On Feb. 27th, “The Initial Report Meeting of Key Enterprises’ Historical Carbon Emissions Information in Guangdong Province” was held in Guangzhou, attracting over 300 companies whose annual comprehensive energy consumption surpassing 5000 tons of standard coal in respectively four industrial fields including electricity, cement, fossile and steal. As the main researcher of this report, experts from Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS(GIEC) also attended the meeting.

Mr. Xiulu Lu, vice director of Guangdong Development and Reform Committee, made a mobilization speech at the very beginning of the meeting. Afterwards, Prof. Daiqing Zhao delivered the theme report of the pilot carbon emissions trade mechanism in Guangdong, which explained the reason and the content of this mechanism, and also introduced the framework, layout and requirement of these carbon trade pilots in Guangdong.

It is supposed to have these Guangdong’s key enterprises organized in early 2013 to report their historical carbon emissions information of the year 2010、2011 and 2012. GIEC is responsible for editing the report guidelines of cement and fossile industry. GIEC experts also conducted practical training and Q&A.

This meeting symbolizes the official lauch of the projgect of Guangdong carbon emissions information report, which requires the listed enterprises complete on-line information report before March 13th, and finish the whole report before late April. Spacific guiding teams would be organized by GIEC experts to provide on-spot assistance for dozens of companies, guiding them with the reporting and inspection.