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3.111. Support measures for the Central-Western Region are laid down in the Catalogue of Priority Industries for Foreign Investment in the Central-Western Regions, which was revised in February 2017 (Section 2.4). Projects in sectors listed in the Catalogue are entitled to preferential policies, including exemption from import tariff for equipment and preferential income tax

(…) China has continued to provide support for (…) new energy vehicles (…)

Table 3.13 Support measures to projects for industrial transformation and upgrading
Supporting policy Relating measures
Industrial policy (…) Preferential Tax Policies for Purchasing and Using Energy-Saving, Environmental Protection and Safe Production Appliances

Table 3.14 Various support measures in 2015-17
Sector Type of support Legislation
(...) Eco-manufacturing Financial appropriations Circular of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Office of the Ministry of Finance on the release of industrial restructuring and upgrading in 2017 (China Manufacturing 2025)a (Gong Xin Ting Lian Gui [2017] No. 53)
New energy vehicles Financial appropriations; Tax exemption Circular on the Promotion of New Energy Vehicle in 2016-2020b (Cai Jian [2015] No. 134); Announcement on Vehicle Purchase Tax Exemption for New Energy Automobilesc
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Renewable energy production VAT refund Circular on the VAT Policy for Wind Power (Cai Shui [2015] No. 74)
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Chinese standards are divided into "mandatory standards" (technical regulations) and voluntary standards. Technical regulations are mainly related to the protection of human health, personal property and safety, and are usually applied to: (…) environmental emissions

Between January 2016 and November 2017, China submitted 94 TBT notifications, most of them under Article 2.9. The majority of the technical regulations notified were applied to regulate the market and to protect human health, safety and the environment, and were related to (...) recycling (...)

The amended Law on Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution entered into force in January 2016 with a view to placing tighter controls over the emission of air pollutants and regulating the formulation of environmental protection standards. The Law specifies quality standards for coal, fuels, paints and related products.

(...) China administers both a voluntary certification system and a compulsory product certification system. The China National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA), under AQSIQ, manages both systems. Certification and accreditation are regulated by: the Product Quality Law; the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law; the Regulations on Certification and Accreditation; the Regulations on Compulsory Product Certification, as well as the Measures for the Administration of Certification Bodies; the Measures for the Administration of Certification Certificates and Certification Marks; the Measures for the Administration of Organic Product Certification; and the Measures for the Administration of Energy-Saving and Low-Carbon-Emission Product Certification.

(…) eight specific trade concerns (STCs) were raised by Members in the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures regarding SPS measures maintained by China, of which three were raised for the first time. These STCs refer to: (…) proposed amendments on GMOs (...)

Table 3.16 Department rules related to price controls, 2017
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Administrative Measures on the Criteria of Levies on Pollutant Discharge (Nullified on 1 January 2018) Order of the State Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Economic and Trade Commission [2003] No. 31
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Administrative Measures on the Price of Water Supplied by Conservancy Projects NDRC and the Ministry of Water Resources Order [2003] No. 4

(…) Currently, products subject to government-set/guided prices include (…) water supplied by conservancy projects (…) Currently less than 3% of the economy is covered by price controls (…)