Energy Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China
Energy Conservation Law of the People’s Republic of China
(Adopted at the 28th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on November 1, 1997 and promulgated by Order No. 90 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on November 1, 1997)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Energy Conservation Administration
Chapter III Rational Energy Utilization
Chapter IV Technological Progress in Energy Conservation
Chapter V Legal Liability
Chapter VI Supplementary Provision
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is enacted with a view to promoting energy conservation in the whole society, improving energy utilization and economic performance, protecting the environment, ensuring national socio-economic development and satisfying the requirements of people’s livelihood.
Article 2 The energy resources referred to in this Law mean coal, crude oil, natural gas, electricity, coke, coal gas, thermal power, finished petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas, biological energy and all other resources from which useful energy is obtained directly or through processing or transformation.
Article 3 The energy conservation referred to in this Law means the strengthening of energy utilization administration, adoption of measures which are technologically feasible, economically rational and bearable to the environment and society, reduction in losses and waste in all links from energy production to consumption and more efficient and rational utilization of energy resources.
Article 4 Energy conservation constitutes a long-term strategic policy in the nation’s economic development.
The State Council and people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government should step up the energy conservation work, rationally adjust industrial structures, enterprise structures, product structures and energy consumption structure, promote technological progress in energy conservation, reduce energy consumption per unit of output value and energy consumption per unit of product, improve development, processing and transformation, transportation or transmission and supply of energy, gradually improve energy utilization and promote the energy-saving type development of the national economy.
The State encourages development and utilization of new energy resources and renewable energy resources.
Article 5 The State formulates the energy conservation policy, compiles the energy conservation plan and integrates it into the national socio-economic development plan, ensures rational utilization of energy resources and coordinates it with economic development and environmental protection.
Article 6 The State encourages and supports the research and dissemination of energy conservation science and technology, steps up publicity and education in energy conservation, popularizes the scientific knowledge of energy conservation and enhances the awareness of the whole people in energy conservation.
Article 7 All units and individuals shall fulfil the obligations of energy conservation and have the right to report the acts of wastefulness in energy resources.
People’s governments at all levels shall reward units and individuals having scored prominent achievements in energy conservation or research and dissemination of energy conservation science and technology.
Article 8 The department regulating energy conservation work under the State Council takes charge of the work of energy conservation supervision and administration nationwide. The departments concerned under the State Council shall be responsible for the work of energy conservation supervision and administration within the scope of their respective functions and responsibilities.
The departments regulating energy conservation work of local people’s governments at or above the county level shall take charge of the work of energy conservation supervision and administration within their respective administrative areas. The departments concerned of local people’s governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the work of energy conservation supervision and administration within the scope of their respective functions and responsibilities.
Chapter II Energy Conservation Administration
Article 9 The State Council and local people’s governments at all levels shall strengthen the leadership on the energy conservation work and go in for disposition, coordination, supervision, inspection and promotion of the energy conservation work every year.
Article 10 The State Council and people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, pursuant to the policy of putting equal stress on economy of energy and development of energy resources and giving top priority to energy conservation, and on the basis of comparative authentication of technology, economy and the environment of energy conservation and development of energy resources, select investment projects in energy conservation and development of energy resources on merit and formulate the energy investment plan.
Article 11 The State Council and people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall arrange energy conservation funds in the funds for capital construction and technological transformation to be used in support of rational utilization of energy and development of new energy resources and renewable energy resources.
Municipal and county people’s governments shall arrange energy conservation funds in the light of actual conditions to be used in support of rational utilization of energy and development of new energy resources and renewable energy resources.
Article 12 The feasibility study of an investment project with fixed assets shall include a specific authentication on rational energy utilization.
The design and construction of the investment project with fixed assets shall comply with standards for rational energy utilization and energy-saving design standards.
The examination and approval organ shall not approve the construction in accordance with law of a project which fails to meet the standards for rational energy utilization and energy-saving design standards; no acceptance checks of the project failing to meet the standards for rational energy utilization and energy-saving design standards shall be conducted.
