Xinhua
September 25, 2006

China’s powerful central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, is overseeing the preparation of a white paper on the country’s energy policies

Beijing: China is compiling a white paper on the its energy policies under the organization of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to inform overseas more about the energy development of the country. The white paper is under the joint compilation of the Energy Bureau and the Institute of Macro Economics, both under the NDRC. The white paper will raise China’s energy strategy and goals as well as elaborate the country’s energy policies and measures that have been taken, said an official with the Energy Bureau. According to the official, the white paper aims to increase the transparency of China’s energy policies to build up a good international environment for the country’s energy development.