China will introduce new incentives to cut pollution and carbon emissions this year, but flexibility and stability remain the country's top prioritiesas economic pressures mount, the government said in documents published on Saturday.
China's environmental commitments have come added under scrutiny this year as it tries to shore up growth and reduce the impact of stringent COVID-19 control policies on its economy and supply chains.
But efforts to reduce coal consumption and bring emissions to a peak would be done in a "well-ordered way", he added. The National Development and Reform Commission said "an appropriate level of flexibility" on energy consumption in order to keep the economy steady, and it warned against the "overly simplistic and mechanical" implementation of policies by local governments.Environmental groups have expressed concern that fears about the economy would lead China to backslide on its environmental commitments.
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