As a rebirth, Jiang Feng is very clear that China will continue to be at the forefront of global economic growth for a long time to come.

However, because Jiang Feng is also aware that the internal and external contradictions in China's economic and social development are becoming increasingly prominent.

Externally, international energy giants have repeatedly raised various price threats to China, asking for prices everywhere, and the environmental accusations have also been intensified, and China's national development strategy is facing severe challenges. Internal, the coexistence of high administrative costs and low administrative efficiency has made the existing political and axe institutional system one of the key issues criticized by all sectors of society, and has created an internal impulse to reform.

In a word, it’s impossible not to change.

Under Jiang Feng's conceived structure, the upcoming Ministry of Energy will integrate the functions of energy in the National Development and Reform Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Power Supervision Commission, as well as leading state-owned energy giants such as CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, and State Grid.

At that time, after reading Jiang Feng's plan, Ding Yongjun was shocked. He thought that Jiang Feng was really capable of doing it. He attacked so many ministries and commissions all at once, and they were all relatively important ministries and commissions. If this knife was cut, it would indeed have miraculous results. At least many problems that had not been solved for a long time would disappear.

But there are also many troubles, because this job alone is enough to cause headaches.

In fact, in the era of planned economy, China also established the Ministry of Energy, but as its functions were gradually decentralized to state-owned enterprises, the former Ministry of Energy was disbanded in 1993.

However, for China, the world's second largest energy consumer, the important name of energy is self-evident.

The energy management system involves important areas such as oil, coal, electricity, and nuclear energy. The current management system is an Energy Bureau with only more than 30 people established in the National Development and Reform Commission. It is just a department-level unit. While large energy enterprises such as CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, and State Grid Corporation are all ministerial or vice-ministerial-level institutions, lacking an institution that can coordinate energy systematically in administrative systems and management authority.

As the saying goes, a big guest bullies the master. You are a small director who doesn’t even have the qualifications to talk to others. What do you still hope to do? In the domestic officialdom, it is a place where seniority is emphasized. If you mess up the rules, you will definitely be besieged by everyone.

It is obviously unrealistic to do things that offend people for the sake of public affairs.

At the same time, energy management is a long-term and is in a state of multi-level supervision by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, and the China Electricity Commission. Taking power management as an example, there are three major departments in charge of the State Power Supervision Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. On it, there is also the coordination of the State Power System Reform Leading Group, and the management of oil and coal is more scattered.

When talking about the establishment of the national energy department, Jiang Feng’s idea was not that simple, nor did he say that simply building the Ministry of Energy would solve the problem, but he would set up the Energy Commission and the Ministry of Energy at the same time.

"I have also made in-depth analysis and calculations about this point, and it is not casually raised." When Jiang Feng talked about these things, even when discussing them with Ding Yongjun, he was very serious. "Due to the scientific surname, complex surname and important surname of energy issues, the National Energy Commission must be established. This is a consulting and quasi-decision-making body of the State Council; and the Ministry of Energy is the executive agency and accepts guidance and supervision of the Energy Commission. If this problem is not solved, this part of the work will still not be done. If the energy strategy problem is not solved in time, within a few years, you will taste the bitter fruit of not paying enough attention to this issue. I said this, but there are many judgments in it."

After hearing this, Ding Yongjun scratched his head a little. Jiang Feng's advice to him was really shocking. The issue of strengthening the national energy strategy has become increasingly prominent. It is also necessary to establish a unified energy authority. In fact, there are also small-scale discussions within the senior management, but there is no mention of the coming of the journey.

The most important controversy is mainly focused on the scope of the functions of the Ministry of Energy. After all, such a big move is not a trivial matter. But it should be certain that, in any case, the new Ministry of Energy will not return to the original mechanism structure, but will focus on improving the decision-making level in the energy field. Otherwise, it will not be able to play a practical role, but will only have an optional bureaucracy.

"This plan is still very valuable for reference!" Ding Yongjun thought about it again and again, thinking that Jiang Feng's suggestions are actually very valuable. If the energy problem is solved all at once, then according to this idea, the establishment of systems such as large transportation, large land construction, large agriculture, large culture, and large finance will be natural, and there will be a reference model.

