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Appliances and Equipment
Table 2-13 provides information on the energy-related policies and programs for appliances and
equipment that are reviewed here. Five of the six policies are regulatory/administrative in
nature, with some combining important informational elements as part of the mandatory policy
in order to provide consumers with important knowledge to guide purchasing decisions. One
policy – to increase fuel switching and reduce dispersed coal for specific types of equipment –
combines economic incentives with more regulatory phase-out targets. Only one policy is fully
voluntary, using information and motivation to highlight the best-performing appliances in
terms of their energy efficiency.
Table 2-13. China’s Key Energy-Related Policies and Programs: Appliances and Equipment
Policy/Program Type
Coverage
Current Status
Mandatory
Regulatory/
Appliance Energy Administrative
Efficiency
Standards
Mandatory
Energy Labeling
Top-Runner
Program for EndUse Energy
Consuming
Appliances and
Products
Unifying
Standards,
Certification, and
Labeling for
Green Products
Green Cooling
Action Plan
65 residential, commercial and
industrial products
Regulatory/
37 product categories in 5 major
Administrative; fields of household appliances,
Informational
office and electronic equipment,
industrial equipment, lighting
equipment and commercial
equipment
Informational; Best energy-efficiency performing
Voluntary;
products in five product
Motivational
categories: clothes washers,
lighting products, household
refrigerators, flat panel televisions,
and variable-speed air
conditioners
Regulatory/
Integrated catalogues of energy
Administrative; saving and environmental labeled
Informational
products
Regulatory/
Administrative;
Informational;
Motivational
Increase Fuel
Regulatory/
Switching/Reduce Administrative;
Dispersed Coal
Economic;
Motivational
73 residential, commercial, and
industrial product energy efficiency
standards in place, with an
innovative proposed revised
standard for air conditioners under
consideration
Recently revised to strengthen the
supervision and management of the
label and established label
requirements for imported products
Expanded product coverage from 3
products in initial pilot program to 5
products
Sets new direction for aligning
various standards, certification, and
labeling products; incorporated into
new government procurement lists
Major cooling products including Just released with goals for 2020 and
household air conditioners and
2030
multi-split air conditioning systems
Building heating equipment,
stoves, boilers
74
New area of policy emphasis for
reducing air pollution in Northern
China, complemented by city or
province-level subsidies