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5 control + 9 supporting indicators
How a county takes each one on

The comprehensive carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality indicator system, the policy behind each indicator, and the actual county-level levers — on one page. Every clause is excerpted from a public document, with document number, issuer and date.

14
Assessment indicator items
5 control + 9 supporting
18
Policy documents collected
Including provincial examples
3
Overall result grades
Excellent / qualified / unqualified

Indicators, item by item

Responsible ministries come from the assessment measures’ indicator system. County levers and our capabilities are our analysis, not the original text.

Control indicators (5)

Fail one or more control indicators and the overall result is unqualified.

1

Total carbon emissions

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、生态环境部
County lever

Map the jurisdiction’s emissions; compile a regional GHG inventory and annual carbon budget so target take-on is not done without a ledger

Our capability

Regional carbon accounting and carbon-budget management; five-domain inventory support

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2

Carbon-intensity reduction

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、生态环境部
County lever

Split the intensity target across industry, buildings, transport and public institutions; watch progress quarterly rather than totalling at year-end

Our capability

Carbon ledger and carbon examiner: target breakdown, progress monitoring, deviation alerts

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3

Total coal consumption

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、国家能源局、生态环境部
County lever

Replace coal-fired boilers; clean industrial heat; substitute scattered coal with electric boilers, heat pumps and waste-heat use

Our capability

Park and factory energy-system diagnosis and clean-heat retrofit schemes

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4

Total petroleum consumption

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、国家能源局
County lever

Electrify public-sector fleets, pair charging/swapping networks, electrify work vehicles and logistics

Our capability

Charging/swapping and PV-storage-charging build-and-operate; transport energy-carbon management

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5

Non-fossil energy share of consumption

Responsible ministry：国家能源局、国家发展改革委
County lever

Survey and scale distributed PV, distributed wind, biomass and geothermal resources

Our capability

Regional energy-resource survey, PV and storage construction, green-power direct-connection design

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Supporting indicators (9)

Fail three or more supporting indicators and the overall result is unqualified.

6

Energy consumption per unit of regional GDP, reduction

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委
County lever

Energy audits and retrofits of key energy-using units; online energy monitoring coverage

Our capability

Energy-management systems and energy audits; management files for key energy-using units

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7

Share of new clean electricity in annual new electricity consumption

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、国家能源局
County lever

Match new load with green power first; green-power direct connection for existing park load; GEC and green-power trading

Our capability

Green-power direct-connection design and source–load matching; green-power and GEC offtake ledgers

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8

Energy and carbon intensity per unit of above-scale industrial value-added, reduction

Responsible ministry：工业和信息化部
County lever

Energy-carbon retrofits of above-scale firms; zero-carbon factory cultivation; waste heat/pressure use

Our capability

Industrial energy-carbon management and zero-carbon factory construction support

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9

Implementation of carbon displacement and energy-conservation review for “two-high” industrial projects

Responsible ministry：国家发展改革委、工业和信息化部
County lever

Embed carbon evaluation in energy-conservation review of fixed-asset projects; keep a project carbon-evaluation ledger

Our capability

Dedicated carbon-evaluation capability for fixed-asset investment projects

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10

Green and low-carbon transition of urban and rural construction

Responsible ministry：住房城乡建设部
County lever

Existing-building retrofits, green-building share, renewable energy in buildings, low-carbon community construction

Our capability

Building and park energy-carbon management; low-carbon community scenes

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11

Green and low-carbon transition of transport

Responsible ministry：交通运输部
County lever

NEV uptake, charging/swapping facilities, higher green-travel share

Our capability

Transport energy-carbon management; charging/swapping and parking-plus-charging operations

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12

Public-institution carbon-intensity reduction

Responsible ministry：国管局
County lever

Office-compound retrofits, energy-cost hosting, conservation-oriented public-institution demonstration units

Our capability

Public-institution energy-carbon supervision and energy-cost hosting; zero-upfront retrofit models

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13

Carbon-control targets for sectors covered by the national ETS

Responsible ministry：生态环境部
County lever

List management of key emitting units, data-quality control, compliance-progress tracking

Our capability

Carbon-data management and compliance support for key emitting units

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14

Forest stock growth

Responsible ministry：国家林草局、自然资源部
County lever

Forest-tenure registration, county-scale forestry-sink development, sink-asset booking

Our capability

Ecological sink project-development advisory and carbon-asset management

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How counties take on the pressure

The assessed party is the province; three mechanisms pass the pressure down to the county.

