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Overview of the Policy Instruments for Renewable Energy Development in China

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  • Dongdong Song

    (Law Department, Public Administration School, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 450074, China
    Key Laboratory of Rule of Law Research, Ministry of Natural Resources, Wuhan 430074, China)

  • Yuewen Liu

    (Law Department, Public Administration School, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 450074, China)

  • Tianbao Qin

    (Research Institute of Environmental Law, Law School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Hongsong Gu

    (Research Institute of Environmental Law, Law School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Yang Cao

    (School of Marxism, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China)

  • Hongjun Shi

    (Natural Resources Assets Statistics and Accounting Center in Ningxia, Yinchuan 750002, China)

Abstract

The current legal and policy system of renewable energy in China has set up a framework of policy instruments, which provides an important foundation for dealing with climate change and promoting the healthy development of the renewable energy industry with the goal of “carbon neutrality” and “emission peak”. However, the current policy instruments cannot meet the needs for rapid development of the renewable energy industry. This paper investigates, analyzes, and concludes the status of renewable energy development along with related policy instruments in different renewable energy sources by literature and points out the problems of current policy instruments, and puts forward corresponding countermeasures. Moreover, from the perspective of energy consumption market transformation, the authors carried out an analysis of China’s challenges of policy instruments, pointing out that China’s renewable energy policy instruments have the potential to take one step further in the areas of the regulatory system, legal system and legal security system.

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  • Dongdong Song & Yuewen Liu & Tianbao Qin & Hongsong Gu & Yang Cao & Hongjun Shi, 2022. "Overview of the Policy Instruments for Renewable Energy Development in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-14, September.
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