Five departments jointly issued the "Action Plan for the Construction of Carbon Footprint Standard System for Key Products (2026-2028)"

China News Service, October 30 According to the WeChat public account of "Shishuoxinyu", in order to implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party and in accordance with the requirements of the "15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China", promote and improve product carbon footprint accounting rules and standards, and improve the carbon emission statistical accounting system, To support green and low-carbon development, recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "Action Plan for the Construction of a Carbon Footprint Standard System for Key Products (2026-2028)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan").

The "Action Plan" includes a total of 20 items in three parts: overall requirements, key construction tasks, and implementation safeguard measures. In accordance with the principles of urgent needs first, overall planning and promotion, and industry collaboration, it focuses on five key directions such as energy, raw materials, consumer goods, machinery and equipment, and transportation tools. It deploys more than 100 national standards for product carbon footprints and promotes the simultaneous development of some national standards and international standards. It achieves basic coverage of key basic energy, raw materials, and intermediate product carbon footprint national standards that have obvious driving effects in the industrial chain and supply chain, and supports the green and low-carbon transformation of key products through the construction of a standard system. The "Action Plan" will further improve the national standard system for product carbon footprints, strengthen the overall coordination of carbon footprint standards for key products, and help respond to changes in international economic and trade rules.

In the next step, the State Administration for Market Regulation will continue to promote the implementation of the "Action Plan" with various relevant departments to provide strong technical support for the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.