Green Production

Chinese authorities have unveiled a guideline to accelerate the establishment of laws, regulations and policies regarding green production and consumption.

Efforts will be made to promote cleaner production, resource recycling and end management amid the expansion of green product consumption, said the document jointly released by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Justice on March 17.

By 2025, regulations and policies related to green production and consumption will be further improved, and an institutional framework with incentives and constraints will be put in place, said the document.

Green production and consumption patterns will be implemented in key areas and industries by then, with overall improvements in the country’s level of green development.

The country will develop a circular economy, with a focus on green production related to electrical, electronic and automobile products, power storage batteries, leadacid storage batteries and certain packaging materials. Producers will shoulder greater responsibility for recycling waste products.

The guideline also stressed measures to promote policy mechanisms for green design and to strengthen clean industrial production and industrial pollution control.

China will also take steps to promote clean energy development and green growth of agriculture and the service industry, among efforts to encourage a greener lifestyle, according to the document.