CDM ?????? national reuqirements of CDM Projects in China

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CDM ??????national reuqirements of CDM Projects
in China
??CDM??????????Training Material Building
Capacity for the CDM in China
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???????Presentation Outline

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• Brief introduction
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• CDM approval and authority process
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• The local stakeholder process requirement
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• Other issues of the participants of CDM project
  in China

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????????????????Measures for Regulation on
Operation and Management of CDM Projects in China

• ???????????????
• Issued by the State Development and Reform
  Commissioun, the Ministry of Science and
  Technology ( MSOT ) and the Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs ( MFA )
• 2004?6?30???
• Effective from June 30, 2004.
• ????????,??????????????
• Interim Measures

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?? General Rules

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• Interim Measures for the Management of CDM
  Project Activities
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• CDM project activities must be approved by
  relevant authorities under the State Council
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• Priorities are energy efficiency improvement,
  development and utilization of new and renewable
  energy, as well as recovery and utilization of
  methane and coal bed methane
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• Implementation of CDM project activities shall
  ensure transparent, efficient and traceable
  responsibilities

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????Admission Requirements

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• CDM project activities shall conform to Chinas
  laws and regulations, sustainability development
  strategy and policy, as well as the general
  requirements of national economic and social
  development
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• No new obligation shall be resulted for China
  other than those under the Convention and the
  Protocol
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• Funds from developed country Parties shall be
  additional to the current ODA and their fund
  obligations under the Convention

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????Admission Requirements (contd.)

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• Project activity should promote the transfer of
  environmentally sound technology
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• Project developer shall be wholly China-owned or
  China-controlled enterprises
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• CDM project developer shall submit to the
  Designated National CDM Authority CDM PDD,
  certificate of enterprise status, as well as
  general information of the construction project
  and descriptions of project financing

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???????CDM Authorities and Project Developers

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• National CDM Project Board (the Board) is
  established under National Coordination Committee
  on Climate Change (the Committee), and a national
  CDM project management authority will be
  established under the Board
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• The Committee is responsible for the review and
  coordination of important CDM policies
  
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• Review national CDM policies, rules and
  standards
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• Approve members of the Board
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??????? CDM Authorities and Project Developers
(contd.)

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  ????????????????
• NDRC and Ministry of Science and Technology
  (MOST) serve as co-chairs of, and Ministry of
  Foreign Affairs (MOFA) serves as vice chair of
  the Board, which also include State Environmental
  Protection Administration, China Meteorological
  Administration, Ministry of Finance and Ministry
  of Agriculture

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??????? CDM Authorities and Project Developers
(contd.)

• ????????????The Board will
• ??CDM??Review CDM project activities
• ????participants eligibility
• ??????Participation requirements PDD
• ???????CERs price
• ???????financial and technology transferring
• ???????????????
• Issues related to funds and technology transfer
  Sustainable development effects of the project
• ???????CDM??????????????????
• Report to the Committee implementation of CDM
  project activities, possible problems and make
  recommendations
• ??????CDM???????????????
• Make recommendations on the revision of national
  CDM rules

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??????? CDM Authorities and Project Developers
(contd.)

• ?????????????CDM?????????
• NDRC is Chinas Designated National CDM
  Authority
• ?????????????Receive project application
• ??????????????,???????????CDM??Approve CDM
  project activities jointly with MOST and MOFA,
  according to the review result of the Board
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• Present written approval on behalf of the
  Chinese Government
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• Supervise the implementation of project
  activities
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• Establish CDM project management authority, in
  consultation with other agencies
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• Deal with other foreign issues.

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????Project Development and Implementation
Procedures

• ?????????Application and approval procedures
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• Project developer and foreign partner submit to
  NDRC project application and relevant documents
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• NDRC organize experts to review the project
  activity, to be completed within 30 days
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• NDRC submit to the Board application of project
  which has passed expert review
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• NDRC approves, jointly with MOST and MOFA,
  project activity that has passed the Boards
  review

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????Project Development and Implementation
Procedures (contd.)

