the National Standardization Management Committee, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently jointly issued the Guidelines for the Construction of Carbon Neutralization Standard System for Carbon Peak, proposing that a carbon neutralization standard system for carbon peak will be basically established around the basic general standards, as well as the development needs of carbon emission reduction, carbon removal and carbon market. By 2025, no less than 1000 national and industrial standards (including foreign versions) will be revised, and the consistency with international standards will be significantly improved. Carbon accounting and verification standards for major industries will be fully covered, and energy consumption and efficiency standards for key industries and products will be steadily improved. Substantive participation in green low-carbon related international standards is not less than 30, and the level of green low-carbon international standardization has been significantly improved. The full text of the Guidelines for the Construction of
Carbon Neutralization Standard System for Carbon Peak is as follows:
(1) Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the guiding ideology
comprehensively implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly practices the thought of ecological civilization of Xi Jinping, bases itself on the new stage of development, completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept, speeds up the construction of a new development pattern, and promotes the construction of a new development pattern. We should adhere to the concept of system, highlight the top-level design of standards, strengthen the effective supply of standards, pay attention to the benefits of standard implementation, promote domestic and international standards as a whole, continuously improve the standard system, and strive to contribute to the standardization of carbon peak and carbon neutralization.
(2) The basic principle
is to adhere to the system layout. Strengthen top-level design, optimize the dual structure of standards promulgated by the government and independently formulated by the market, strengthen cross-industry and cross-domain standards coordination, enhance the applicability and effectiveness of standards, and achieve the convergence and matching of various standards at all levels.
Insist on highlighting the key points. Speed up the improvement of basic general standards. Focus on key areas and key industries, and strengthen the revision of energy conservation and carbon reduction standards. The achievements of carbon neutralization technology innovation will be transformed into standards in time to promote green development through scientific and technological innovation.
Insist on steady progress. Anchoring the short-term goals and long-term development needs of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, speeding up the updating and upgrading of standards, firmly promoting the development of standards, adhering to the combination of systematic promotion and urgent use first, and implementing them in an orderly and stable manner step by step on an annual basis.
Adhere to openness and integration. We will firmly promote international exchanges and cooperation in standardization, actively participate in the formulation of international standards and rules, strengthen the overall planning of international standardization work, increase the promotion of Chinese standards abroad, and promote domestic and international coordination.
(3) The main goal
is to basically build a carbon peak and carbon neutralization standard system around the basic general standards, as well as the development needs of carbon emission reduction, carbon removal and carbon market. By 2025, no less than 1000 national and industrial standards (including foreign versions) will be revised, and the consistency with international standards will be significantly improved. Carbon accounting and verification standards for major industries will be fully covered, and energy consumption and efficiency standards for key industries and products will be steadily improved. Substantive participation in green low-carbon related international standards is not less than 30, and the level of green low-carbon international standardization has been significantly improved.
2. Standard system framework
Carbon peak carbon neutralization standard system includes four first-level sub-systems, namely, basic general standard sub-system, carbon emission reduction standard sub-system, carbon removal standard sub-system and market-oriented mechanism standard sub-system, which are further subdivided into 15 second-level sub-systems and 63 third-level sub-systems. The system covers key industries and fields such as energy, industry, transportation, urban and rural construction, water conservancy, agriculture and rural areas, forestry and grassland, finance, public institutions and residents'lives, and meets the application of various scenarios such as regions, industries, parks and organizations. This standard system is dynamically adjusted according to the development needs.
3. Key construction contents
of standards (1) Basic general standard subsystem
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. Formulate and revise regional carbon emission accounting and reporting standards for regions, parks and other regions. We will accelerate the formulation and revision of carbon emission accounting and reporting standards for enterprises in key industries such as energy, metallurgy, building materials, chemical industry, non-ferrous metals, textiles, machinery, information and communications, transportation, livestock and poultry breeding, as well as relevant standards and norms for data quality. We will improve the carbon emission reduction assessment standards for typical projects such as energy efficiency improvement, renewable energy utilization, raw material and fuel substitution, waste energy utilization, biological marine forest and grass soil carbon sequestration, and livestock and poultry breeding. Develop general standards such as product carbon footprint quantification and category rules, and explore the formulation of carbon emission accounting and carbon footprint standards for key products. To formulate and revise basic common standards for carbon emission verification procedures, personnel and institutions.
