TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy conservation in China's energy-intensive enterprises
T2 - An empirical study of the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program
AU - Lo, Kevin
AU - Li, He
AU - Wang, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments. This project received financial support from the Australian Research Council Grant ( DP1094801 ) [Low-carbon Project] and School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - The Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program is China's keystone energy conservation and climate change program. The program has effectively created a class of energy-intensive enterprises that are regulated by the government for energy conservation purposes. Through an empirical study conducted in Changchun, this paper shows that the adoption of energy efficiency technologies and practices has been highly uneven in this class of enterprises because of two reasons. First, a de facto two-tier regulatory system has emerged within the framework of the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program. Central state-owned enterprises are closely regulated by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) which is a central government apparatus, whereas local state-owned enterprises and privately owned enterprises are regulated by the local government, which has fewer resources and incentives to implement the program rigorously. Second, the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program bundles together different types of enterprises. This approach places smaller enterprises at a disadvantage and limits their ability to conserve energy.
AB - The Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program is China's keystone energy conservation and climate change program. The program has effectively created a class of energy-intensive enterprises that are regulated by the government for energy conservation purposes. Through an empirical study conducted in Changchun, this paper shows that the adoption of energy efficiency technologies and practices has been highly uneven in this class of enterprises because of two reasons. First, a de facto two-tier regulatory system has emerged within the framework of the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program. Central state-owned enterprises are closely regulated by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) which is a central government apparatus, whereas local state-owned enterprises and privately owned enterprises are regulated by the local government, which has fewer resources and incentives to implement the program rigorously. Second, the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program bundles together different types of enterprises. This approach places smaller enterprises at a disadvantage and limits their ability to conserve energy.
KW - China
KW - Climate change mitigation
KW - Energy conservation
KW - Energy-intensive enterprises
KW - Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program
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U2 - 10.1016/j.esd.2015.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.esd.2015.05.002
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84929470226
SN - 0973-0826
VL - 27
SP - 105
EP - 111
JO - Energy for Sustainable Development
JF - Energy for Sustainable Development
ER -