Central Office, State Office: Focus on high-efficiency energy-saving equipment, smart energy use, key industry energy conservation and carbon reduction fields

The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued opinions on improving energy conservation and carbon reduction work to a higher level and higher quality, which pointed out the need to strengthen technological innovation and application. Focusing on high-efficiency energy-saving equipment, smart energy use, and key industry energy conservation and carbon reduction, cultivate a number of scientific and technological innovation platform bases, increase support for the national key R&D programs, and strengthen breakthroughs in key core technologies. Improve the market-oriented green technology innovation system, support backbone enterprises to lead the formation of major energy-saving and low-carbon technology innovation consortia, and build a batch of enterprise technology centers. Update the recommended catalog of energy-saving and carbon reduction technology equipment in a timely manner, and accelerate the promotion and application of advanced and applicable equipment such as energy-saving boilers, permanent magnet motors, high-efficiency refrigeration, green lighting, and high-temperature heat pumps. (Xinhua News Agency)