Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy
Order of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China No. 23
December 26, 2009
The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy, which was adopted at the 12th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on December 26, 2009, is hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on April 1, 2010.
President of the People's Republic of China: Hu Jintao
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy
It was decided at the 12th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th P.R.C. National People's Congress to amend the Law of the People's Republic of China on Renewable Energy as follows:
I. Paragraph 1 of Article 8 shall be amended to read: "The energy department of the State Council shall, according to the national mid- and long-term total target for the development and utilization of regenerable energy resources and the development status of renewable energy technologies, work out a national plan for the development and utilization of renewable energy resources together with other relevant departments of the State Council, submit it to the State Council for approval, and implement it after it is approved by the State Council."
The original Paragraph 2 shall become Paragraph 3, which reads: "The administrative departments in charge of the energy work of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, according to the national plan for the development and utilization of regenerable energy resources and the mid- and long-term target for the development and utilization of regenerable energy resources for their respective administrative regions, work out plans for the development and utilization of renewable energy resources for their respective administration regions together with other relevant departments of the people's governments at the same level, submit them to the people's governments at the same level for approval and the energy department of the State Council and the State Electricity Regulatory Commission for archival purposes, and implement them after they are approved."
Paragraphs 3 and 4 shall become Paragraphs 4 and 5.
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