Article 13 New construction of energy-guzzling industrial projects with obsolete technologies and heavy waste of energy resources shall be prohibited. The catalogue and specific measures for the banning of new construction of energy-guzzling industrial projects shall be worked out by the department of energy conservation administration under the State Council in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council.
Article 14 The competent administrative department of standardization under the State Council shall formulate the state standards for energy conservation.
In the case of no state standards as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the departments concerned under the State Council may formulate relevant trade energy-saving standards and submit them to the competent administrative department of standardization under the State Council for the record.
The energy-saving standards to be formulated shall be technologically state-of-the-art and economically rational which shall be constantly perfected and improved.
Article 15 The department of energy conservation administration under the State Council shall, in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council, step up supervision over the trades producing wide-ranging massive energy-consuming products, urge them to take energy-saving measures and make efforts to upgrade product design and manufacturing technology and gradually reduce the energy consumption per unit of product of the respective trades.
Article 16 The departments of energy conservation administration of people’s governments at or above the provincial level shall, in conjunction with the departments concerned at the corresponding level, formulate ceilings for energy consumption per unit of product for products guzzling energy in the process of production.
Formulation of ceilings for energy consumption per unit of product should be scientific and rational.
Article 17 The State practices the elimination system of outmoded energy guzzling products and equipment.
The catalogue of energy-guzzling products and equipment to be phased out shall be determined and published by the department of energy conservation administration under the State Council in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council. Specific measures for implementation shall be formulated by the department of energy conservation administration under the State Council in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council.
Article 18 Enterprises may, in accordance with the principle of voluntarism and in pursuance of the state provisions relating to product quality authentication, apply to the authentication agencies acknowledged by the department of product quality supervision and administration under the State Council or the departments authorized by the department of product quality supervision and administration under the State Council for energy-consuming product energy-saving quality authentication; the enterprises which pass the authentication shall obtain a energy-saving quality authentication certificate and use the energy-saving quality authentication mark on the energy-consuming products or their packages.
Article 19 Statistical offices of all people’s governments at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with the departments concerned at the corresponding level, do a good job in statistics of the state of energy consumption and utilization and publish a bulletin at regular intervals making public the state of energy consumption per unit of product of major energy-consuming products etc.
Article 20 The State shall step up energy conservation administration over major energy-consuming units.
The following energy-consuming units shall be the major energy-consuming units:
(1) energy-consuming units with aggregate annual energy consumption over 10,000 tons of standard coal;
(2) energy-consuming units with aggregate annual energy consumption more than 5,000 tons and less than 10,000 tons of standard coal designated by the departments concerned under the State Council or the departments of energy conservation administration of people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
The departments of energy conservation administration of all people’s governments at or above the county level shall organize the departments concerned in conducting supervision and inspection of the state of energy utilization of major energy-consuming units, and may entrust units with testing and measuring technical qualifications to conduct energy conservation testing and measuring in accordance with law.
The energy-saving requirements, energy-saving measures and control measures for major energy-consuming units shall be formulated by the department of energy conservation administration under the State Council in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council.
Chapter III Rational Energy Utilization
Article 21 An energy-consuming unit shall, in accordance with the principle of rational energy utilization, enhance energy conservation management, formulate and organize the implementation of energy-saving technical measures of the unit to reduce energy consumption.
Energy-consuming units shall conduct energy conservation education and organize related personnel to participate in energy conservation training.
No personnel without undergoing energy conservation education and training shall work in posts operating energy-consuming equipment.
Article 22 Energy-consuming units shall strengthen quantification management and perfect the system of energy consumption statistics and analysis of the state of energy utilization.
Article 23 Energy-consuming units shall set up the energy conservation responsibility system and give reward to collectives and individuals having made achievements in energy conservation.
Article 24 units making products with high energy consumption shall abide by the energy consumption ceilings per unit of product formulated in accordance with law.
Where the circumstances are serious in energy consumption exceeding the ceilings for energy consumption per unit of product, treatment shall be effected within a specified period. Treatment within a specified period shall be decided upon by the departments of energy conservation administration of people’s governments at or above the county level pursuant to the terms of reference prescribed by the State Council.
