Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.12 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments, Tax concessions |
Energy, Manufacturing, Services |
Relevant information
|
Table 3.12 New support programmes notified to the WTO in 2015
Programme Forms of subsidy Period/Validitya
Preferential VAT on electrical products produced by photovoltaic-generated power Preferential taxation 1.10.2013 to 31.12.2015
Preferential VAT on hydropower products Preferential taxation 1.1.2013 to 31.12.2017
Preferential tax treatment for energy-saving and new energy vehicles and vessels Preferential taxation In effect
Preferential tax treatment for the public buses and trolleybuses purchased by urban public transportation enterprises Preferential taxation From 1.1.2012 to 31.12.2015
Preferential vehicle purchase tax on low-emission cars Preferential taxation 20.1.2009 to 31.12.2009; 1.1.2010 to 31.12.2010
(...)
Subsidy fund for energy-oriented utilization of straw Financial appropriations November 2008 to 2013
Subsidy fund for bio-energy and biochemical raw materials bases Financial appropriations In effect
Incentive fund for non-grain produced bio-energy and biochemical industry Financial appropriations In effect
Incentive fund for transformation of energy-saving technology Financial appropriations 2007-2013
Promotion fund for efficient lighting products Financial appropriations December 2007 to 2014
Subsidy fund for the promotion of energy-saving products Financial appropriations In effect
Subsidy fund for renewable energy-saving building materials Financial appropriations In effect
Special fund for energy conservation and emission reduction of communication and transportation Financial appropriations 2011 to 31 December 2018
(...)
|
Keywords
|
Energy
Emissions
Bio
Renewable
Conservation
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§127 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Loans and financing |
Energy, Not specified |
Relevant information
|
The People's Bank of China (PBC) continues to guide financial institutions to increase financial support to important areas of the economy and disadvantaged sectors, and to extend credit to key sectors and emerging industries, such as railways, clean energy and environmental protection. (...) In 2014-2015, financial institutions were guided to increase "green" credit. (...)
|
Keywords
|
Clean
Energy
Environment
Green
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§128 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Loans and financing, Other support measures |
Energy |
Relevant information
|
(...) the energy sector receives support to develop particular alternative energy sources (e.g. natural gas, wind power, solar power, geothermal power and nuclear power). To this end, in 2014, the State Council issued an Action Plan on the Energy Development Strategy (2014-2020) to improve the policies regulating the energy sector, support scientific research in the field, promote the use of renewable energy, and encourage financial institutions to support projects related to the production and use of clean energy. In addition, in 2015, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) circulated the Interim Measures on the Administration of the Renewable Energy Development Special Fund, which aim at supporting the production and use of renewable energy and "new" energy. There are no details with respect to the types of energy to be supported or how the Fund will be managed. An additional Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Fund was established by the MOF in 2015 to provide incentives for the development of technologies that save energy and reduce emissions. The CPC Recommendations on Developing the 13th Five Year Plan also mention "new" energy" as one of the areas that will get government support with the aim of replacing traditional energy and improving the environment.
|
Keywords
|
Energy
Renewable
Environment
Clean
Emissions
Conservation
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.14 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
|
Energy, Manufacturing |
Relevant information
|
Table 3.14 Various support measures, 2015
Support Type of support Legislation
National Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) Guarantee an above-the-market rate paid by the grid companies to companies which generate energy from wind, biomass, and solar sources Renewable Energy Law
Promotion of high-efficiency energy saving products .. Circular of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the 12th Five-Year Plan on Energy Saving and Emission Reduction (Guo Fa [2012] No. 40)
Exemption or reduction of corporate income tax and VAT refund and exemption for renewable energy production Preferential enterprise income tax.
