China recently released the Comprehensive Program on Energy-Saving and Emission Reduction during the “12th Five-Year Plan” Period.

　　The Comprehensive Program specifies that by the end of 2015, the energy consumption per 10,000 Yuan GDP will decrease to 0.869 ton coal equivalent (according to the price of 2005), down by 16% compared with 1.034 ton coal equivalent in 2010 and 32% compared with 1.276 ton coal equivalent in 2005. It is planned that China will save 670 million ton coal equivalent during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period. It is expected that by 2015, COD discharge and SO2 emission of the country will not exceed 23.476 million ton and 20.864 million ton respectively, down by 8% compared with 25.517 million ton and 22.678 million ton in 2010. The total emission will not exceed 2.38 million ton for ammonia nitrogen and 20.462 million ton for NOx, down by 10% compared with that of 2010 (2.644 million ton of ammonia nitrogen and 22.736 ton NOx).