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Location
Room 205
Start Date
4-7-2012 10:15 AM
End Date
4-7-2012 12:00 PM
Description
China has a long history of using bioenergy. But the utilization of modern bioenergy in China started late, and come up against the inferior of technology, the low level of industrialization and the imperfect laws and policies. During the 11th five-year plan for national economic and social development (2006-2010), Chinese government set up series of bioenergy development goals and obtained initial achievements in development of modern bioenergy, such as biomass power generation, liquid biofuels and biogas. Moreover, the latest 12th five-year plan (2011-2015) will further advance the use of bioenergy through the upcoming bioenergy plan which is included in the forthcoming renewable energy plan.
For the past few years, the Chinese government, out of consideration of energy security and environmental protection, intensified scientific research in renewable energy sources and worked out a sequence of law and policies to promote the development of the renewable energy industry. The legal system and policy framework which aim to improve the bio-industry development in China were initially set up. Among the primarily formed legal framework, Renewable Energy Law of Peoples’ Republic of China is primary legal basis. The implementation of the law depends on the enforcement of administrative regulations, department rules，technical specifications and a series of policies and plans. However, the existing bioenergy law in China is not adequate to regulate the development of bioindustry, and there is no legislation specifically regulating bioenergy. Meanwhile, the integrity of the legal system, the harmony of regulations and the operability of rules are to be strengthened.
In short, the suggestions for promoting Chinese bioenergy law are as follows. Firstly, bioenergy Law should be suited in the third level of the Energy Law (the second level is Renewable Energy Law), with the form of administrative law or department regulation. Secondly, in current bioenergy legal system, principle of deliberation, principle of diversification and life-cycle assessment tool shall be adopted. More negative environmental consequences are to be stressed in the existing and future legislation. Thirdly, the current legal mechanisms, just like the biofuel standard, are to be adjusted or perfected according to the development of bio-industry and the new orientation of bioenergy. The last but not the least, more specific and enforceable provisions are to be stipulated in the future.
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On the Improvement of Bioenergy Law in China
Room 205
China has a long history of using bioenergy. But the utilization of modern bioenergy in China started late, and come up against the inferior of technology, the low level of industrialization and the imperfect laws and policies. During the 11th five-year plan for national economic and social development (2006-2010), Chinese government set up series of bioenergy development goals and obtained initial achievements in development of modern bioenergy, such as biomass power generation, liquid biofuels and biogas. Moreover, the latest 12th five-year plan (2011-2015) will further advance the use of bioenergy through the upcoming bioenergy plan which is included in the forthcoming renewable energy plan.
For the past few years, the Chinese government, out of consideration of energy security and environmental protection, intensified scientific research in renewable energy sources and worked out a sequence of law and policies to promote the development of the renewable energy industry. The legal system and policy framework which aim to improve the bio-industry development in China were initially set up. Among the primarily formed legal framework, Renewable Energy Law of Peoples’ Republic of China is primary legal basis. The implementation of the law depends on the enforcement of administrative regulations, department rules，technical specifications and a series of policies and plans. However, the existing bioenergy law in China is not adequate to regulate the development of bioindustry, and there is no legislation specifically regulating bioenergy. Meanwhile, the integrity of the legal system, the harmony of regulations and the operability of rules are to be strengthened.
In short, the suggestions for promoting Chinese bioenergy law are as follows. Firstly, bioenergy Law should be suited in the third level of the Energy Law (the second level is Renewable Energy Law), with the form of administrative law or department regulation. Secondly, in current bioenergy legal system, principle of deliberation, principle of diversification and life-cycle assessment tool shall be adopted. More negative environmental consequences are to be stressed in the existing and future legislation. Thirdly, the current legal mechanisms, just like the biofuel standard, are to be adjusted or perfected according to the development of bio-industry and the new orientation of bioenergy. The last but not the least, more specific and enforceable provisions are to be stipulated in the future.