Government and Policy
China's green plan ambitious and challenging
By Sun Xiaohua (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-12-10 05:19
Copenhagen: The target of reducing carbon intensity by 40-45 percent in 2020 relative to 2005 level set by China will not fall off behind the current promise and commitment made by rich countries, according to China's top energy expert.
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"Compared with the developed countries which have finished its industrialization process, China's target is really ambitious and challenging," he said.
Carbon intensity, or carbon emission per unit of GDP, is an index to measure the economic production based on greenhouse gas emissions.
