On April 15, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the Notice on Doing Well the Work of the National Carbon Emission Trading Market in 2025. The annual direct emissions of power generation, iron and steel, cement and aluminum smelting industries should reach 2.
Provincial ecological environment authorities should formulate a list of key emission units in 2024, 2025 and 2026 in their respective administrative regions, and determine the objects to be included in the management of the national carbon emission trading market. After the key emission units are incorporated into the management of the national carbon emission trading market, they will no longer participate in the management of the same industries and the same types of greenhouse gases in the local carbon emission trading market, so as to avoid duplication of control.
The following is the full text of the Notice:
Notice
on Doing Well the Work Related to the National Carbon Emission Trading Market in 2025 The departments (bureaus) of ecological environment of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Bureau of Ecology and Environment of the Sinkiang Production and Construction Corps:
In order to coordinate the management of the national carbon emissions trading market in 2025 and ensure the healthy, stable and orderly operation of the market, In accordance with the Interim Regulations on the Management of Carbon Emission Trading, the Measures for the Management of Carbon Emission Trading (Trial Implementation) and the Work Plan for the National Carbon Emission Trading Market Covering the Iron and Steel, Cement and Aluminum Smelting Industries, the relevant work requirements for the formulation of the list of key emission units, data quality management, quota allocation and clearance are hereby notified as follows.
1. Strengthen the management
of the list of key emission units (1) The list
of key emission units in the national carbon emission trading market is formulated annually by industry. The annual direct emissions of power generation, iron and steel, cement and aluminum smelting industries should reach 2. Provincial ecological environment authorities should formulate a list of key emission units in 2024, 2025 and 2026 in their respective administrative regions, and determine the objects to be included in the management of the national carbon emission trading market. After the key emission units are incorporated into the management of the national carbon emission trading market, they will no longer participate in the management of the same industries and the same types of greenhouse gases in the local carbon emission trading market, so as to avoid duplication of control.
(2) Before May 10,
2025, the provincial authorities in charge of ecological environment will publish the list of key emission units in the iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries in 2024 and 2025 through the national carbon market management platform (hereinafter referred to as the management platform). The list of key emission units for power generation, steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries in the https://www.cets.org.2026 year should be published before October 31, 2025.
(3) Before May 15,
2025, the provincial authorities in charge of ecological environment shall organize the newly incorporated key emission units to open management platform accounts, and activate the business functions of emission management, carbon emission rights registration and trading management, voluntary emission reduction market registration and trading management. The opening process of key emission unit accounts and the requirements for opening application materials can be downloaded through the management platform.
2. To strengthen the quality management
of carbon emission data, provincial ecological environment authorities shall organize and carry out the quality management of greenhouse gas emission data of key emission units in power generation, iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries in accordance with the technical specifications for accounting reports and verification formulated by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (see Annex 3).
(4) Before June 30,
2025, the provincial ecological environment authorities shall organize key emission units in the iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries to formulate the 2025 annual data quality control plan through the management platform and complete the technical audit. The data quality control plan for 2024 does not need to be supplemented. The formulation of 2026 data quality control plan for power generation, steel, cement and aluminum smelting industries should be completed by December 31, 2025.
(5) Carry out the monthly information deposit certificate
of carbon emission statistical accounting data from July 2025, within 40 natural days after the end of each month. Provincial departments in charge of ecological environment organize key emission units in iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries to carry out monthly information-based certification of carbon emission statistical accounting data through management platforms, and conduct technical audits of the certification data. By October 31, 2025, the provincial authorities in charge of ecological environment will organize and complete the monthly information deposit and supplement of carbon emission statistics and accounting data of iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries from January to June.
(6) Before June 30,
2025, the provincial authorities in charge of ecological environment shall organize key emission units in the iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries to complete the submission of the annual greenhouse gas emission report for 2024.
(7) Before June 30,
2025, the provincial authorities in charge of ecological environment shall complete the technical audit of the annual greenhouse gas emission report of key emission units in the power generation industry in 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the verification). And inform the key emission units of the verification results through the management platform. By August 31, the verification of emission reports of key emission units in iron and steel, cement and aluminium smelting industries and the notification of verification results will be completed.
(8) Other enterprise data quality management requirements