VAT on sales of electricity generated with wind power will be subject to an immediate 50% refund upon payment Article 27 of the EIT Law and Article 87 of Implementation Regulation. Circular of the Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation on the Value-added Tax Policies for Integrated Resource Utilization Products and Other Products (Caishui [2008] No. 156)
Hydropower products VAT refund Circular on VAT policy of large hydroelectric power enterprises a
New energy automobiles Financial appropriations to support enterprises manufacturing new energy automobiles. The aim of this support measure is to reduce the purchase price for the final consumer Circular on Further Promoting New Energy Automobilesb
Exemption from the Vehicle Tax Announcement on Vehicle Purchase Tax Exemption for New Energy Automobilesc
(...)
|
Keywords
|
Bio
Renewable
Energy
Emissions
Conservation
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.15 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Other price and market based measures |
Other |
Relevant information
|
Table 3.15 Central government set or government-guided prices, 2015
Product Coverage/rationale
Government set prices
Water supplied by conservancy projects The price of water supplied by conservancy projects directly under the Central Government or cross-province (cross-district or cross-city) conservancy projects is set by the Government.
The rationale for maintaining a price control is that water supplied by conservancy projects is a scarce resource and a natural monopoly.
(...)
|
Keywords
|
Natural resources
Conservation
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.16 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Other price and market based measures |
Other |
Relevant information
|
Table 3.16 Local government set or government-guided prices, 2015
Product Type of control/rationale Regulation
Environment protection charges Hazardous wastes disposal charges are subject to local government pricing regulation.
The rationale for maintaining a price control is that they are important public utility prices. Measures for the Administration of Collection Standards for Pollutant Discharge Feesa
Urban household garbage disposal charges Urban household waste charges are subject to local government pricing regulation.
The rationale for maintaining a price control is that they are important public utility prices. Circular on Implementing Urban Household Garbage Disposal Charges and Promoting Garbage Disposal Industrializationb
Sewage disposal charges Sewage disposal charges are subject to local government pricing regulation.
The rationale for maintaining price control is that they are important public utility prices. Measures for the Administration of Collection Standards for Pollutant Discharge Fees
(...)
|
Keywords
|
Environment
Hazardous
Waste
Pollution
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§172 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Not specified |
Relevant information
|
In 2015 China submitted a new and full notification regarding state trading enterprises to the WTO. The legislation regulating state trading has not changed since 2014, nor have the reasons for maintaining this practice or the products subject to it. State trading remains in place to: ensure a stable supply and price of the products concerned; safeguard food security; and protect exhaustible and non-recyclable natural resources, and the environment.
|
Keywords
|
Recycle
Natural resources
Environment
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§212 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
Not specified |
Relevant information
|
Foreign or international patent applications for an invention or utility model in which the substantial content of the technical solution was generated within the Chinese territory or resulted from R&D activities of major national projects, are subject to a preliminary national-interest clearance. [200] (...)
[200] Major national projects have been identified in the National Medium- and Long-Term Programme for Science and Technology Development (2006) in the areas of information, manufacturing, bio-pharmaceuticals, energy, resources and environment, aimed at promoting social and economic development.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-IV§13 |
China |
2016 |
Sectors |
Tax concessions |
Other |
Relevant information
|
In general, exports of agricultural goods are not subject to export taxes. There are only four tariff lines subject to an export tax of 40% (Table 3.10). VAT rebates at rates ranging from 0% to 15% apply to agricultural exports. The most common rebate rate, based on a tariff line analysis at HS 8-digit level, is 5%, which applies to 42% of all tariff lines, followed by 0%, which applies to 27% of all tariff lines, and 15%, which applies to 24% of all tariff lines some of which are major exports (e.g. prepared fruits and nuts, and other prepared/preserved vegetables) (Table 4.1). The rebate rate of 13% applies to chicken, duck and other meats; while products such as: cereals, oilseeds and vegetables have a rebate rate of 0%, and endangered animals or plants, not an encouraged export, are exempt from the rebate.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.4 |
China |
2016 |
Sectors |
Grants and direct payments |
Agriculture |
Relevant information
|
Table 4.4 Support to agriculture and forestry, 2015
Description Starting year Form of subsidy Legal basis
Subsidy fund for small farmland water conservancy facilities and national key construction projects on water and soil conservation 1983 Financial appropriations MOF Circular Cai Nong No. 335 of 2009
MOF Circular Cai Nong Zi No. 54 of 2012
(...)
Subsidy fund for agricultural resources and ecological protection 1984 Financial appropriations MOF Circular Cai Nong No. 139 of 2004
MOF Circular Cai Nong No. 32 of 2014
(...)
|
Keywords
|
Natural resources
Soil
Conservation
Eco
|
|