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(2) Carbon emission reduction standard subsystem
1. Adhere to the coordination of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, the combination of source and end, and give full play to the role of standard inversion, optimization, adjustment and promotion. To meet the international advanced standards, we will upgrade the mandatory energy efficiency standards for key products and equipment such as household appliances, heating equipment for rural residents, refrigeration and cold chain logistics equipment, industrial equipment, lighting products, data centers, new and renewable energy equipment, and machinery manufacturing equipment. We will accelerate the improvement of standards for energy consumption calculation, energy efficiency testing, energy conservation assessment, energy conservation acceptance and energy audit, which are compatible with mandatory energy conservation standards.
We will accelerate the formulation of basic standards for energy-saving design planning, energy balance calculation, energy management system, energy performance evaluation, economic operation, rational energy use, energy-saving diagnosis, energy-saving services, and evaluation of green and conservation-oriented organizations. We will improve common energy-saving technical standards such as energy efficiency benchmarking, energy-saving technology evaluation, system energy-saving, energy recovery, waste energy utilization, energy system optimization, high-efficiency energy-saving equipment, energy-saving monitoring, energy-saving measurement and verification, energy measurement, digital enabling technology, regional energy system, distributed energy system and energy management and control center.
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In the field of wind power generation, we will focus on formulating and revising standards for wind energy resource monitoring, assessment and wind power forecasting, standards for wind turbines and key components, standards for fire protection systems, standards for materials for wind power towers, standards for offshore wind power engineering construction and grid connection, and standards for wind power system stability calculation. In the field of
photovoltaic power generation, we will focus on the formulation and revision of technical standards for solar energy resource monitoring, assessment and radiation prediction, technical requirements for high-efficiency photovoltaic cells, components and key materials, electrical components, key products of supporting structures, requirements for flame retardant and fire-resistant performance, testing methods and green low-carbon standards, as well as the development of new technologies. Standards for repair, renovation, life extension and recycling of major products and equipment such as photovoltaic modules, brackets and inverters. In the field
of photothermal utilization, we should focus on revising the standards of photothermal power generation equipment and forecasting the normal direct radiation of solar energy. We will improve the product standards and testing and evaluation standards for key components of solar heat collection, solar heating and refrigeration systems, and solar multi-energy complementary systems. In the field of
nuclear power generation, we will focus on the formulation and revision of nuclear power technology standards, nuclear power plant risk management standards, maintenance effectiveness evaluation standards, and nuclear power plant site evaluation standards. In the field of
biomass energy, we will focus on the formulation and revision of standards for raw material quality control, key technologies and equipment, and product quality grading in the areas of domestic waste incineration power generation, agricultural and forestry biomass thermoelectricity, biomass clean heating, biogas (biogas), biomass pyrolysis and gasification, biomass liquid fuel and biomass briquette fuel. In the field of
hydrogen energy, we should focus on improving the technical standards of the whole industry chain, speeding up the formulation and revision of basic general standards such as hydrogen fuel quality and hydrogen energy detection, safety and risk assessment standards for hydrogen and hydrogen systems, hydrogen sealing, hydrogen-facing materials, hydrogen leakage detection, explosion-proof and explosion suppression, and hydrogen safety discharge standards. Hydrogen energy safety standards such as hydrogen supply mother station, oil, gas, hydrogen and electricity integrated energy station safety, electrolytic water hydrogen production system and its key components standards, refinery hydrogen preparation and testing standards, hydrogen liquefaction equipment and liquid H ydrogen storage containers, high-pressure gaseous hydrogen transportation, pure hydrogen/hydrogen-doped pipelines and other hydrogen storage and transportation standards, hydrogenation station system and its key technologies. Technical standards for hydrogen energy application in fuel cells, metallurgy and other fields. In the field of
ocean energy and geothermal energy, standards for testing, evaluation, deployment and operation of ocean energy power generation equipment and standards for geothermal energy power generation equipment are mainly revised.
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Focus on the revision of distributed generation operation control, power quality, power prediction and other standards in the field of power supply side. In the field of
load side, we should focus on revising the standards of power market load forecasting, demand side management, virtual power plant construction, evaluation and access. In the field of
energy storage, we will focus on the formulation and revision of standards for pumped storage, new energy storage standards for electrochemistry, compressed air, flywheel, gravity, carbon dioxide, heat (cold), hydrogen (ammonia) and superconductivity, and standards for safety management and emergency disposal of energy storage systems connected to the grid.
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In the petroleum sector, we will focus on the formulation and revision of technical standards for low-carbon petroleum exploitation and refining, and fuel standards for low emissions, high calorific value and high thermal efficiency.In the field of
natural gas, we will focus on the formulation and revision of LNG quality, flow measurement, sampling guidelines, composition analysis and determination, tail gas treatment and evaluation, pipeline transportation requirements standards and shale gas technical standards.