• ?????????Application and approval procedures
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• NDRC will make a decision on whether or not to
  approve the project activity within 20 days
  (expert review time not included) as of the date
  of receiving the application
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• Project developer invites DOE to validate the
  project activity and applies for registration
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• Project developer shall report to NDRC the
  decision of the Executive Board within 10 days as
  of the date of receiving the notice of EB

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????Project Development and Implementation
Procedures (contd.)

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• Rules and procedures for the approval of the CDM
  project activity as a construction project shall
  conform to the current prescriptions
• ??????????Implementation and monitoring of the
  project activity
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• Project developer shall submit to NDRC
  implementation and monitoring reports
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• NDRC supervises the implementation of the
  project activity
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• NDRC will make a record of the CERs issued by
  the Executive Board

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??Others

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  ?
• Benefits from the transfer of CERs will be owned
  jointly by the Chinese Government and project
  developer, with allocation ratio to be determined
  by the Chinese Government. Before the
  determination, the benefits will be owned by
  project developer.
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• These rule will be interpreted by NDRC, in
  consultation with MOST and MOFA

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???????????The local stakeholder process
requirement

• ????????????,???????????????????????????????
• Mainly for the normal project approval
  processing requirements, such as land use,
  environment social assessment and other
  necessary approval procedures

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?????????Other issues of the participants of CDM
project

• ??????CDM????????????(???51)
• Ownership issue, Chinese enterprises should take
  the majority (51)
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• Keep the original record for monitoring

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??????????????Government Levy on Different Types
of Projects

• 2005?8?26???????????????Decision by the NCCCC on
  Aug. 26 2005 about the rates of government levy
  on CDM projects of different areas
• 2 -???? ??????????????priority areas, small
  scale projects, and afforestation and
  reforestation projects
• 30 -N2O
• 65 -HFCs, PFCs, SF6
• ????????????????,??????,?????????Projects
  approved before the levy rates are specified will
  be exempted from paying the levy.

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????????????Eligibility of Hong Kong, Macao, and
Taiwanese enterprises

• ????????????CDM??,??????Hong Kong, Macao, and
  Taiwan enterprises, if they implement CDM project
  activities on Chinas mainland, will be regarded
  as Chinese enterprises during DNA review and
  approval
• ???????????????????????????????????????????
  Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR legislation agencies
  shall determine whether the UNFCCC and the Kyoto
  Protocol ratified by China is applicable in Hong
  Kong and Macao or not
• ???????????2003?5?5?????????????????????????
  ??The Hong Kong SAR government announced that
  from May 5, 2003, the UNFCCC shall apply in Hong
  Kong after the entry into force of the Kyoto
  Protocol, it will also apply in Hong Kong.

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?????????????Basic requirements for no-objection
letter issuance

• ??? ???????????,????CDM??????????????????In
  response to application by enterprises within the
  territory of China, Office of the National
  Climate Change Coordination Committee can
  consider issuing a no-objection letter to a
  CDM-project proposal
• (?)CDM??????????????????????????The applicants
  for no-objection letter to a CDM project must be
  the Chinese proponents of the project.
• (?)???????????????Materials to be submitted
  during no-objection letter application
  1. ?????????????An application for the issuance
  of no-objection letter 2. ????????(???????????
  )Qualification certificates of the applicant
  entities

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?????????????(?)Basic requirements for
no-objection letter issuance(contd)

• 3. ???????,??Background information about the
  project, including (1)?????????????????????Gen
  eral information and liaison information of the
  applicant entity, general information of the
  foreign partner (2)???????????????????????????
  ??Geographic location, emission reduction type,
  technical process, total investment, and
  fund-raising information on the project
  (3)????????,??????????Methodology applied by the
  project, and the estimated emission reduction
  (4) ?????????????Progress of the project till the
  application submission.