Article 25 Units and individuals making and selling energy-consuming products and using energy-consuming equipment must, within the time period specified by the department of energy conservation administration under the State Council in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council, stop the production and sale of energy-consuming products phased out by express state order, stop the use of energy-consuming equipment phased out by express state order, and shall not transfer the phased-out equipment to others for use.
Article 26 Units and individuals making energy-consuming products shall truthfully annotate the energy consumption index on product descriptions and product marks.
Article 27 Units and individuals making energy-consuming products shall not use forged energy-saving quality authentication marks or imitate energy-saving quality authentication marks.
Article 28 Major energy-consuming units shall, pursuant to the relevant state provisions, submit reports on the state of energy utilization at regular intervals. The state of energy utilization includes such contents as information on energy consumption, analyses of energy utilization efficiency and energy conservation benefits and energy-saving measures.
Article 29 Major energy-consuming units shall set up energy management posts, employ energy management personnel from among staff members with knowledge of the energy conservation specialty and practical experience and the technical title above engineer and report to the energy conservation administrative departments of people’s governments at or above the county level and the departments concerned for the record.
Energy management personnel shall be responsible for the supervision and inspection of the state of energy utilization of the respective units.
Article 30 Workers and staff members of units and other urban and rural inhabitants shall, pursuant to the state provisions, take measurements and pay fees in the use of such energy resources as electricity, coal gas, natural gas and coal produced by enterprises and shall not use them without charge or practice the contractual lump-sum fee system.
Article 31 Energy production and management units shall, pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations and agreement in contracts, supply energy to the energy-consuming units.
Chapter IV Technological Progress in Energy Conservation
Article 32 The State encourages and supports the development of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies, determines the priorities and direction in the development of state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies, establishes and perfects the energy-saving technology service system and fosters and standardizes the energy-saving technology market.
Article 33 The State organizes the implementation of major energy conservation scientific research projects, energy conservation demonstration projects, comes up with energy-saving extension projects and guides enterprises, institutions and individuals in adopting state-of-the-art energy-saving techniques, technologies, equipment and materials.
The State formulates preferential policies in support of the energy conservation demonstration projects and energy-saving extension projects.
Article 34 The State encourages the introduction of foreign state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies and equipment and prohibits the introduction of obsolete foreign energy-consuming technologies, equipment and materials.
Article 35 Energy conservation funds shall be arranged in the scientific research funds arranged by the State Council and people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to be used in state-of-the-art energy-saving technology research.
Article 36 All people’s governments at or above the county level shall organize the departments concerned in the promotion of scientific and rational specialized production in conformity with energy conservation requirements in accordance with the state industrial policies and energy conservation technology policy.
Article 37 Design and construction of buildings shall, pursuant to the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations, adopt energy-saving type building structures, materials, apparatuses and products, improve insulation characteristics and reduce energy consumption in heating, cooling and lighting.
Article 38 People’s governments at all levels shall, pursuant to the policy of adapting to the local conditions, multi-energy complementarity, integrated utilization and seeking benefits, strengthen energy construction in the rural areas, develop and exploit such renewable energy and new energy resources as methane, solar energy, wind energy, hydro-energy and underground thermal power, etc.
Article 39 The State encourages the development of the following general-purpose energy-saving technologies:
(1) extension of joint production of heat and electricity and central heating, improvement in thermal power generation unit utilization, development of thermal power ladder-type utilization technology, joint production technology of heat, electricity and cooling and triple supply technology of heat, electricity and coal gas and improvement in integrated utilization of thermal power;
(2) gradual realization of economic operations of electric motors, blast motors, pumping equipment and systems, development of electric motor speed regulation electricity-saving technology and electricity electronic electricity-saving technology, development, production and popularization of fine-quality low-price energy-saving apparatuses and improvement of electric power utilization;
(3) development and extension of such clean coal technologies as the flow bed burning, smokeless burning, gasification, liquefaction suitable to the types of coal in the country and improvement of coal utilization;
(4) development and extension of other general-purpose energy-saving technologies which have been proved in energy conservation work to be technologically mature and with marked benefits.
