On October 14, 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued the "Special Management Measures for Central Budgetary Investment in Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction," specifying that central special funds will focus on supporting five major areas related to energy conservation and carbon reduction. Among these, green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel production projects are included in the scope of support. The core contents are as follows:
I. Core Directions of Special Support
The special funds focus on the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction, prioritizing support for the following five key directions, covering critical aspects such as industrial transformation, energy substitution, and technology demonstration:
- Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Projects in Key Industries: Supports energy conservation and carbon reduction upgrades in industries such as power, steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, petrochemicals, chemicals, and machinery.
- Clean Substitution Projects for Coal Consumption: Supports low-carbon transformation of coal-fired power units and coal chemical projects.
- Carbon Reduction Projects Facilitated by the Circular Economy: Supports relevant projects with carbon reduction effects centered around the circular economy model.
- Demonstration Projects for Low-Carbon, Zero-Carbon, and Negative-Carbon Technologies: This area is one of the core supported directions, specifically including the demonstration and application of advanced and applicable green low-carbon technologies, the construction and upgrade of energy supply facilities for zero-carbon parks and zero-carbon transport corridors,green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel production projects, and the construction of large-scale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects.
- Basic Capacity Building Projects for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality: Supports the development of basic capacities such as carbon emission measurement, statistics, accounting, and monitoring, covering carbon emission data management systems, greenhouse gas emission factor databases, and carbon emission measurement systems.
II. Funding Support Standards
Different types of projects are subject to differentiated subsidy rates, specifically divided into two categories:
1. Conventional Carbon Reduction Projects
For these four types of projects—energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries, clean substitution for coal consumption, carbon reduction facilitated by the circular economy, and low-carbon, zero-carbon, and negative-carbon demonstrations (including green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel projects)—the support ratio is uniformly set at20% of the total approved project investment.
2. Basic Capacity Building Projects
Local Government Investment Projects: Differentiated subsidies are applied by region: 60% for the eastern region, 70% for the central region, and 80% for the western and north-east China regions.
Projects Related to Central and State Organs: In principle, funds arefully allocatedbased on the total approved investment.
III. Core Requirements for Project Application
Special funds only supportplanned new projects or projects under constructionthat have complete preliminary procedures and meet the conditions for commencement, explicitly prohibiting their use for completed projects (including those in trial operation), ensuring funds are precisely directed to projects at critical construction stages.
IV. Policy Release Background
The management measures were formulated by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on September 19, 2025, and officially issued on October 14. They aim to guide funds efficiently toward energy conservation and carbon reduction through standardized management of central budget investments, promote green transformation in key industries, and support the achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. Among these, green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel production projects have been included in the scope of national-level financial support, which will provide important policy and financial backing for the scaled development of related industries.
