National Development and Reform Commission: However, the energy conservation review shall not start construction or be put into use

In order to improve the regulation and control of total energy consumption and intensity and further promote the rational use of energy by fixed asset investment projects, the National Development and Reform Commission and relevant parties revised and formed the Measures for the Review of Energy Conservation of Fixed Asset Investment Projects (Draft for Comments
) on the basis of in-depth investigation and extensive listening to opinions.
The Request for Comments states:

Government investment projects: Before submitting the feasibility study report of the project, the construction needs to obtain the energy conservation review opinion issued by the energy conservation review authority
.

Enterprise investment projects: Construction needs to obtain the energy conservation review opinion
issued by the energy conservation examination authority before starting construction.

Projects that have not been examined for energy conservation or have not passed the examination of energy conservation shall not start construction, and those that have already been completed shall not be put into production and use
.

Among them, the energy conservation review of fixed asset investment projects with an annual comprehensive energy consumption of more than 5,000 tons of standard coal shall be the responsibility of the provincial energy conservation examination authority
.

Fixed asset investment projects with an annual comprehensive energy consumption of less than 1,000 tons of standard coal and an annual electricity consumption of less than 5 million kWh, fixed asset investment projects involving state secrets, and fixed asset investment projects in industries with simple energy-using processes and low energy-saving potential (the specific industry catalogue shall be formulated and published by the National Development and Reform Commission and updated in a timely manner) shall be constructed in accordance with relevant energy-saving standards and norms, and no separate energy-saving review
shall be conducted.