Chapter 3 Industry Guidance and Technology Support

　　Article 10-Energy authorities in the State Council shall, in accordance with the national renewable energy development plan, prepare and promulgate development guidance catalogs for renewable energy industries.

　　Article 11-Standardization authorities of the State Council shall set and publicize technical standard for renewable energy electric power and the technical standards for relevant renewable technology and products for which technical requirements need to be standardized at the national level.

　　For those technical requirements not dealt with in the national standard in the previous paragraph, relevant authorities of the State Council may establish relevant industrial standard, which shall be reported to the standardization authorities of the State Council for filing.

　　Article 12-The government lists scientific and technical research in the development and utilization of, and the industrialized development of, renewable energy, as the preferential area for hi-tech development and hi-tech industrial development in the national program, and allocates funding for the scientific and technical research, application demonstration and industrialized development of the development and utilization of renewable energy so as to promote technical advancement in the development and utilization of renewable energy, reduce the production cost of renewable energy products and improve the quality of products.

　　Education authorities of the State Council shall incorporate the knowledge and technology on renewable energy into general and occupational education curricula.

　　Chapter 4 Promotion and Application

　　Article 13-The Government encourages and supports various types of grid-connected renewable power generation.

　　For the construction of renewable energy power generation projects, administrative permits shall be obtained or filing shall be made in accordance with the law and regulations of the State Council.

　　In the construction of renewable power generation projects, if there is more than one applicant for project license, the licensee shall be determined through a tender.

　　Article 14-Grid enterprises shall enter into grid connection agreement with renewable power generation enterprises that have legally obtained administrative license or for which filing has been made, and buy the grid-connected power produced with renewable energy within the coverage of their power grid, and provide grid-connection service for the generation of power with renewable energy.

　　Article 15-The Government supports the construction of independent renewable power systems in areas not covered by the power grid to provide power service for local production and living.

　　Article 16-The Government encourages clean and efficient development and utilization of biological fuel and encourages the development of energy crops.

　　If the gas and heat produced with biological resources conform to urban fuel gas pipeline networks and heat pipeline networks, enterprises operating gas pipeline networks and heat pipeline networks shall accept them into the networks.

　　The Government encourages the production and utilization of biological liquid fuel. Gas-selling enterprises shall, on the basis of the regulations of energy authorities of the State Council or people's government at the provincial level, include biological liquid fuel conforming to the national standard into its fuel-selling system.

　　Article 17-The Government encourages workplaces and individuals in the installation and use of solar energy utilization systems of solar energy water-heating system, solar energy heating and cooling system and solar photovoltaic system, etc.

　　Construction authorities of the State Council shall cooperate with relevant authorities of the State Council in establishing technical economic policies and technical standards with regard to the combination of solar energy utilization system and construction.

　　Real estate development enterprises shall, on the basis of the technical standards in the previous paragraph, provide necessary conditions for the utilization of solar energy in the design and construction of buildings.

　　For buildings already built, residents may, on the condition that its quality and safety is not affected, install solar energy utilization system that conform to technical stdnards and product standards, unless agreement has been otherwise reached between relevant parties.

　　Article 18-The Government encourages and supports the development and utilization of renewable energy in rural areas.

　　Energy authorities of local people's governments above the county level shall, on the basis of local economic and social development, ecological protection and health need, etc., prepare renewable energy development plan for the rural area and promote biomass energy like the marsh gas, etc. conversion, household solar energy, small-scale wind energy and small-scale hydraulic energy, etc.

　　People's government above the county level shall provide financial support for the renewable energy utilization projects in the rural areas.