China China expands national carbon market to include steel, cement, aluminum smelting industries

China expands national carbon market to include steel, cement, aluminum smelting industries

On March 21, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced a plan to expand the national carbon market to include the steel, cement and aluminum smelting industries. In the plan, these industries are considered to have been placed under the market’s regulatory scheme in 2024, and are expected to complete the first compliance cycle by the end of 2025.

Author / Responsibility

LIU Yake

Researcher, Research & Consulting Dept. EnviX Ltd.

Business Performance

worked as a research assistant at Department of Environmental Planning and Management, School of Environment, Tsinghua University for 4 years, and then joint in Envix in April, 2022, currently is mainly responsible for consulting on EHS regulation compliance in East Asia.

Background

MA, Environmental Econimics, Hiroshima University

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