Target breakdown

Provinces write provincial carbon-peaking action plans, turning national indicators into five-year and annual targets. The dual-control work plan lets provinces further split dual-control carbon indicators and pin duty on cities and key enterprises. Indicators travel down layer by layer; the county eventually has to produce accountable abatement.

Measures for Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality国办发〔2024〕39 号

Carbon budget

The national level pushes cities and provinces to build carbon-budget management and guides localities to pilot budgets. Provincial documents already encourage county regions and development zones to run carbon-budget management — the most direct policy cover for a county ledger.

国办发〔2024〕39 号黔发改环资〔2025〕459 号Work Plan for Improving the Carbon Emissions Statistics and Accounting System

Party–government joint responsibility

The energy-conservation opinions state that Party committees and governments at every local level take overall responsibility for energy conservation and carbon reduction in their jurisdiction, with the principal leader as first person accountable, and fold target completion into the comprehensive dual-carbon assessment. This clause reaches county level.

Opinions on Higher-Level, Higher-Quality Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction

Policy library

Grouped by level. Each file is tagged with document number, issuer and date of issue, plus excerpts of clauses that bear directly on county work. Excerpt only; no extra interpretation.

Policy on this page last checked：2026-07-29
Central

Measures for Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality

Issuer：
中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅
Date of issue：
2026-04
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China’s first comprehensive dual-carbon assessment measures. From 2026 they evaluate provincial Party committees and governments, with Party–government joint responsibility and dual duties per post.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Apply from 2026 to provincial (autonomous-region, municipality) Party committees and governments on carbon peaking and neutrality tasks and the green transition of the economy and society
  • Set control and supporting indicators: 5 control plus 9 supporting
  • Each indicator is pass or fail; overall result is excellent, qualified or unqualified
AssessmentTarget breakdownParty–government joint responsibility
Central

Opinions on Higher-Level, Higher-Quality Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction

Issuer：
中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅
Date of issue：
2026-04
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Places energy-conservation and carbon-reduction responsibility on Party committees and governments at every local level, and folds target completion into the comprehensive dual-carbon assessment.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Party committees and governments at every local level take overall responsibility for energy conservation and carbon reduction in their jurisdiction; the principal leader is the first person accountable
  • Fold completion of energy-conservation and carbon-reduction targets into the comprehensive dual-carbon assessment
  • Deepen public-institution energy conservation and carbon reduction: retrofit envelopes, heating, cooling and lighting; promote energy-cost hosting and other energy-performance contracting
Party–government joint responsibilityPublic institutionsKey units
State Council

Work Plan for Accelerating a Dual-Control System for Carbon Emissions

Document No.：
国办发〔2024〕39 号
Issuer：
国务院办公厅
Date of issue：
2024-08
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The institutional frame for shifting from dual control of energy to dual control of carbon — and the policy source of layer-by-layer indicator breakdown that counties then take on.

Key clauses excerpted
  • At the start of a five-year plan, allocate dual-control carbon indicators to provinces; provinces may further break them down to cities and key enterprises
  • Push provincial and municipal carbon-budget systems, with annual analysis and target forecasts
  • By end-2025, guide regions to pilot carbon budgets; during the 15th Five-Year Plan, compile and dynamically adjust budgets against intensity-reduction targets
Carbon dual controlCarbon budgetProject carbon evaluation
State Council

15th Five-Year Plan Carbon Peaking Action Plan

Document No.：
国发〔2026〕22 号
Issuer：
国务院
Date of issue：
2026-07
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The 15th Five-Year Plan construction drawing for carbon peaking: five task areas, six major-project columns, and quantified targets for zero-carbon parks, factories and public institutions.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Five task areas: energy-mix optimisation, industrial greening, key-sector green transition, stronger support, and mobilising all parties
  • During the 15th Five-Year Plan, build around 100 national zero-carbon parks and 500 zero-carbon factories
  • Issue a zero-carbon park construction guide; steer new projects into such parks; encourage existing park load to take green-power direct connection
15th Five-Year PlanZero-carbon parksZero-carbon factoriesPublic institutions
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice on Carrying Out Zero-Carbon Park Construction

Document No.：
发改环资〔2025〕910 号
Issuer：
国家发展改革委、工业和信息化部、国家能源局
Date of issue：
2025-06
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National zero-carbon park thresholds, indicator system and accounting method. The bar is provincial-or-above development zones, and each region may recommend no more than two.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Construction entities are provincial-or-above development zones; provincial zones should in principle be on the latest China Development Zone Catalogue; emerging or high-tech parks approved at provincial-or-above level may be included as appropriate
  • Scope may be the whole park or a “park-in-park” with a clear cadastral boundary
  • Parks should have a foundation in energy and emissions statistics, accounting, metering and monitoring; no major safety, environmental or other adverse events in the past three years
Zero-carbon parksApplication thresholdIndicator system
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice on Organising National Zero-Carbon Factory Construction

