China has issued its clean production evaluation systems for six industries as part of its nationwide efforts to curb air and water pollution.
The State Development and Reform Commission published the systems on its official website. The six industries include cement, fermentation, soda ash, machinery, sulphuric acid and leather.
The six sets of standards became effective on July 20 on a trial basis in a bid to improve the efficiencies of resources, and minimize the emission of pollutants, said the commission.
The commission indicated that the standards will be revised to keep pace with economic and technological development.
The standards contains up to dozens of indices, such as the emission of air, water and solid pollutants, and the efficiencies of energy and resources utilization.
China has committed itself to improving energy efficiency — its goal is to cut energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 percent, along with a 10 percent cut in major pollutants, between 2006 and 2010.
China's per unit of GDP energy consumption fell 1.23 percent in2006, well short of the projected target of 4 percent, official figures showed.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on July 16 that China must improve energy efficiency and upgrade its capacity to deal with climate changes, "Cutting energy consumption and pollutant emissions and dealing with climate change are urgent, critically important tasks," Wen said.
