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BEIJING - China will resort to more legal, technical and fiscal measures for greater progress in energy saving and emission reduction over the next 5 years, said officials attending the China International Green Industry Forum 2010 in Beijing Wednesday.
Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, said China will make energy savings increasingly compulsory for enterprises, instead of simply persuading them to do so.
Strict evaluation systems must be established and laws must be enforced to make enterprises accountable to goals of energy saving and emission reduction, Xie said.
In November 2009, China pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, a major goal for the country to tackle with climate change issues.