Article 40 All trades shall formulate trade energy conservation technology policies, develop and extend new energy-saving technologies, new techniques, new equipment and new materials, restrict or phase out obsolete energy-guzzling technologies, techniques, equipment and materials.
Article 41 The department of energy conservation administration under the State Council shall, in conjunction with the departments concerned under the State Council, lay down general-purpose and trade-wise specific energy-saving technical targets, requirements and measures, and make timely revisions in the light of the development of the economy and energy conservation technologies, improve energy utilization, reduce energy consumption so as to enable energy utilization in China to gradually catch up with the advanced international levels.
Chapter V Legal Liability
Article 42 With respect to new construction of an energy-guzzling industrial project expressly prohibited by state order in violation of the provisions of Article 13 of this Law, the department of energy conservation administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall come up with suggestions which shall be submitted to the people’s government at the corresponding level pursuant to the terms of reference prescribed by the State Council to order the said unit to stop going into production or stop its use.
Article 43 With respect to a unit making heavy energy-consuming products exceeding ceilings for energy consumption per unit of product in violation of the provisions of Article 24 of this law where the circumstances are serious which does not carry out treatment as directed for treatment within the specified time period or fails to meet the requirements for treatment, the department of energy conservation administration of the people’s government at or above the county level may come up with suggestions which shall be submitted to the people’s government at the corresponding level pursuant to the terms of reference prescribed by the State Council to order the said unit to suspend operations for consolidation or close down.
Article 44 With respect to any unit making and selling energy-consuming products phased out by express state order in violation of the provisions of Article 25 of this Law, the department of product quality supervision administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall order the said unit to stop the production and sale of the energy-consuming products phased out by express state order, confiscate the illegally produced and sold energy-consuming products phased out by express state order and the illegal gains, and concurrently impose a fine more than 100% less than five times of the amount of the illegal gains; the department of industry and commerce administration of the people’s government at or above the county level may revoke its business license.
Article 45 With respect to any unit using energy-consuming equipment phased out by express state order in violation of the provisions of Article 25 of this Law, the department of energy conservation administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall order the said unit to stop its use thereof and confiscate the energy-consuming equipment phased out by express state order; where the circumstances are serious, the department of energy conservation administration of the people’s government at or above the county level may come up with suggestions which shall be submitted to the people’s government at the corresponding level pursuant to the terms of reference prescribed by the State Council to order it to suspend operations for consolidation or close down.
Article 46 With respect to anyone who transfers phased-out energy-consuming equipment to others for use in violation of the provisions of Article 25 of this Law, the department of product quality supervision administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall confiscate the illegal gains and concurrently impose a fine more than 100% less than five times of the amount of the illegal gains.
Article 47 With respect to any unit that does not annotate the energy consumption index in the product descriptions and on the product mark in violation of the provisions of Article 26 of this Law, the department of product quality supervision administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall order it to make a rectification within the specified time period and may impose a fine of less than RMB 50,000 Yuan.
With respect to any unit whose annotation of the energy consumption index in the product descriptions and on the product mark is not in conformity with the actual conditions of the product in violation of the provisions of Article 26 of this Law, the violator shall bear civil liability pursuant to the provisions of relevant laws in addition to the penalty in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 48 With respect to any unit using forged energy-saving quality authentication mark or imitating energy-saving quality authentication mark in violation of the provisions of Article 27 of this Law, the department of product quality supervision administration of the people’s government at or above the county level shall order it to make a rectification openly, confiscate the illegal gains and may concurrently impose a fine more than 100% less than five times the amount of the illegal gains.
Article 49 State functionaries who abuse power, neglect their duties, indulge in self-seeking misconduct in energy conservation work shall, if a crime has been constituted, be investigated for criminal liability; where a crime has not been constituted, administrative sanctions shall be imposed.
Chapter VI Supplementary Provision
Article 50 This Law shall enter into force as of January 1, 1998.
