Recently the Handbook on National Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction was officially published and circulated. It was compiled by the experts organized by the Department of Social Development, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21. Minister Wan Gang wrote a foreword for the book.

The Handbook includes three parts: the first is 36 quantification indexes of the potential of energy conservation and emission reduction in peoples’ daily life; the second is a collection of the tips on energy conservation and emission reduction; and the third is the list of the policies and documents promulgated by the Chinese government in recent years.