National greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market launched

The launch ceremony of the National Greenhouse Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Market was held in Beijing on the morning of the 22nd. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the event and announced the launch of the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market.

At the launch ceremony, Ding Xuexiang and everyone watched the theme film on the construction of the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market and the actual market trading situation. Officials from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Beijing Municipal People's Government have delivered speeches successively. The heads of four project development units, including Hebei Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm, China General Nuclear Corporation Limited, State Power Investment Group Co., Ltd., and the Third Institute of Marine Research of the Ministry of Natural Resources, have signed a voluntary emission reduction project development and emission reduction trading compliance initiative. Officials from relevant departments and local authorities, representatives from carbon emission trading institutions, and others attended the launch ceremony.

Building a national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market is an institutional innovation that mobilizes the entire society to participate in greenhouse gas emission reduction actions. It is conducive to promoting the formation of a national carbon market system that complements and connects mandatory and voluntary carbon markets, and helps to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

全国温室气体自愿减排交易市场启动

全国温室气体自愿减排交易市场启动仪式22日上午在北京举行。中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理丁薛祥出席活动，宣布全国温室气体自愿减排交易市场启动。

启动仪式上，丁薛祥和大家一起观看了全国温室气体自愿减排交易市场建设情况主题片和市场交易实况。生态环境部、市场监管总局、北京市人民政府有关负责同志先后发言。河北塞罕坝机械林场、中国广核集团有限公司、国家电力投资集团有限公司、自然资源部第三海洋研究所等4家项目开发单位负责人签署了自愿减排项目开发和减排量交易合规倡议。有关部门和地方负责同志、碳排放交易机构代表等参加启动仪式。

建设全国温室气体自愿减排交易市场，是调动全社会力量共同参与温室气体减排行动的一项制度创新，有利于推动形成强制碳市场和自愿碳市场互补衔接、互联互通的全国碳市场体系，助力实现碳达峰碳中和目标。