China to build resource-efficient society (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-06-26 08:40
China has taken building resource-efficient society as a basic principle for
economic and socialdevelopment of the country, said Ma Kai, minister in charge
ofNational Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Saturday.
At the China Development Forum on Building Resource-Efficient Society being
held from June 25 to 26, Ma Kai said China endeavors to speed up its move in
building a resource efficient society bymaking policies and regulations.
China will take efficiency of resources as the primaryprinciple in all
sectors of the national economy, said Ma.
He siad the aim of building resource-efficient society will bewritten in the
11th Five-Year Plan and be taken as an importantinstructive principle in
designing various plans and reformprojects of governments at all levels.
Ma emphasized the importance of legislation and supervision inbuilding an
energy-efficient society and the indispensability of a encouraging system with
pricing and taxation as the major tools.
To establish an energy-efficient society, China should alsoencourage
technological innovation in resource efficiency andrecycling use, to make the
market play an effective role byadopting new systems such as demand-side control
in electricityuse and to establish a energy-conserving atmosphere in the
wholesociety by education, said Ma.
