{"id":175896,"date":"2025-11-12T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/175896\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:13:07","slug":"china-to-step-up-policy-support-for-private-investment-in-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/175896\/","title":{"rendered":"China to step up policy support for private investment in energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Focus on nuclear, hydropower, and cross-regional power transmission projects<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Private firms can hold up to 20% in major nuclear projects<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Government trying to improve sluggish investment and weak domestic consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) &#8211; China plans to ramp up policy support to attract more private capital to the energy sector, a government official said on Tuesday, the latest initiative to improve sluggish private investment.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s cabinet unveiled new policy measures on Monday involving private capital investments in infrastructure projects and the low-altitude economy, referring to manned or unmanned aviation services at low elevations.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/china-step-up-policy-support-private-investment-energy-sector-2025-11-11\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Fenergy%2Fchina-step-up-policy-support-private-investment-energy-sector-2025-11-11%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next, we will further strengthen policy support for attracting private capital into the energy sector,&#8221; said Xu Xin, the deputy head of the legal affairs department at the National Energy Administration, at a media briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The government has in recent months unveiled a series of measures to support struggling private firms and boost the economy, which has been weighed down by trade tensions, weak domestic consumption, and a prolonged property downturn.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities will enhance their efforts to attract private investment in major projects covering nuclear power, hydropower and cross-regional power transmission channels. Xu said they will also study and assess appropriate shareholding ratios.<\/p>\n<p>China has attracted high-quality private enterprises to invest in hydropower stations in Dadu River, Jinsha River, and Benzilan, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet said projects requiring state approval, such as railways, nuclear power, hydropower, cross-regional power transmission channels, oil and gas pipelines, LNG import storage facilities and water supplies should conduct a special assessment of the feasibility of private investment.<\/p>\n<p>China will encourage private investment in these key projects, normally led by state-owned companies, with shareholding ratios set according to specifics and policy requirements. For eligible projects, private shareholdings could exceed 10%, the cabinet said.<\/p>\n<p>Private firms have also been allowed to take stakes of up to 20% in some major nuclear power projects, Guan Peng, deputy head of the fixed-asset investment department at the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a briefing.<\/p>\n<p>China will meet the reasonable credit needs of private firms and implement &#8220;green channel&#8221; policies for stock listings, as well as mergers and acquisitions of technology-based companies focused on breakthroughs in core technologies, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In April, China <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/china-adopts-law-bolster-private-sector-amid-trade-war-2025-04-30\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed<\/a> a new law aimed at boosting confidence in the private sector and strengthening its role in the economy amid heightened trade tensions with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed-asset investment in the private sector shrank 3.1% in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier, while state-sector investment rose 1.0%, official data showed.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Beijing Newsroom and Kevin Yao; 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