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conservation and carbon emissions reduction and work toward reaching peak
consumption of coal and petroleum. We should refine the statistical and

accounting systems for carbon emissions while making steady headway in
enforcing policies and systems for assessment of carbon-related performance
of local authorities, carbon control by industries, carbon management by

enterprises, carbon evaluation for projects, and carbon footprint management
for products.
We should develop distributed energy sources and build zero-carbon

factories and industrial parks. We should expand the coverage of the China
Carbon Emission Trade Exchange and build the National Voluntary
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading Market at a faster pace. We

should adopt sound standards for green and low-carbon development,
spearhead improvements to relevant international rules and standards, and
promote alignment and mutual recognition between domestic and

international rules and standards. We should improve the working system for
climate change adaption to bolster our ability to respond to climate change,
especially extreme weather conditions.

48. Accelerating the shift to eco-friendly production practices and lifestyles
We should continue to exercise region-specific environmental
management and better align it with territorial space plans, and make

coordinated efforts to optimize industrial distribution. We should promote
green and low-carbon transitions in industry, urban and rural development,
transportation, energy, and other key sectors. The systems for total resource

consumption control and comprehensive resource conservation should be
improved, and refuse sorting and recycling should be stepped up to boost the
circular economy.

We should devote sustained efforts to building national experimental
areas for ecological conservation, establish pilot zones under the Beautiful
China Initiative, and foster pacesetters for green development. We should

pursue fiscal, tax, financial, investment, pricing, sci-tech, and environmental
policies that will drive green and low-carbon development. Incentives for
eco-friendly consumption should be boosted, and green and low-carbon

lifestyles should be promoted.

XIII. Modernizing China’s National Security System and Capacity and
Building a Peaceful China

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