China News Service, October 21 According to the WeChat public account of the "Industry Information WeChat News", in order to implement the work requirements of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on "Opinions on Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction at a Higher Level and Higher Quality" and "Measures for the Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment of Carbon Peaks and Carbon Neutralization", dual control of the total amount and intensity of carbon emissions in the industrial and information fields has been established (hereinafter abbreviated The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a Dual Control System for Carbon Emissions in Industry and Information Technology (2026-2030)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan").
The "Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to comprehensively implement dual control systems for the total amount and intensity of carbon emissions, and steadily implement policies and systems such as local carbon assessment, industry carbon control, corporate carbon management, project carbon evaluation, and product carbon footprint. The General Office of the State Council's "Work Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a Dual Carbon Emission Control System" states that relevant departments must speed up the construction of a dual carbon emission control system and refine the implementation plan based on actual conditions. Accelerating the construction of a scientific and complete dual carbon emission control work system and guiding the industrial and information technology departments at all levels to implement the key tasks of dual carbon emission control are important measures to promote the promotion and application of energy-saving and carbon-reducing technology and equipment and cultivate new drivers of green development. It is an important foundation for strengthening the green background of new industrialization, actively and steadily advancing and achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
The "Implementation Plan" proposes the overall requirements for gradually establishing and improving local carbon assessment, industry carbon control, corporate carbon management, project carbon evaluation, product carbon footprint and other policy systems in the industrial and information technology fields, and makes specific work arrangements in four aspects. First, focus on key industries, taking supervision and law enforcement, diagnostic services, technology promotion, and standard guidance as key measures to improve the level of carbon emission management services in key industries. The second is to accelerate the construction of zero-carbon benchmarks such as zero-carbon factories, zero-carbon computing facilities, zero-carbon parks, and low-carbon and zero-carbon supply chains for industrial enterprises and parks, clarify transformation paths such as green energy applications and digital energy and carbon management, and strengthen carbon emission management of industrial enterprises and parks. The third is to focus on industrial products, with standards as the guide, databases as the support, and application scenarios as the traction, to establish and improve the carbon footprint management system for industrial products. The fourth is to focus on local governments and projects, focusing on management requirements such as understanding the baseline, strictly controlling increments, and consolidating responsibilities, emphasizing the establishment of a carbon emission accounting mechanism, carrying out carbon emission replacement and evaluation of "two high" industrial projects, and comprehensive evaluation and assessment of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, etc., to improve the comprehensive capacity building of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. The "Implementation Plan" requires that by 2030, about 400 carbon footprint accounting rules and standards for key industrial products will be formulated and implemented, about 500 national zero-carbon factories and zero-carbon computing facilities will be built, the carbon dioxide emissions of the added value of industrial units above designated size will be reduced by more than 17% compared with 2025, and the energy consumption of the added value of industrial units above designated size will be reduced by more than 10% compared with 2025.
In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will implement the tasks of the "Implementation Plan" in detail, continue to enhance the carbon emission control capabilities in key industries, focus on improving the carbon emission management level of industrial enterprises and parks, gradually improve the product carbon footprint management system, accelerate the establishment of carbon emission accounting, evaluation, assessment and other systems in the industrial and information field, and provide strong support for the peak of carbon emissions in the industrial sector.