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In the field of green and low-carbon transportation, we will focus on revising the energy efficiency standards for infrastructure and equipment in the fields of railways, highways, waterways, civil aviation and postal services. As well as logistics green equipment and facilities, efficient transport organization, green travel, transportation low-carbon diversified power application, green transportation station facilities, transportation energy integration, industry pollution reduction and carbon reduction standards. We will accelerate the improvement of technical standards for energy storage trams, energy storage systems, power battery systems and electric energy measurement in the field of rail transit. Improve the relevant standards of road vehicle energy consumption limit and identification, energy consumption calculation test and evaluation method. We will accelerate the improvement of safety requirements, performance requirements, testing methods, remote service management, safety technology inspection and other standards related to electric vehicle drive systems, charging and replacement systems, and power battery systems. We will accelerate the study and formulation of emission standards for motor vehicles in the next stage, and promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction for motor vehicles. In the field of
infrastructure construction and operation carbon reduction, we should focus on revising the standards of low-carbon construction of urban infrastructure, carbon reduction of urban housing, construction of low-carbon intelligent parks, low-carbon transformation of farm houses, green construction, resource utilization of sewage and garbage, desalination of seawater, recycling equipment of construction waste, air source heat pump equipment, etc. As well as the construction, operation and maintenance, use measurement, recycling and other standards of information and communication infrastructure such as communication network, data center and communication room for energy-saving and low-carbon goals. In the field of carbon reduction in
agricultural production, we will focus on formulating and revising technical standards for greenhouse gas emission reduction in planting industry, as well as emission reduction standards for animal intestinal methane emission reduction technology, livestock and poultry liquid manure emission reduction technology and other production processes in aquaculture industry, and improving energy-saving and low-carbon standards for factory agriculture, large-scale farming and agricultural machinery. In the field of energy conservation and low carbon in
public institutions, we will focus on formulating and revising standards for energy and resource conservation and green transformation of typical public institutions such as organs, hospitals and schools, evaluation standards for conservation-oriented organs, green schools, green hospitals and green venues, and management standards for low-carbon construction and low-carbon economic operation of public institutions.
6. Promote the formulation and revision of general standards for cleaner production assessment, standards for comprehensive utilization of rare earth and vanadium-titanium magnetite, and standards for comprehensive utilization of large solid wastes such as phosphogypsum, red mud and smelting waste residue. To formulate and revise standards for recycling and utilization of renewable resources such as scrap metals, waste textiles, waste plastics and waste power batteries. Speed up the improvement of water reuse standards. To formulate and revise remanufacturing standards for automotive parts, internal combustion engines, mechanical tools, etc. To formulate and revise the standards for recycling and utilization of forest and grass resources.
(3) Carbon removal standard subsystem
1. To study and formulate relevant standards for meteorological support for ecological restoration.
2. Promote the formulation of carbon utilization standards such as carbon dioxide oil displacement (EOR), chemical utilization, biological utilization and fuel utilization, as well as carbon sequestration standards such as onshore and offshore sequestration.
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(4) Market-oriented mechanism standard subsystem
1. Promote the formulation and revision of green financial evaluation standards such as green bond credit rating. We should improve the standards of information disclosure of financial institutions and financial business environment.
2. Improve the implementation norms of carbon emissions trading, as well as the relevant standards and norms of carbon emissions trading institutions and personnel requirements. We will promote the formulation and revision of standards and norms such as emission reduction accounting methods for voluntary emission reduction projects in key areas. We will improve green energy consumption standards such as statistical accounting, monitoring and evaluation of renewable energy consumption and green electricity trading. We will improve standards for green low-carbon technology assessment services, contract energy management, and carbon asset management.
3. Improve the evaluation criteria of ecological products, ecological assets, ecosystem services and gross ecosystem product. We will improve standards for comprehensive ecological improvement, mine restoration, water ecological control, comprehensive control of soil erosion, and comprehensive land improvement, as well as standards for ecological agriculture and traceability of ecological product quality. We will promote the formulation and revision of technical standards for the identification and assessment of ecological environmental damage and the performance evaluation of the realization of the value of ecological products.