中华人民共和国节约能源法
[标题] 中华人民共和国节约能源法
[颁布方] 全国人大常委会
[颁布日期] 19971101
[实施日期] 19980101
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中华人民共和国主席令 （第９０号）
《中华人民共和国节约能源法》已由中华人民共和国第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十八次会议于１９９７年１１月１日通过，现予公布，自１９９８年１月１日起施行。
中华人民共和国主席 江泽民
１９９７年１１月１日
中华人民共和国节约能源法
（１９９７年１１月１日第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十八次会议通过）
目 录
第一章 总则
第二章 节能管理
第三章 合理使用能源
第四章 节能技术进步
第五章 法律责任
第六章 附则
第一章 总则
第一条 为了推进全社会节约能源，提高能源利用效率和经济效益，保护环境，保障国民经济和社会的发展，满足人民生活需要，制定本法。
第二条 本法所称能源，是指煤炭、原油、天然气、电力、焦炭、煤气、热力、成品油、液化石油气、生物质能和其他直接或者通过加工、转换而取得有用能的各种资源。
第三条 本法所称节能，是指加强用能管理，采取技术上可行、经济上合理以及环境和社会可以承受的措施，减少从能源生产到消费各个环节中的损失和浪费，更加有效、合理地利用能源。
第四条 节能是国家发展经济的一项长远战略方针。
国务院和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府应当加强节能工作，合理调整产业结构、企业结构、产品结构和能源消费结构，推进节能技术进步，降低单位产值能耗和单位产品能耗，改善能源的开发、加工转换、输送和供应，逐步提高能源利用效率，促进国民经济向节能型发展。
国家鼓励开发、利用新能源和可再生能源。
第五条 国家制定节能政策，编制节能计划，并纳入国民经济和社会发展计划，保障能源的合理利用，并与经济发展、环境保护相协调。
第六条 国家鼓励、支持节能科学技术的研究和推广，加强节能宣传和教育，普及节能科学知识，增强全民的节能意识。
第七条 任何单位和个人都应当履行节能义务，有权检举浪费能源的行为。
各级人民政府对在节能或者节能科学技术研究、推广中有显著成绩的单位和个人给予奖励。
第八条 国务院管理节能工作的部门主管全国的节能监督管理工作。国务院有关部门在各自的职责范围内负责节能监督管理工作。
县级以上地方人民政府管理节能工作的部门主管本行政区域内的节能监督管理工作。县级以上地方人民政府有关部门在各自的职责范围内负责节能监督管理工作。
第二章 节能管理
第九条 国务院和地方各级人民政府应当加强对节能工作的领导，每年部署、协调、监督、检查、推动节能工作。
第十条 国务院和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府应当根据能源节约与能源开发并举，把能源节约放在首位的方针，在对能源节约与能源开发进行技术、经济和环境比较论证的基础上，择优选定能源节约、能源开发投资项目，制定能源投资计划。
第十一条 国务院和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府应当在基本建设、技术改造资金中安排节能资金，用于支持能源的合理利用以及新能源和可再生能源的开发。
市、县人民政府根据实际情况安排节能资金，用于支持能源的合理利用以及新能源和可再生能源的开发。
第十二条 固定资产投资工程项目的可行性研究报告，应当包括合理用能的专题论证。
固定资产投资工程项目的设计和建设，应当遵守合理用能标准和节能设计规范。
达不到合理用能标准和节能设计规范要求的项目，依法审批的机关不得批准建设；项目建成后，达不到合理用能标准和节能设计规范要求的，不予验收。
第十三条 禁止新建技术落后、耗能过高、严重浪费能源的工业项目。禁止新建的耗能过高的工业项目的名录和具体实施办法，由国务院管理节能工作的部门会同国务院有关部门制定。
第十四条 国务院标准化行政主管部门制定有关节能的国家标准。
对没有前款规定的国家标准的，国务院有关部门可以依法制定有关节能的行业标准，并报国务院标准化行政主管部门备案。
制定有关节能的标准应当做到技术上先进，经济上合理，并不断加以完善和改进。