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???????/????????-EB 16???????Treatment of
national and/or sectoral policies and regulations
-- EB 16 Report Annex 3

• The Executive Board agreed to differentiate ways
  to address the following four (4) types, i.e. E,
  E-, L, L-, of national and/or sectoral policies1
  in determining a baseline scenario
• Type E Existing national and/or sectoral
  policies or regulations that create policy driven
  market distortions which give comparative
  advantages to more emissions-intensive
  technologies or fuels over less
  emissions-intensive technologies or
  fuels.E??????/????????,??????,????????????,?????
  ????????
• Only Type E national and/or sectoral policies
  or regulations that have been implemented before
  adoption of the Kyoto Protocol by the COP
  (decision 1/CP.3, 11 December 1997) shall be
  taken into account when developing a baseline
  scenario. If Type E national and/or sectoral
  policies were implemented since the adoption of
  the Kyoto Protocol, the baseline scenario should
  refer to a hypothetical situation without the
  national and/or sectoral policies or regulations
  being in place.???COP?????????(1997?12?11?)???E
  ????/?????,???????????????????1997?12?11?????????
  /?????,??????????????/?????????

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???????/????????-EB 16???????(?) Treatment of
national and/or sectoral policies and regulations
-- EB 16 Report Annex 3

• Type E- National and/or sectoral policies or
  regulations that give positive comparative
  advantages to less emissions-intensive
  technologies over more emissions-intensive
  technologies (e.g. public subsidies to promote
  the diffusion of renewable energy or to finance
  energy efficiency programs). E-???????????,?????
  ?????????/????????(??????????????????????????)
• Type E- national and/or sectoral policies or
  regulations that have been implemented since the
  adoption by the COP of the CDM MP (decision
  17/CP.7, 11 November 2001) may not be taken into
  account in developing a baseline scenario (i.e.
  the baseline scenario should refer to a
  hypothetical situation without the national
  and/or sectoral policies or regulations being in
  place). 2001?11?11????????E-????????,???????,???
  ???(??????????????????????)?

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???????/????????-EB 16???????(?) Treatment of
national and/or sectoral policies and regulations
-- EB 16 Report Annex 3

• (c) Type L- Sectoral mandatory regulations
  adopted by a local or national public authority
  motivated by the reduction of negative local
  environmental externalities and/or energy
  conservation and which would incidentally also
  reduce GHG emissions.L-??????????????????????/???
  ??????????????????????????
• (d) Type L Sectoral mandatory regulations
  adopted by a local or national public authority
  motivated by the reduction of negative local
  environmental externalities and which
  incidentally prevent the adoption/diffusion of
  less GHG emitting technology. L-?????????????????
  ?????/????????????????????????????/???????????
• (Note The Executive Board noted that the Meth
  Panel is to continue to consider possible
  additional recommendations regarding national
  and/or sectoral policies or regulations of types
  L- and L.)(?EB?????????????????L-?L????/???????
  ?,?????)

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??????? CDM Authorities and Project Developers
(contd.)

• ?????????Project developer shall
• ?????????,???????????
• Be responsible for construction of the project
  and report periodically to NDRC on the progress
• ??????????????
• Implement the project activity with supervision
  of the NDRC
• ???????????????????????????
• Submit material related to the validation and
  verification to NDRC for record purpose
• ????????,???????????????
• Protect state and business secrets during
  information exchange
• ?????????????CERs
• Report to NDRC on CERs issuance
• ????????????????????????,?????
• Assist NDRC and the Board in investigating
  relevant issues

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CDM ????project criteria

• CDM???????I??????????????
• Project in line with non-Annex I Party's
  strategies on achieving sustainable development
  (KP Art. 12.2)
• ?????????????,?????????????????(?????1987???????
  ???)
• Development that meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs)(source our
  common future 1987, World Commission on
  Environment and Development)?
• ?? social dimension
• ?? economic dimension
• ??environmental dimension

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??????Three national basic policies

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• Population control
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• Environmental protection
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• Resources high efficient utilization

