On 17 January 2023, China’s National Energy Fundamentals and Management Standardisation Technical Committee (SAC/TC20) held its annual meeting. During the speeches of Liu Qiong, the deputy directive general of the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and Wei Hong, the deputy directive general of the Department of Standards Technology Regulation under the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the work of SAC/TC20 in 2022 was recognised while encouraging further improvement in terms of standard system for energy conservation.
SAC/TC20 was established in 1981 in order to increase the supporting role of the standard system to energy conservation and carbon reduction. Since then, SAC/TC20 has managed a total of 365 national standards for energy conservation, including 108 mandatory standards for energy consumption per unit products, 66 mandatory energy efficiency standards for end-use products, as well as other supportive national standards, such as standards for energy consumption accounting, energy efficiency supervision, energy measuring instruments, economic operations, energy management systems, energy performance assessment, evaluation on energy saving quantity, services of energy conservation, etc.
In the coming months, SAC/TC20 will continue to optimise the energy system, upgrade the mandatory standards for energy consumption and energy efficiency, develop supporting standards, and proactively participate in international cooperation activities and exchanges on energy conservation.