第十五条 国务院管理节能工作的部门应当会同国务院有关部门对生产量大面广的用能产品的行业加强监督，督促其采取节能措施，努力提高产品的设计和制造技术，逐步降低本行业的单位产品能耗。
第十六条 省级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门，应当会同同级有关部门，对生产过程中耗能较高的产品制定单位产品能耗限额。
制定单位产品能耗限额应当科学、合理。
第十七条 国家对落后的耗能过高的用能产品、设备实行淘汰制度。
淘汰的耗能过高的用能产品、设备的名录由国务院管理节能工作的部门会同国务院有关部门确定并公布。具体实施办法由国务院管理节能工作的部门会同国务院有关部门制定。
第十八条 企业可以根据自愿原则，按照国家有关产品质量认证的规定，向国务院产品质量监督管理部门或者国务院产品质量监督管理部门授权的部门认可的认证机构提出用能产品节能质量认证申请；经认证合格后，取得节能质量认证证书，在用能产品或者其包装上使用节能质量认证标志。
第十九条 县级以上各级人民政府统计机构应当会同同级有关部门，做好能源消费和利用状况的统计工作，并定期发布公报，公布主要耗能产品的单位产品能耗等状况。
第二十条 国家对重点用能单位要加强节能管理。
下列用能单位为重点用能单位：
（一）年综合能源消费总量１万吨标准煤以上的用能单位；
（二）国务院有关部门或者省、自治区、直辖市人民政府管理节能工作的部门指定的年综合能源消费总量５０００吨以上不满1万吨标准煤的用能单位。
县级以上各级人民政府管理节能工作的部门应当组织有关部门对重点用能单位的能源利用状况进行监督检查，可以委托具有检验测试技术条件的单位依法进行节能的检验测试。
重点用能单位的节能要求、节能措施和管理办法，由国务院管理节能工作的部门会同国务院有关部门制定。
第三章 合理使用能源
第二十一条 用能单位应当按照合理用能的原则，加强节能管理，制定并组织实施本单位的节能技术措施，降低能耗。
用能单位应当开展节能教育，组织有关人员参加节能培训。
未经节能教育、培训的人员，不得在耗能设备操作岗位上工作。
第二十二条 用能单位应当加强能源计量管理，健全能源消费统计和能源利用状况分析制度。
第二十三条 用能单位应当建立节能工作责任制，对节能工作取得成绩的集体、个人给予奖励。
第二十四条 生产耗能较高的产品的单位，应当遵守依法制定的单位产品能耗限额。
超过单位产品能耗限额用能，情节严重的，限期治理。限期治理由县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门按照国务院规定的权限决定。
第二十五条 生产、销售用能产品和使用用能设备的单位和个人，必须在国务院管理节能工作的部门会同国务院有关部门规定的期限内，停止生产、销售国家明令淘汰的用能产品，停止使用国家明令淘汰的用能设备，并不得将淘汰的设备转让给他人使用。
第二十六条 生产用能产品的单位和个人，应当在产品说明书和产品标识上如实注明能耗指标。
第二十七条 生产用能产品的单位和个人，不得使用伪造的节能质量认证标志或者冒用节能质量认证标志。
第二十八条 重点用能单位应当按照国家有关规定定期报送能源利用状况报告。能源利用状况包括能源消费情况、用能效率和节能效益分析、节能措施等内容。
第二十九条 重点用能单位应当设立能源管理岗位，在具有节能专业知识、实际经验以及工程师以上技术职称的人员中聘任能源管理人员，并向县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门和有关部门备案。
能源管理人员负责对本单位的能源利用状况进行监督、检查。
第三十条 单位职工和其他城乡居民使用企业生产的电、煤气、天然气、煤等能源应当按照国家规定计量和交费，不得无偿使用或者实行包费制。
第三十一条 能源生产经营单位应当依照法律、法规的规定和合同的约定向用能单位提供能源。
第四章 节能技术进步
第三十二条 国家鼓励、支持开发先进节能技术，确定开发先进节能技术的重点和方向，建立和完善节能技术服务体系，培育和规范节能技术市场。
第三十三条 国家组织实施重大节能科研项目、节能示范工程，提出节能推广项目，引导企业事业单位和个人采用先进的节能工艺、技术、设备和材料。
国家制定优惠政策，对节能示范工程和节能推广项目给予支持。
第三十四条 国家鼓励引进境外先进的节能技术和设备，禁止引进境外落后的用能技术、设备和材料。
