the national carbon emissions trading market, and establish a regular accounting and evaluation mechanism.
5. Establish a carbon emissions monitoring and early warning mechanism for key sectors. Accurately assess the baseline carbon emissions and reduction potential of key sectors, establish a regular monitoring and reporting mechanism for carbon emissions data, routinely conduct analysis and monitoring of carbon emissions trends, issue early warnings for sectors with rapid carbon emissions growth, and, as appropriate, implement measures such as strict scrutiny of new projects and rigorous management of key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting entities.
6. Accelerate the "Smart, Digital, and Green" Transformation in Key Industries and Sectors. Accelerate industrial transformation, upgrading, and structural adjustment in key industries and sectors. Coordinate the advancement of intelligent upgrades, digital transformation, and green development to build a green and low-carbon industrial system characterized by integrated and symbiotic industrial chains and efficient use of resources and energy, thereby significantly enhancing the level of industrial greening.Promote the implementation of the Traditional Industry Revitalization Project in sectors such as light industry, textiles, chemicals, metallurgy, building materials, and machinery manufacturing, and advance the implementation of all tasks related to the revitalization and upgrading of traditional industries through a list-based approach.
(3) Improve corporate carbon management mechanisms
7. Improve the management system for key energy-consuming and carbon-emitting enterprises. Research and formulate the "Measures for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Key Energy-Consuming and Carbon-Emitting Units," incorporating carbon emission control requirements into the existing management system for key energy-consuming units. Organize key enterprises to conduct carbon emission benchmarking, carbon reduction diagnostics, and low-carbon technology upgrades, and implement energy performance contracting, carbon asset management, green electricity and green certificate trading, carbon efficiency codes, and digital passports.Strengthen the provision, verification, and calibration of energy and carbon emission measurement instruments to ensure compliance with energy conservation and carbon reduction management requirements. Encourage enterprises to utilize the municipal carbon management platform to establish corporate carbon accounts, enhance digital and intelligent carbon emission management capabilities, and select enterprises with a solid foundation to gradually advance real-time online monitoring of carbon emissions.
8. Fully leverage the regulatory role of market mechanisms. Utilize the Wuxi Green Electricity and Green Certificate Service Center to provide enterprises with one-stop transaction guidance, certificate issuance, and other services, thereby promoting green electricity consumption.Encourage key emitting enterprises to fulfill their obligations in the national carbon market while supporting their green and low-carbon development through the purchase of green electricity and green certificates, as well as China Certified Voluntary Emission Reductions (CCERs). Support enterprises in developing voluntary emission reduction projects and actively participating in transactions within the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market and the Wuxi regional voluntary emission reduction market (Wuxi Carbon Benefits), thereby driving emission reductions on a larger scale.
9. Accelerate the R&D, application, and promotion of advanced zero-carbon technologies. Strengthen the role of enterprises as the primary drivers of innovation, encouraging them to accumulate experience and technology for industry-wide emissions reductions through technological innovation and international cooperation by launching pilot projects. Promote collaboration among enterprises, universities, research institutes, and other innovation entities with the government to continuously increase investment in green and low-carbon technology R&D, and explore technological development and pilot applications in fields such as renewable energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy, green methanol, CCUS carbon capture technology, and ecological carbon sinks.
(IV) Conduct Carbon Assessments for Projects
10. Implement carbon emission assessment requirements for fixed-asset investment projects. Improve Wuxi’s Administrative Measures for Energy Efficiency Reviews of Fixed-Asset Investment Projects by incorporating carbon emission assessment requirements into energy efficiency reviews. Conduct comprehensive evaluations of project energy consumption and carbon emissions, and use the review findings as a key basis for project commencement, completion acceptance, and operational management. Strengthen mid-process and post-process supervision of energy efficiency reviews.
11. Implement the environmental impact assessment system for construction projects. Incorporate greenhouse gas emission control into environmental impact assessments. In key industries such as power, steel, building materials, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, and chemicals, conduct forecasts and evaluations of greenhouse gas emission volumes and levels for construction projects, and strengthen the coordinated control of pollution reduction and carbon reduction.
