There is no foreign-ownership cap on renewable power generation, and solar/wind equipment manufacturing is fully open to foreign investment. 可再生能源发电无外资股比上限，光伏与风电设备制造对外资完全开放。 The binding constraint is provincial planning and grid absorption, not ownership — the practical vehicle is a locally incorporated project … Renewable energy & green investment incentivesRead more
绿色能源 / Green Energy
Foreign Firms’ Green Power Procurement and Carbon Market Compliance
China has built a unified national green-power trading framework and a nationwide Green Electricity Certificate (GEC) system; foreign-invested enterprises registered in China can open accounts and procure GECs like any domestic user. 中国已建立全国统一的绿色电力交易框架与覆盖全国的绿色电力证书（绿证）制度；在境内合法注册的外商投资企业与境内用户一样可开设账户并采购绿证。 The 2024 “Green Power Trading Chapter” folds … Foreign Firms’ Green Power Procurement and Carbon Market ComplianceRead more
New-type storage — foreign participation pathways
Document 114 (发改价格〔2026〕114号, Jan 2026) is the first national-level rule to explicitly create a capacity-price mechanism for grid-side standalone new-type storage, treating it on a par with coal power as a capacity resource. 114号文（发改价格〔2026〕114号，2026年1月）是首个在国家层面明确建立电网侧独立新型储能容量电价机制的规则，将其与煤电同等视为容量资源。 New-type storage can now earn a … New-type storage — foreign participation pathwaysRead more
National carbon market expansion — impact on foreign-invested enterprises
In March 2025 the national ETS first expanded beyond power: steel, cement and aluminium smelting were added, lifting covered CO2 to over 60% of national emissions and adding about 1,500 entities and ~3 billion tonnes of new coverage. 2025年3月，全国碳市场首次扩围至电力之外：纳入钢铁、水泥、铝冶炼，覆盖二氧化碳占全国总量超60%，新增约1500家企业与约30亿吨新增覆盖。 The … National carbon market expansion — impact on foreign-invested enterprisesRead more
Green hydrogen — foreign investment opportunities and demonstration zones
Green hydrogen is a 2026 policy priority: the “15th Five-Year Plan” names hydrogen and green fuels as new growth points, and Inner Mongolia alone targets large-scale green-H2 clusters with costs of RMB 17–20/kg (about 60% of the national average). 绿氢是2026年政策重点：”十五五”规划将氢能、绿色燃料列为新增长点；仅内蒙古即瞄准规模化绿氢集群，成本17–20元/公斤（约全国均价的60%）。 … Green hydrogen — foreign investment opportunities and demonstration zonesRead more
Wind and solar — foreign project approval and grid-connection policy
Wind and solar power generation has no foreign-ownership cap; equipment manufacturing is fully open. The binding constraint is provincial planning and grid absorption, not nationality. 风电与光伏发电无外资股比上限，设备制造完全开放。真正约束在于省级规划与电网消纳，而非投资者国籍。 Document 136 (发改价格〔2025〕136号) ended the “guaranteed-offtake” era: from 2025, new wind/solar goes fully into … Wind and solar — foreign project approval and grid-connection policyRead more