4. Focus
of international standardization work (1) To form a joint effort
of international standardization work, led by the General Administration of Market Supervision (Standards Committee), the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The departments of foreign affairs, commerce, international cooperation, science and technology, natural resources, housing, urban and rural construction, transportation, agriculture and rural areas, energy, forestry and grasslands participated in the working group on the coordination and promotion of carbon peak and international standardization, and actively and steadily promoted the work of international standardization. Give full play to China's technological advantages in carbon capture and storage, new power systems, new energy and other fields, set up a number of international standard innovation teams, gather the strength of scientific and technological personnel and standardization experts, and synchronously deploy scientific research and international standard formulation.
(2) Strengthen international exchanges and cooperation
, and strengthen cooperation and docking with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Standards Organization (ISO, IEC, ITU) and other institutions. Focus on energy green transformation, industry, urban and rural construction, transportation, new infrastructure, carbon sinks, green low-carbon technology development, circular economy and other key points, and track the latest international developments in the field of carbon peak and carbon neutralization. In-depth study of relevant standardization policies and technical trade measures in the European Union, the United States and other regions and countries. We will strengthen standardization exchanges and cooperation with key regions and countries, and promote the construction of a green "the Belt and Road.". Increase the publicity and use of China's carbon peak carbon neutralization standards in standardized foreign aid training or overseas engineering projects. We will promote energy-saving and low-carbon standardization dialogues within the framework of BRICS and APEC, and develop mutually beneficial and win-win standardization partnerships.
(3) Actively participate in the formulation of
international standards, focusing on promoting international standards such as greenhouse gas emission monitoring and accounting, carbon sequestration and sink increase of forests and grasses, clean and low-carbon utilization of traditional energy in the energy field, smart grid and energy storage, new power system, clean energy, green finance, information and communication, and digital empowerment. Promote the development of standards. Actively strive for the establishment of regional energy systems, medical refrigeration equipment, ecological carbon sinks and other technical institutions in the International Standards Organization. Deeply participate in the governance of the International Standards Organization to address climate change, and recommend Chinese experts to participate in strategic research and coordination governance institutions such as the Climate Change coordinating committee (CCCC), the Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) coordinating committee, and the Energy Structure Commission (CEET) of the Independent Advisory Committee on Secretary-General of the United Nations. We will actively work with relevant countries to formulate and publish policy white papers such as "Multi-Energy Intelligent Coupling Energy System" and "Multi-Source Solid Waste Energy".
(4) Promote the docking
of domestic and international standards to carry out comparative analysis of carbon peak carbon neutralization and domestic and international standards, focusing on promoting the transformation of international standards applicable to greenhouse gas management, carbon footprint, carbon capture, utilization and storage, clean energy, energy conservation and other fields into Chinese standards, so as to achieve the goal of "full use" in a timely manner. We will systematically promote the formulation and promotion of foreign language versions of national standards, industry standards and local standards for carbon neutralization, and expand the overseas application of China's standards through various channels such as trade in products and services, international cooperation and overseas projects.
5. Organizing and implementing
(1) Insisting on overall coordination
and strengthening the overall deployment and systematic promotion of the construction of carbon peak and carbon neutral standard system, giving full play to the overall planning and technical coordination role of the national carbon peak and carbon neutral standardization group, strengthening the guidance for the construction of various standard sub-systems, and promoting the construction of the national carbon peak and carbon neutral standard system. Strengthen the coordination of national standards and industry standards. Establish and improve the liaison mechanism of the National Standardization Technical Committee, and jointly promote the development of cross-industry and cross-domain standards through the establishment of joint working groups, joint formulation and joint centralization. Give full play to the role of relevant standardization coordination and promotion organizations in the industry, and promote the work of carbon peak and carbon neutralization standardization in the industry as a whole.
(2) To strengthen the implementation of
tasks, all industries and fields should accelerate the formulation and revision of relevant national and industrial standards in accordance with the contents of the construction of the carbon peak and carbon neutralization standard system, and effectively link up the standards in professional fields with the basic general standards, the newly formulated standards with the published standards. Local governments and social organizations should strengthen cooperation with standardization technical organizations to promote the formulation and revision of carbon peak carbon neutralization local standards and group standards in accordance with local conditions and in parallel. We will continue to increase investment to support the research, formulation, implementation and international exchanges of key standards.
(3) Strengthen the publicity and implementation
of carbon peak carbon neutralization standardization, make full use of radio, television, newspapers, the Internet and other media, popularize the knowledge of carbon peak carbon neutralization standardization, and raise public awareness of green low-carbon standardization. Timely organize and carry out the evaluation of carbon peak carbon neutralization standard system construction, timely summarize the typical cases of carbon peak carbon neutralization standardization, and promote advanced experience and practices.
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