第三十五条 在国务院和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府安排的科学研究资金中应当安排节能资金，用于先进节能技术研究。
第三十六条 县级以上各级人民政府应当组织有关部门根据国家产业政策和节能技术政策，推动符合节能要求的科学、合理的专业化生产。
第三十七条 建筑物的设计和建造应当依照有关法律、行政法规的规定，采用节能型的建筑结构、材料、器具和产品，提高保温隔热性能，减少采暖、制冷、照明的能耗。
第三十八条 各级人民政府应当按照因地制宜、多能互补、综合利用、讲求效益的方针，加强农村能源建设，开发、利用沼气、太阳能、风能、水能、地热等可再生能源和新能源。
第三十九条 国家鼓励发展下列通用节能技术：
（一）推广热电联产、集中供热，提高热电机组的利用率，发展热能梯级利用技术，热、电、冷联产技术和热、电、煤气三联供技术，提高热能综合利用率；
（二）逐步实现电动机、风机、泵类设备和系统的经济运行，发展电机调速节电和电力电子节电技术，开发、生产、推广质优、价廉的节能器材，提高电能利用效率；
（三）发展和推广适合国内煤种的流化床燃烧、无烟燃烧和气化、液化等洁净煤技术，提高煤炭利用效率；
（四）发展和推广其他在节能工作中证明技术成熟、效益显著的通用节能技术。
第四十条 各行业应当制定行业节能技术政策，发展、推广节能新技术、新工艺、新设备和新材料，限制或者淘汰能耗高的老旧技术、工艺、设备和材料。
第四十一条 国务院管理节能工作的部门应当会同国务院有关部门规定通用的和分行业的具体的节能技术指标、要求和措施，并根据经济和节能技术的发展情况适时修订，提高能源利用效率，降低能源消耗，使我国能源利用状况逐步赶上国际先进水平。
第五章 法律责任
第四十二条 违反本法第十三条规定，新建国家明令禁止新建的高耗能工业项目的，由县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门提出意见，报请同级人民政府按照国务院规定的权限责令停止投入生产或者停止使用。
第四十三条 生产耗能较高的产品的单位，违反本法第二十四条规定，超过单位产品能耗限额用能，情节严重，经限期治理逾期不治理或者没有达到治理要求的，可以由县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门提出意见，报请同级人民政府按照国务院规定的权限责令停业整顿或者关闭。
第四十四条 违反本法第二十五条规定，生产、销售国家明令淘汰的用能产品的，由县级以上人民政府管理产品质量监督工作的部门责令停止生产、销售国家明令淘汰的用能产品，没收违法生产、销售的国家明令淘汰的用能产品和违法所得，并处违法所得一倍以上五倍以下的罚款；可以由县级以上人民政府工商行政管理部门吊销营业执照。
第四十五条 违反本法第二十五条规定，使用国家明令淘汰的用能设备的，由县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门责令停止使用，没收国家明令淘汰的用能设备；情节严重的，县级以上人民政府管理节能工作的部门可以提出意见，报请同级人民政府按照国务院规定的权限责令停业整顿或者关闭。
第四十六条 违反本法第二十五条规定，将淘汰的用能设备转让他人使用的，由县级以上人民政府管理产品质量监督工作的部门没收违法所得，并处违法所得一倍以上五倍以下的罚款。
第四十七条 违反本法第二十六条规定，未在产品说明书和产品标识上注明能耗指标的，由县级以上人民政府管理产品质量监督工作的部门责令限期改正，可以处5万元以下的罚款。
违反本法第二十六条规定，在产品说明书和产品标识上注明的能耗指标不符合产品的实际情况的，除依照前款规定处罚外，依照有关法律的规定承担民事责任。
第四十八条 违反本法第二十七条规定，使用伪造的节能质量认证标志或者冒用节能质量认证标志的，由县级以上人民政府管理产品质量监督工作的部门责令公开改正，没收违法所得，可以并处违法所得一倍以上五倍以下的罚款。
第四十九条 国家工作人员在节能工作中滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊，构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任；尚不构成犯罪的，给予行政处分。
第六章 附则
第五十条 本法自１９９８年１月１日起施行。