Issuer：
工业和信息化部办公厅
Date of issue：
2026-07
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Implements the Guiding Opinions on Zero-Carbon Factory Construction (MIIT Joint Conservation [2026] No. 13), including zero-carbon computing facilities.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Zero-carbon factory construction means cutting CO₂ inside the boundary toward near-zero through technology, structure and management
  • By staged, gradient cultivation, select manufacturing firms and computing facilities onto the national list
  • Provincial industry-and-IT departments review eligibility and recommend a list to MIIT by the notice deadline
Zero-carbon factoriesZero-carbon computingApplication
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice on Orderly Promoting Green-Power Direct Connection

Document No.：
发改能源〔2025〕650 号
Issuer：
国家发展改革委、国家能源局
Date of issue：
2025-05
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National rules for green-power direct connection: size generation to load, with hard self-consumption ratios — a key tool for parks and factories to cut Scope 2.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Grid-connected projects shall size renewable types and capacity on a “load determines source” principle
  • Where the spot market runs continuously, self-consumption-first with surplus to the grid is allowed; where it does not, reverse feed to the public grid is not allowed
  • Annual self-consumed renewable energy shall be ≥60% of available generation and ≥30% of total consumption, rising to ≥35% before 2030
Green-power direct connectionSource–load matchingOn-site offtake
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice on Deepening the Rural Energy Revolution and Piloting Village and Township Micro-Energy Networks

Document No.：
国能综通新能〔2026〕75 号
Issuer：
国家能源局综合司
Date of issue：
2026-07
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A “small planning, small balancing” unit for county energy systems — a realistic energy-side application path for counties without a provincial development zone.

Key clauses excerpted
  • By end-2028, complete a batch of village and township micro-energy-network pilots nationwide
  • Directions include: rural production-and-living micro-networks (clusters); comprehensive micro-networks for township industrial/commercial load; independent renewable systems in remote areas; emergency microgrids in disaster-prone areas
  • Advance under “government guidance, grid lead, all parties participate”; provincial energy authorities and grid companies voluntarily select eligible areas
Village micro-energy networkRural energy revolutionCounty
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice on Further Organising the “Sunshine for Every Household” Action

Issuer：
国家能源局综合司
Date of issue：
2025-03
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Follow-on policy to whole-county rooftop distributed-PV pilots, aimed at rural distributed renewables.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Since 2021, whole-county (city, district) rooftop distributed-PV pilots; 56 counties (cities, districts) have fully met pilot goals
  • Further rural distributed renewables: innovate scenes, investment models and benefit-sharing
  • Mobilise investors and spread lessons from whole-county rooftop PV pilots
Whole-county PVRural energyDistributed
Ministries and national bureaus

Notice Publishing the List of Climate Investment and Finance Pilots

Document No.：
环气候函〔2022〕59 号
Issuer：
生态环境部等九部门
Date of issue：
2022-08
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The first batch has 23 pilots, including several district-level entities — district governments can be national-pilot applicants.

Key clauses excerpted
  • MEE, NDRC, MIIT, MOHURD, PBOC, SASAC, NGAO and financial regulators set the list from provincial nominations
  • The first 23 include district-level entities such as Beijing Miyun and Tongzhou, Wuhan Wuchang, Shenzhen Futian, and several national new areas
  • Financial-reform innovations in pilots follow “one matter, one discussion” and need financial-regulator approval
Climate investment and financePilotDistrict-level entities
Ministries and national bureaus

First Batch of Cities and Industrial Parks for Coordinated Pollution and Carbon Reduction Innovation

Issuer：
生态环境部
Date of issue：
2024-01
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The first batch covers 21 cities and 43 industrial parks; the pilot cycle is three years.

