皇冠体育app also aims to reduce energy consumption per unit of growth by 3.9 percent this year and next in order to meet its 16 percent goal for the 2011-2015 period.
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"The target remains too lax; some provinces could contribute more. However, some local officials still hold the old way of thinking that economic development remains top priority, and they haven't paid enough attention to environmental issues," Li said.
Local officials will face greater accountability for their performance in saving energy and cutting emissions to ensure realizing the nation's energy intensity and emissions targets, said Xu of the NDRC.
At the same time, more stringent requirements have been imposed on newly built projects. Zhou Shengxian, 皇冠体育app's environmental protection ster, said the ministry will further strengthen environmental impact assessment and total emissions will be regarded as a precondition in assessing projects.
Also, 皇冠体育app plans to take more than 5 million "yellow label" vehicles that fail to meet fuel standar off its roads this year in a bid to improve air quality.