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???????sustainable development criteria

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• Social Criteria Improve quality of life,
  Alleviate poverty, Improve equity
• ?????????????,??????,?????
• Economic Criteria Provide financial returns to
  local entities, Result in a positive impact on
  balance of payments, Transfer new technology
• ??????????,??????,????????
• Environmental Criteria Reduce GHG emissions,
  Conserve local resources, Reduce pressure on
  local environments

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??21????????????Program of Action for
Sustainable Development in China in the Early
21st Century

• ??21?????????????????????????,????????????,?????
  ?????,????????,?????????,?????????,???????????????
  ???????????????
• The objectives of 21st century sustainable
  development
• Growing capacities for sustainable development
• Marked progress in economic restructuring
• Population aggregate brought under effective
  control
• Significant improvement in the ecological
  environment
• Markedly increased efficiency in utilization of
  resources
• Sustainable path of development characterized by
  rising productivity,
• prosperous livelihood and a well-preserved
  environment.

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????Priority Areas

• ??????
• Economic development
• ??????
• Social development
• ????????????????
• Resource Allocation, Utilization and Protection
• ?????????
• Ecological Conservation and Development
• ???????????
• Environmental Protection and Pollution Control
• ??????
• Capacity Building

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??????? Strategies of sustainable energy

• ??????????????????????
• Adjust economic structure, accelerate technical
  development and increase energy efficiency
• ?????????????????????,
• Greatly develop clean coal and thermal-power
  central heating technology
• ?????? strengthen energy conservation
• ???????? Improve efficiency of energy
  utilization,
• ??????Improve the energy structure
• ????????,??????????????????
• Exploit resources reasonable, especially those
  high quality energy resources, such as nature
  gas, layer coal gas and large scale hydro power
• ??????????? Apply RE immediately
• ???????,????????,???????
• Implement active strategy therefore to use
  international resources, main of which is petrol
  gas.

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????????Solid waste control

• ??????????,????????????????,????????????????
• Gradually introduce garbage sorting, collection
  and recycling and increase environment-friendly
  garbage disposal rate and recycling rate.
• ??????????????????????
• Further raise the recycling rate for solid
  wastes
• ???????????
• Improve the safe disposal of hazardous wastes.

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????????????law regulation and policy related
to the energy efficiency

• ????????????
• Energy conservation law
• ??????????????
• Clean production promtion law
• ??????????
• National policy for the saving energy technology
  
• ???????????????
• The 15th national planing for the energy saving
  and resource usage
• ????????????
• The regulation of energy efficiency lable

http//www.sdpc.gov.cn/ http//www.china5e.com/law
s/
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????????????law regulation and policy related
to the engery construction

• ????????????
• Law of the People's Republic of China on
  Conserving Energy
• ??????????????
• Republic of China on the Promotion of Clean
  Production
• ??????????
• Electric Power Law
• ????????????
• Middle and Long Term Program of Renewable Energy
  Development
• ?????????????????
• The 15th national planning for the new energy
  and renewal energy industry
• ????????
• National Energy Technology Policy

http//www.sdpc.gov.cn/
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????????????law regulation and policy related
to the soild waste disposal
http//www.zhb.gov.cn/ http//www.ep.net.cn/

• ??????????????????
• Law of the People's Republic of China on the
  Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution
  by Solid Waste
• ?????????????????
• National Teachical policy for city garbage
  disposal pollution prevention
• ??????????????????????????
• The charge regulation of city garbage disposal
  to accelerate the industral development

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?????????Laws to be issued

• ???????????????2004?12????????????
• Renewable Energy Law to be submitted to
  National People Congress for discussion in Dec.
  2004
• ????????????
• Circle Economy series law and regulations
• ???????
• Energy Conservation Law to be revised

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??????other information

• http//www.sdinfo.net.cn/intro.html
• http//www.china.org.cn/chinese/zhuanti/
• http//sd-ep.cei.gov.cn/