China

• Over the last few years, CLASP experts have supported the development of Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for 13 products that will help avoid 3.47 gigatons of CO₂ emissions by 2040.

• Four recent, CLASP-supported policy wins have also helped lead to the reduction of 242 megatons of CO₂ emissions by 2030.

• CLASP advised on a new MEPS for permanent magnet motors, making China the first country to surpass the highest International Efficiency class, IE5.

As the largest emitter in the appliances sector, China plays an essential role in climate change mitigation. According to CLASP’s emissions estimates, appliances account for 38% of China’s energy-related CO₂ emissions. Market transformation in China is therefore the single largest opportunity in the world to achieve CO₂ emissions reductions from appliances.

CLASP’s work on appliance policies, focusing on high-impact products such as room air conditioners, refrigerators, electric motors, heat pumps, and LED lighting, supports China’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Given that China is the world’s leading exporter of these products, this work also has the potential to drive positive change across the global appliance market.

As consumers increasingly purchase their appliances and equipment online instead of at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, CLASP’s work in China focuses on making appliance efficiency information more readily available during online transactions. In partnership with government and retail stakeholders, CLASP builds on China’s well-established product efficiency labeling framework, providing technical support for market transformation and improved policies for the promotion of high-efficiency appliances.

With local partners, CLASP drives the uptake of ambitious energy efficiency policies and the market adoption of high-efficient appliances through the development and implementation of energy labeling systems. Explore our programs and initiatives in the country:

• Appliance energy efficiency policy: With local partners, CLASP aims to drive the uptake of ambitious energy efficiency policies.
• Market transformation: With local partners, CLASP drives the market adoption of high-efficient appliances by supporting the development and implementation of energy labeling systems.
• Sub-national policies promoting high-efficiency appliances: CLASP supports policy innovations at the city level to improve energy efficiency for motor systems and street lighting.
• International exchanges of policy experiences: CLASP facilitates collaboration among policymakers from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, and Indonesia to exchange insights and best practices on energy efficiency standards and labeling.