Skip to content
Climate Change Laws of the World logo globe
Climate Change Laws of the World logo text

Energy Law

Geography
Year
2024
Document Type
Legislative

Summary

China's National People's Congress approved the country's first Energy Law on November 8, 2024, which will take effect on January 1, 2025. The law prioritizes renewable energy development, establishes a framework for controlling carbon emissions, promotes market-based energy systems, and emphasizes energy security while facilitating China's transition towards its carbon peaking and neutrality targets.

Documents

Document
Topics 
Beta
Search results

About this law

Year
2024
Most recent update
01/01/2025
Response areas
Mitigation
Topics
, ,  

 Topics mentioned most in this law  
Beta

See how often topics get mentioned in this law and view specific passages of text highlighted in each document. Accuracy is not 100%. Learn more

Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance

Note

Climate Policy Database

This entry and summary were provided by the Climate Policy Database. If you want to use the summary, please see the terms of use for citation and licensing of third party data.