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Promotion Law of Renewable Energy Development and Utilization, the People's Republic of China (Draft for Advice)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2010

Richard L. Ottinger
Affiliation:
Pace University, New York
Nicholas Robinson
Affiliation:
Pace University, New York
Victor Tafur
Affiliation:
Pace University, New York
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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 1 [Purpose of the Law] The purpose of this law is to push the development and utilization of renewable energy, improve energy structure, protect environment and accelerate the sustainable development of economy and society.

Article 2 [Applicable Area] The renewable energy in this law refers to small-scale hydropower (50 thousand KW or below), wind, solar energy, biomass, geothermal energy, ocean energy and other categories of resources in the nature that can continuously reproduce and be utilized as useful energy directly or after processing and conversion.

Article 3 [Universal Obligation] Any corporation and individual within the territory of the People's Republic of China has the right and obligation to utilize renewable energy.

Article 4 [Universal Principle] The government implements the principle of the combination of government-promotion and market-orientation for the development and utilization of renewable energy.

The government allows all forms of market participant with different ownership to participate in the renewable energy development in China, and encourages the investment diversity.

Article 5 [Rural Energy] The government encourages rural and remote areas to give priority to the development and utilization of renewable energy, in order to satisfy the local energy demand for the purpose of living and production.

Article 6 [R&D, Dissemination and Education] The government encourages and supports the research and popularization of the technologies for renewable energy development and utilization, diffusion and dissemination the renewable energy knowledge, as well as improving the public awareness of importance of the renewable energy development and utilization.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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