Key clauses excerpted
  • The first batch covers 21 cities and 43 industrial parks
  • Work starts January 2024; the cycle is three years
  • Selection weighs existing capability, innovation potential and typicality
Pollution–carbon synergyCoordinated innovationPilot
Ministries and national bureaus

Work Plan for Improving the Carbon Emissions Statistics and Accounting System

Issuer：
国家发展改革委等部门
Date of issue：
2024
The original published by the competent authority prevails

The build-out path for carbon statistics and accounting; it encourages sub-provincial methods — the direct basis for county ledgers.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Encourage regions to issue sub-provincial accounting methods, referring to national and provincial methods, on data availability, feasible methods and comparable results
  • Strengthen provincial-and-below accounting capacity; push prefecture-level energy-balance or simplified energy-balance tables; clarify statistical responsibility
  • By 2025, national and provincial annual and flash carbon reports fully in place; by 2030, a complete carbon statistics and accounting system
Statistics and accountingEnergy-balance tableCounty ledger
Ministries and national bureaus

Implementation Rules for Energy-Cost Hosting in Public Institutions

Issuer：
国家机关事务管理局
Date of issue：
2024-09
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Process-management requirements for public-institution energy-cost hosting. Hosted contracts are generally no shorter than 5 years and no longer than 10 — the policy basis when negotiating term.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Covers pre-assessment, procurement, contracting, implementation, adjustment, performance evaluation, asset management and fee settlement
  • Hosted-contract term is generally no shorter than 5 years and no longer than 10 (see also Guangdong and other local energy-performance contracting measures)
  • One year after retrofit completion, a third-party energy audit should assess savings against the expected target
Public institutionsEnergy-cost hostingContract term
Ministries and national bureaus

2026 Key Tasks for Conserving Energy and Resources in Public Institutions

Issuer：
国家机关事务管理局
Date of issue：
2026-01
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States that 15th Five-Year Plan public-institution total and intensity carbon indicators will be calculated and issued, with a concrete assessment implementation plan.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Issue the industry standard Guidelines for Public-Institution Carbon Accounting, covering boundary, factors and steps
  • Calculate and issue 15th Five-Year Plan public-institution total and intensity carbon indicators, and a concrete assessment plan
  • Push electrification of end-use in public institutions; scale solar and other green technologies
Public institutionsCarbon assessmentAccounting guidelines
Provincial examples

Zhejiang Implementation Plan for Low- (Zero-) Carbon Park Construction

Document No.：
浙发改环资〔2026〕113 号
Issuer：
浙江省发展改革委、省生态环境厅、省能源局
Date of issue：
2026
The original published by the competent authority prevails

A two-tier provincial path for low-carbon and zero-carbon parks, 2026–2030.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Low-carbon parks advance with full coverage and “one park, one plan”; zero-carbon parks are selected from the best of those
  • Zero-carbon park scope may be the whole park or a “park-in-park” with a clear cadastral boundary
  • By 2030, build around 20 provincial zero-carbon parks
Provincial pathZero-carbon parksZhejiang
Provincial examples

Hunan Zero-Carbon Park Construction Plan (Interim)

Document No.：
湘工信节能〔2025〕467 号
Issuer：
湖南省工业和信息化厅、省发展改革委
Date of issue：
2025
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Provincial zero-carbon park application and acceptance: construction period generally not more than 5 years; automatic exit if acceptance is not applied for in time.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Construction entities are provincial-or-above green parks
  • By 2027, cultivate a batch of provincial zero-carbon parks
  • Prefecture industry-and-IT bureaus, with development-and-reform, pre-review and recommend to the province
Provincial pathZero-carbon parksFunding channelsHunan
Provincial examples

Shandong Implementation Plan for Near-Zero-Carbon City, Park and Community Demonstration Programmes

Issuer：
山东省生态环境厅等部门
Date of issue：
2023
The original published by the competent authority prevails

Near-zero-carbon cities take the whole county (city, district) as the object and the county government as applicant — the most direct provincial handle for whole-jurisdiction work.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Near-zero-carbon city: whole county (city, district); county people’s government is the applicant
  • Near-zero-carbon park: provincial-or-above parks; park management committee is the applicant
  • Near-zero-carbon community: urban communities or rural administrative villages; residents’ (villagers’) committee is the applicant
Provincial pathNear-zero-carbon cityWhole countyShandong
Provincial examples

Guizhou Work Plan for Establishing Carbon Statistics/Accounting and a Dual-Control System for Carbon Emissions

Document No.：
黔发改环资〔2025〕459 号
Issuer：
贵州省发展改革委等部门
Date of issue：
2025-07
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A provincial document that explicitly encourages county regions and development zones to run carbon-budget management — ready policy cover for county-level carbon budgets.

Key clauses excerpted
  • Build five-year and annual carbon-budget systems against each locality’s dual-control tasks
  • Guide prefectures (autonomous prefectures) to pilot carbon budgets, with annual analysis and target forecasts
  • Encourage county regions and development zones to carry out carbon-budget management
Provincial pathCarbon budgetCounty levelGuizhou
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