China Sets Dual Carbon Emissions Control Plan for Industry Through 2030

Xinhua News Agency reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued an implementation plan for 2026 to 2030, establishing key tasks and implementation paths to control total carbon emissions and intensity across industrial and information technology fields. The plan sets quantitative targets by 2030, including building around 500 national-level zero-carbon factories and zero-carbon computing facilities, reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial added value for enterprises above designated size by more than 17% compared with 2025, and lowering energy consumption per unit of industrial added value by more than 10% compared with 2025. To build the dual-control working system, the plan makes deployments centered on industrial energy efficiency improvements, cultivating zero-carbon entities, dual-carbon capacity building, and technical equipment support. The plan requires guiding newly built projects to cluster preferentially in zero-carbon industrial parks, establishing national-level zero-carbon factories and computing facilities, and supporting industrial enterprises and parks in accelerating the construction of industrial green microgrids. To provide technical and equipment support for carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, the document also arranges deployments around the research and development of technical equipment, pilot platform construction, and the popularization and application of relevant technologies.