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As in most areas of the world, China’s strong willingness to support the development and deployment of renewable energy can be attributed not only to motivations regarding climate change but to those concerning sustained economic growth, green jobs and energy security. Since the early 1980s the Chinese government has implemented multiple policies...

In 2005, the Chinese government set compulsory targets for energy-saving. The national target is a reduction of 20 percent energy consumption per unit of GDP by 2010 based on the level in 2005. The national target is disaggregated into provincial targets which range from 12 - 30 percent of reduction. This policy will have great influences on not...