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    China 14th FYP

    Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and Long-Range Objectives Through 2035

    In force2021-03-11Modified

    Topic : Climate · Level : National

    Today

    Period ended 2025. CO2/GDP -17.7% vs 2020 (target 18%); energy intensity -16.1% (target 13.5%); non-fossil 21.7%.

    Summary

    The 14th Five-Year Plan set China's 2021-2025 green targets, including an 18% cut in CO2 intensity. The plan period ended in 2025. The 15th Five-Year Plan now sets the targets to 2030.

    Who is concerned

    Turnover
    non précisé
    Employees
    non précisé
    Listed company
    cotées et non cotées
    Sectors
    • Energy-intensive industry
    • Power
    • All sectors
    Triggering activities
    • Applied via laws and sector plans
    Extraterritorial reach
    No

    non précisé

    Examples
    • SOE steel group
    • Provincial power utility

    What the law requires

    • Cut CO2 per unit of GDP by 18% (2021-2025)
    • Cut energy per unit of GDP by 13.5%
    • Raise non-fossil share of energy to about 20%

    Penalties

    None directly. Targets enforced through implementing laws, sector plans and local evaluation.

    What this changes for a supplier in China

    Drove energy-intensity controls, power rationing episodes and the ETS launch that shaped supplier operating costs in 2021-2025.

    Expected evidence

    • Energy consumption records
    • Local energy-saving review results
    • Energy intensity trend 2020-2025

    Tiers : Tier 1-N

    Sources

    General information, not legal advice. As of 4 November 2026. Official sources on every detail page.