ChinaFAQs: Resources for the Hu-Obama Summit

China and the U.S. at the Summit

• Fact Sheet: The U.S. and China at the Summit: Climate & Energy Developments in China and U.S.-China Collaboration
  Background on US-China climate relations, what China has accomplished and the prospects ahead for clean energy and climate progress.
• Ask the ChinaFAQs Experts: “What Outcomes Do You Hope to See From the Hu Jintao-Obama Summit?”
  We asked members of our ChinaFAQs Expert Network what they would like to see in terms of outcomes from the summit. Read their responses here.

China’s Actions

• Expert Blog: What can we expect on climate and energy in China in 2011?
  Topics include the 12th 5-Year Plan, UNFCCC Climate Negotiations in Durban, high speed rail, urban transport efficiency, resource dilemmas, and policies to promote clean energy technology.

• Expert Blog: China’s Climate Progress Since Copenhagen

United States-China Cooperation

• Fact Sheet: U.S.-China Collaboration on Energy and Climate
  Outlines recent collaboration initiatives established by the November 2009 U.S.-China Clean Energy Announcements

• Expert Blog: What Cancun means for China and the U.S.

Renewable Energy

• Fact Sheet: Solar Energy
  Discusses background of China’s solar energy, policies for boosting domestic capacity and promoting deployment.
• Expert Blog: Two international conferences in China highlight importance of wind energy

Energy Efficiency

• Fact Sheet: Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards
  China has developed an array of mandatory and voluntary standards and labeling programs with international assistance, which promise to significantly reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, but stepped up compliance testing and enforcement could enable China to reap even bigger gains.
• Fact Sheet: Efficiency, a Thousand Companies at a Time
  Examines outcomes and indicators of China’s “Top-1000 Energy-Consuming Enterprises Program,” which is expected to exceed energy savings targets.
• Fact Sheet: China’s Ten Key Energy Efficiency Projects
  Describes the scope and progress of the billion-dollar program that provides financial support for energy-saving projects ranging from the power sector to construction.

Industry

• Fact Sheet: Industrial Energy Efficiency Cooperation
  Lists China’s international cooperative initiatives on industrial energy efficiency, lessons learned, and opportunities for future cooperation.

Transportation

• Fact Sheet: Fast Track to Curbing Emissions
  A description of China’s recent program to build 10,000 miles of high-speed passenger rail over the next decade, connecting most of China’s major cities, and potentially producing significant gains in energy efficiency.
• Fact Sheet: Fuel Economy Standards in China
  China’s 2004 fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, which are stricter than those of the U.S., have produced significant gains in pollution reduction and are likely to be tightened, a joint study by U.S. and Chinese scholars finds.

Coal for Electricity

• Fact Sheet: A Quest to Curb Coal Use
  Outlines China’s dependence on coal for electricity, and progress in developing and deploying cleaner coal technologies.
• Graphic: Top 10 Coal Consuming Nations
• Expert Blog: Experts Weigh in on the Future of Coal Use in China
  A recap of a panel discussion convened by WRI and US-CAN in the lead-in to the UNFCCC Tianjin climate meeting. Discussion covered how Coal will remain a critical part of China’s energy mix for decades to come, but growth could slow and then peak around 2030.

Carbon Capture and Storage

• Fact Sheet: Taking Steps to Capture Carbon
  Discusses the rationale for U.S.-China collaboration on carbon capture and storage and current joint projects.
• Expert Blog: Progress on the GreenGen IGCC Project
  ChinaFAQs experts visited the GreenGen project, a joint venture between China’s Huaneng and U.S.-based Peabody Energy, in October 2010 and learned that the first phase is on track to be completed in 2011. The research and demonstration project is helping China develop coal gasification and CCS technologies.
• Expert Blog: China’s Growing Carbon Capture and Storage Activities in Action

Energy and Emissions Data

• Fact Sheet: China’s New Emissions Inventory
  Discusses the challenges, methods and progress of China in producing its next inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, and the implications for the UNFCCC process.
• Fact Sheet: China’s Carbon Intensity Goal
  Describes China’s goal of reducing the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions within the Chinese economy by 40-45% by 2020 and analyzes the impacts on absolute emissions of China’s efforts to achieve this goal.
• Fact Sheet: Atmospheric Changes Reveal China’s Energy Trends
  Harvard and Tsinghua scientists conduct independent measurement study of atmospheric indicators and find evidence that corroborate official government figures showing improvement in China’s energy efficiency.
• Graphic: China’s CO2 Emissions by Sector
  Displays CO2 emissions levels in China by sector, in relation to sectoral emissions of other nations using most recent data from 2007.

Development, Markets, and Energy

• Fact Sheet: China’s Fast-Growing Cities
  To address the increased emissions urbanization promotes, China is pursuing a range of policies designed to improve building efficiency, mass transit, and energy use by common household appliances.
• Fact Sheet: Building Energy Codes
  Discusses inspection, and enforcement and impacts of China’s 2007 building energy codes.
• Fact Sheet: China’s Energy Security Dilemma
  Summarizes China’s energy resource availability and policy programs, opportunities and challenges as Chinese leaders seek to address energy demand in addition to the traditional strategy of planning supply.
• Expert Blog: Chinese Businesses and NGOs Discuss the Future of Carbon Markets

Trade and Competitiveness

• Expert Blog: USTR requests WTO consultations on Chinese wind subsidy; Action on rare earths still undecided