(V) Establish a Product Carbon Footprint Management System
12. Formulate product carbon footprint calculation rules. Following the principle of prioritizing urgent needs, organize relevant industry associations, enterprises, and research institutions to strengthen vertical coordination with national and provincial industry authorities and industry associations, and enhance exchanges and cooperation on domestic and international carbon footprint methodologies, technical specifications, and talent development.Under the unified guidance of provincial-level departments, and in conjunction with the characteristics of local key industries, formulate and publish group standards for product carbon footprint accounting. Actively seek to participate in national and provincial pilot programs for product carbon labeling and certification, striving to take the lead in establishing a framework of group standards, local standards, industry standards, and ultimately national standards. Accelerate the construction of municipal carbon management platforms and, in accordance with the principle of “adequate supply at low cost,” provide enterprises with services including data support, carbon footprint accounting and certification, supply-demand matching, policy dissemination, and education and training.
13. Strengthen the development of product carbon footprint background databases.Leveraging the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor Database, the Jiangsu Provincial Product Carbon Footprint Public Service Platform, and relevant domestic and international carbon emission databases, we will continuously strengthen the development of background databases for carbon footprints in key local industries such as power transmission and distribution, electric two-wheelers, textiles, new energy vehicles, and semiconductor chip manufacturing. We will establish the municipal carbon management platform as the city’s central hub for data aggregation, management, and services regarding carbon footprints, providing enterprises with cost-effective public services including data support, carbon footprint calculation, supply-demand matching, policy dissemination,training, and consumer guidance. Encourage relevant industry associations, enterprises, and research institutions to explore the development of product carbon footprint background databases for specific sub-sectors, thereby diversifying data sources for these databases. Support enterprises in voluntarily sharing carbon footprint data; after undergoing peer review, verification by industry authorities, and traceability checks, such data will be systematically incorporated into municipal and provincial carbon footprint background databases. Ensure effective integration between the municipal carbon footprint database and provincial and national databases.Strengthen data security risk management for the product carbon footprint public service platforms within industry-specific carbon footprint databases.
14. Establish a product carbon labeling certification system. In accordance with the nationally unified product certification catalog, certification rules, and certification labels, accelerate the promotion of product carbon footprint labeling and certification. Based on market demand, prioritize the implementation of product carbon labeling certification in industries such as batteries, photovoltaics, steel, and power transmission and distribution equipment. Support enterprises in exploring carbon labeling certification for distinctive products such as wind power equipment, textiles, and green building materials.Encourage enterprises to participate in carbon labeling and certification on a voluntary basis, and guide them to display and use carbon labels on products, packaging, advertisements, and other relevant locations. Promote international mutual recognition of carbon labels. Encourage relevant industry associations, enterprises, and research institutions to actively participate in the formulation and revision of domestic and international carbon footprint standards and rules, as well as in carbon footprint-related green initiatives and exchange activities, to facilitate cross-regional coordination and mutual recognition in carbon footprint accounting, evaluation, labeling, and certification.
15. Expand the application scenarios for product carbon footprints.Encourage enterprises to establish green and low-carbon supply chains based on industry development levels and their own actual conditions, driving upstream and downstream enterprises to strengthen carbon footprint management and promoting the overall green and low-carbon transformation of the supply chain. Explore the establishment of a product life cycle carbon footprint traceability mechanism, guiding enterprises to benchmark against advanced international and domestic standards to identify weaknesses in production and distribution. Based on carbon footprint calculation results, carry out process improvements and strengthen energy conservation and carbon reduction management to reduce carbon emissions across the entire product life cycle.Strengthen the integration and adoption of carbon footprint data in policies related to green procurement, green consumption, and green finance. Encourage the public to purchase and use products bearing carbon footprint labels, and establish incentive mechanisms for green consumption of low-carbon products in conjunction with the development of the carbon credit system. Encourage eligible enterprises to disclose product carbon footprint information in accordance with laws and regulations, thereby generating replicable and scalable best practices.
III. Implementation
All regions and relevant departments must thoroughly implement the requirements set forth by the central government, provincial, and municipal authorities, accelerate the establishment of a dual-control system for carbon emissions, refine implementation plans based on local conditions, and diligently advance key tasks in accordance with their respective responsibilities to continuously strengthen the foundation of this work.The Municipal Development and Reform Commission shall earnestly fulfill its coordination responsibilities regarding the “dual carbon” goals, strengthen the scheduling and promotion of implementation, enhance forward-looking policy research, promptly optimize relevant policy measures, improve the work advancement system, urgently address shortcomings in the work, and, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen publicity, interpretation, and education and training.