The most important thing to formulate a large-scale system reform plan is to consider the actual needs of market economy development and social development. If the conditions are relatively mature, it can be included in the reform process. Jiang Feng has always attached great importance to the energy industry, especially with a large amount of energy and mineral resource reserves overseas. His view on this issue is of great significance. Even if senior management sees this plan, they must not be treated with caution.

It can be imagined that with the rapid development of the country, the demand for energy resources will also snowball as the domestic construction speed increases, and if there is no department that can coordinate and take overall charge of the overall situation to organize this matter, organically combine energy demand and energy strategy, there will eventually be a big mess.

After careful consideration and revision, Ding Yongjun threw out a new draft of institutional reform and handed it over to everyone for circulating at the Political Bureau meeting.

When the bigwigs of the Political Bureau carefully read the draft submitted by Ding Yongjun, they of course knew that this proposal was actually thrown out by Jiang Feng through Ding Yongjun, and the bigwigs were even more shocked. This time it seemed that Jiang Feng was going to play big, and it was the kind that was far-reaching.

In terms of energy and mineral resources, the domestic development is basically disorderly, and it has great harm. This is closely related to the lack of a special and effective management agency and regulatory system.

And at this point, developed countries have long come to the forefront.

The United States promulgated and implemented the Energy Policy and Saving Act as early as 1975, with the core of energy security, energy conservation and energy efficiency improvement. In 1982, the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving Act was formulated to address the energy efficiency of motor vehicles. In 1987, the National Electrical Appliance Products Energy Saving Act was promulgated. In 1992, the National Energy Policy Act was formulated, which is a comprehensive legal text for energy supply and use.

By 1998, the National Integrated Energy Strategy was announced, requiring the improvement of energy system efficiency and the use of energy resources more effectively.

Its management organization is also quite large and effective. The U.S. Department of Energy has the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bureau, which is the largest bureau in the department. It has two comprehensive offices, the Planning and Budget Office, and the Management and Operation Office. It has five marketing departments and six regional offices, with a staffing of about 450 people.

In contrast, it can be seen that there are only about 30 people in the domestic energy bureau. What can be done? Can the domestic office efficiency be higher than that in the United States? This is obviously unlikely.

In terms of public finance, the US federal investment budget for energy conservation and new energy is also increasing year by year, reaching 11.8 billion US dollars in 2003. It increased to 13.1 billion US dollars in 2003. Twenty-one states in the United States have energy-saving public welfare funds, which mainly raise funds by raising about two percent of the electricity price. The fund is managed by the public utility committees of each state, and relevant departments and units can apply for and use the fund to carry out energy-saving activities.

As for the incentive policies, they are also in place, including cash subsidies, tax exemptions and low-interest loans.

Starting from 2003, the United States decided to implement energy tax exemption policies for energy efficiency, alternative fuels and renewable fuels in the next ten years, and the tax reduction amount for new buildings and various energy-saving equipment is 10% or 20% respectively based on the determined energy efficiency indicators.

In 2002, forty state-level government departments and public utilities in the United States provided a total of $1.30 million in cash subsidies, encouraging users to purchase energy-saving appliances and lighting products certified by "Energy Star". It encouraged the promotion of ethanol gasoline, and subsidies of about $200 per ton of ethanol.

The U.S. Department of Energy has great management authority. The energy efficiency standards are formulated and implemented by the Department of Energy, and the mandatory energy efficiency labeling system was implemented. Later, voluntary energy conservation certification began in 1992. The U.S. Procurement Law and several presidential decrees stipulate that government-affiliated products must be purchased. "Energy Star" was indirectly a forced act of government-affiliated products, which is a technical barrier for foreign products to enter the U.S. market.

The Federal Energy Management Office is responsible for the energy conservation work of the government agencies. In order to ensure the realization of energy conservation goals, the United States has issued more than a dozen presidential executive orders and two presidential memorandums in the past few years, making specific provisions on the energy conservation goals, responsibilities, management, procurement and other contents of government agencies.

In terms of energy-saving projects, more than 2,500 institutions have participated in the U.S. Department of Energy’s High-Efficiency Motor Challenge Program, and an alliance of 200 equipment suppliers, agents, power companies and state government agencies carry out publicity, training and information dissemination work to more than 30,000 end users.

Over the past decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has implemented a green lighting program and established partnerships with more than 2,300 companies, power companies, non-profit organizations and other groups, investing more than one billion US dollars to promote high-efficiency lighting products.
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