1. Sino-US Industrial Energy Efficiency Cooperation Project
In September 2007, NDRC and Department of Energy (DOE) signed the “Memorandum of Understanding about Industrial Energy Efficiency Cooperation (MOU)” in the third Sino-US Energy Policy Dialogue Conference held in San Francisco, U.S. Both parties are willing to jointly enhance the industrial energy efficiency and reduce the greenhouse gas emission through establishing projects and activities. The framework of the MOU includes the energy audit of the key energy consumption enterprises, Chinese localization and training of software tools, demonstration projects of energy-saving technology, comparative studies on key energy consumption enterprises both in China and U.S., Sino-US energy policy research and industrial energy efficiency standard cooperation, etc.
For the cooperation project, the lead institution of China is the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection of NDRC and the executive body is China Standard Certification Center of CNIS; while the lead institution of US is the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the DOE and the executive body is the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S.
According to the content of the MOU, the cooperation is divided into two phases: Firstly, based on the energy diagnostics of several enterprises, we will finish the Chinese localization of the analyzing software and the local concentrated training during the on-site energy diagnostics; secondly, according to the assessment summary of the first-phase activity, we will plan the demonstration projects of energy-saving technology and perform the comparative research on the key energy consumption enterprises both in China and U.S., the Sino-US energy policy research and the industrial energy efficiency standard cooperation, and the design and implementation of other activities under the frame of the MOU.
CSC, as the Chinese executive body, is currently implementing the energy diagnostics in the first phase. Both parties, based on negotiation and discussion, formulated the project implementation plan and working documents jointly according to the energy diagnostic method and basic procedures. CSC, considering the current situation in China’s industrial enterprises, put forward the requirements of China on software when mastering the software tools of the U.S. energy diagnostics. At present, both parties have completed the energy diagnostics pilot project of Hebei Jinyuan Chemical Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd., collected the information of 8 key energy consumption enterprises such as Hebei Tangshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and primarily determined the energy diagnostics scheme, involving the air compressing system, process heating system and steam system, and we hope to find out the energy saving possibility and feasible programs in these general systems.
The project is an important project in the energy efficiency field under the mechanism of Sino-US strategic economic dialogue. It not only has the important meaning for strengthening the capacity building in China’s industry, advancing industrial energy efficiency, reducing pollutant emission and ensuring energy safety, but also plays a positive role in solving the energy issues – the key factor restricting the economic development for both parties. Moreover, the project will promote the improvement of the energy strategy, laws, policy and standards and policy study in energy efficiency management in China.

2. EF Development Project of Implementation Guide of the Energy Management System in the Key Energy Consumption Industries
The project is a sub-topic under the “China Sustainable Energy Project” sponsored by the US Energy Foundation (EF). The project, focusing on the capacity building issues in the energy management process of cement, thermal power and chemical engineering industries, aims to develop the implementation guides for the energy management system in these industries to guide the enterprises to set up, implement, maintain and improve the energy management, and improve energy performance so as to provide the support to fully implement China Energy Conservation Law, and deeply realize energy saving and emission reduction in the key energy consumption industries. The major activities of the project include the investigation and research of the energy management demands of typical enterprises in the key energy consumption industries, the development of the implementation guide and training materials for the industrial energy management system, and the demonstration work for the pilot projects of the management system. The implementation period of the project is from 2008 to 2010.
The project is one of the work series of the energy management research and energy diagnostics activities developed by CSC in the key energy-using fields. CSC, as the undertaker for the project, has rich experience in the standard development of the energy management system and the research on the energy management situation in the key energy consumption industries. The effect of energy conservation realized by pure management is very limited and such management cannot last long. The methods of energy management must be incorporated with energy-saving technologies and equipment (products) to realize the maximum value of management and the goal of energy saving. Therefore, CSC, based on the requirements of reducing energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency in the key energy consumption industries, in accordance with the national standard namely Energy Management System - Requirements (GB/T 23331-2009), pioneers to organically combine the energy management requirements with conditions, like technology and equipment, in the key energy consumption industries and with the relevant laws and regulations, standards and industrial policies. It not only emphasizes on the process management, but also values the identification of opportunities for energy efficiency improvement and finds the energy saving possibility in the industry through the systematic and constantly improved energy management method.
At present, the implementation guide of the energy management system in the cement industry has been developed and passed the experts’ assessment. The project has carried out a pilot project for the energy management system implementation in China United Cement Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province under the support of the energy saving office of Shandong provincial government and has gained excellent implementation result. The project has been demonstrated and promoted in other key energy consumption industries in Shandong. At present, the implementation guides of the energy management system in the thermal power industry and synthetic ammonia industry are being developed and demonstrated as pilot projects.

