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Continued economic growth in China, which is spurring on demand for and consumption of large amounts of energy, poses a significant challenge to implementing a sustainable development strategy in this country. Whereas the climate change issue may not be given a high priority on the nation’s political agenda, greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, such as projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, may provide an opportunity to transfer highly-efficient, low greenhouse gas-producing energy supply and energy use technologies to China and thus stabilize the environmental impact of its economic growth at a relatively low level. In recent years, China has played a constructive role in promoting the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol and implementing the CDM. Over roughly the same period, a number of research and capacity-building projects have been conducted to strengthen China’s capabilities in methodological research, economic assessment, institutional arrangement, project development and operation, etc. The construction of a domestic CDM administration system is underway, and priority areas for CDM operation have been identified. However, the barriers that have arisen on the domestic and international stage at the institutional, information, pricing, procedural, and capacity and awareness levels need to be overcome in order to advance implementation of the CDM in China.
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