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On August 21, the National Development and Reform Commission publicly solicited opinions on the "Measures for Energy Conservation Review of Fixed Asset Investment Projects (Draft for Comments)".

The revised "Measures for Energy Conservation Review of Fixed Asset Investment Projects" consists of 6 chapters and 33 articles, including general provisions, management responsibilities, energy conservation review, supervision and management, legal responsibilities, and supplementary provisions. The main revisions include the following aspects:

First, establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for energy-saving review authority. The National Development and Reform Commission has established a dynamic adjustment mechanism for energy-saving review authority for fixed asset investment projects. In combination with factors such as the energy-saving and carbon-reduction situation and industry development, energy-saving reviews are implemented for large-scale, high-energy-consuming projects in key industries in areas where energy-saving review capabilities are not adequate. It is clarified that energy-saving reviews should be the responsibility of energy-saving review authorities at the prefecture and city level and above, and it is prohibited to hand over energy-saving review authority to administrative approval agencies that do not have review capabilities.

Second, strengthen the management of project energy consumption and carbon emission evaluation. Include relevant requirements for project carbon emission evaluation in the scope of energy conservation review, clarify that energy conservation review should review project energy consumption, energy efficiency level and energy conservation measures, and comprehensively evaluate project energy consumption and carbon emissions. Further improve the requirements for the preparation of project energy conservation reports, and include the total carbon emissions of the project, carbon emissions per unit of added value (output value), carbon emission structure, etc. in the energy conservation report.

Third, strengthen the supervision during and after energy-saving review. Strengthen the management of energy-saving review and acceptance before the project is put into production and use. According to the principle of "who approves, who accepts", the energy-saving review and acceptance work shall be the responsibility of the energy-saving review and acceptance agency. Clarify the specific contents of energy-saving review violations such as the project's failure to implement the energy-saving review opinions, and the energy-saving reports and energy-saving review and acceptance reports are seriously inaccurate.