3. ELI Global Promotion Project
ELI project, started in 2000, is successfully promoted in Argentina, Peru, Philippines, Czech Republic, Latvia, South Africa and Hungary and widely recognized. In May 2005, CSC began to take the overall ELI project under sponsorship of GEF and the support of IFC.
ELI project aims to, through the wide communication and cooperation with governments, lighting enterprises, distributors, relevant international organizations and institutions in different countries, establish ELI global service network and advance the coordination and mutual recognition with current energy efficiency certification/labeling projects in different countries through market transforming mechanism in order to globally carry out ELI promotion project. ELI aims to enhance the product quality of lighting enterprises through its quality certification project and provide the technical support for the global lighting product procurement projects so as to promote the efficient lighting products. Till now, over 100 models of product have passed the certification. In 2007, ELI awarded the silver prize issued by the Ryutaro Hashimoto Environmental Development Forum for Asia and the Pacific (see the annex for the copy of certificate).

4. Barrier Removal to the Cost-Effective Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Project in Asia (BRESL)
Barrier Removal to the Cost-Effective Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Project in Asia (BRESL), applied by UNDP and funded by GEF, is a regional energy efficiency project implemented in Asia. The project aims to urge Asian countries to formulate and perform the energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification system, meanwhile, promote the coordination and mutual recognition of the product testing method, energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification system, and advance the use of efficient products/equipment to fulfill the objective of energy saving.
BRSEL project will be implemented in six Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan and Vietnam involving six categories of products such as household refrigerator, room air-conditioner, self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, fluorescent lamp ballast, electric fan (or electric rice cooker).
The energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification project is one of the most effective policies and methods to save energy and cope with the global climate change. CSC, as the Chinese executive body for the project, has the opportunity to publicize the energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification system of China to other participants based on the current energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification system. The regional cooperation will boost the participants to mutually recognize and learn from each other in the process of coordination and mutual recognition, greatly advancing the free trade and national interests between countries.

5. Technical Support Center of Sustainable Production and Consumption for Asia and the Pacific
Technical Support Center of Sustainable Production and Consumption for Asia and the Pacific, as the research center of sustainable consumption and production policy and the executive body of regional project development and organization for UN, strives to provide the technical support for the realization of the sustainable consumption and production in different countries, design and develop the extension projects based on the platform of the Technical Support Center of Sustainable Production and Consumption, and publicize the best practice and successful cases in the regional range, mainly including:
1) Promote product standard and certification
2) Training: Establish the training center for the government officials, experts and scholars of different countries, creating long-term influence to governments in different countries
3) Assessment: Assess the capacity of sustainable consumption and production in different countries
4) Research: Perform the regional issue studies of the sustainable consumption and production and put forward action suggestions
5) Technical assistance: Assist the governments of different countries to formulate and implement the sustainable consumption and production policy; and assist different countries in the capacity building
6) Project: Organize and implement the regional, unilateral or multilateral cooperation projects
Green Growth Training Project: The Green Growth Training Project, based on the platform of the Technical Support Center of Sustainable Production and Consumption for Asia and the Pacific, carries out training about green growth mode to the policy-makers in the major countries in Asia and the Pacific, including how to coordinate the relations between the economic growth and the environmental sustainability, improve the ecological benefit of economic growth and drive the coordination between environment and economy, and the ecological benefit of different consumption methods and demand side management, etc.
Carbon Labeling Pilot Project: The project aims to acquire, through on-site visits, the experience and achievements of the countries who have implemented the Carbon Labeling project; based on energy efficiency labels and the LCA analytical model implemented by CNIS, to chose a certain category of product for carrying out the pilot analysis of Carbon Labeling project.

6. SWITCH -ASIA Sustainable Production Project in the Electronics and Electrical Appliances Industry
Asia has become the center of manufacturing industry in the world. The manufacturing industry in China, especially the electronics and electrical appliances industry, still has high consumption of energy and resource comparing with the developed countries. The small and medium-sized enterprises in China are facing the obstacles of the environmental laws and regulations, standards, and procedures of consistency when entering the markets of the developed countries. Comparing with the similar companies in Europe, the small and medium-sized enterprises in China are currently not conscious of environmental protection and production safety and lack the strict environment management system and social responsibility.
In 2008, CSC and the relevant departments in CNIS, together with the Ministry of Commerce of Germany, jointly designed the SWITCH–ASIA Sustainable Production Project in the Electronics and Electrical Appliances Industry which involves the household appliance, electronics, electronic components and communication products. The project will formulate and implement the voluntary assessment and report standard of the employment health and safety as well as corporate social responsibility, and provide training and voluntary auditing for the small and medium-sized enterprises in the electronics and electrical appliances industry. It will enhance the competitiveness and compliance of product quality of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the negotiations for international trade through the capacity building. The project will also publicize and promote the project achievements through the Technical Support Center of Sustainable Production and Consumption for Asia and the Pacific and participate in the relevant policy dialogues.

7. Others
(1) ADB -- Research on Resource Conservation Monitoring Indicator
(2) EF -- Research Project on Energy Consumption Quota of the Central State Organs
(3) EU-China -- Research on the Market and Policy Barrier of Promoting the Efficient Lighting
(4) AEA -- Research Project on the Sustainable Recovery and Disposal of Fluorescent Lamp in China
(5) Project of Energy Saving Certification (Labeling) of the Industrial and Commercial Equipment and its Promotion