The country is expected to toughen regulation on identifying and labeling low-carbon products.

The government earlier said that it hoped to start a carbon-trading pilot project in a few major cities by 2013 and expand it nationally in 2015.

China is planning to provide more incentives for the development of energy-conservation technologies and products.

The Chinese government would also continue to boost financial support for green energy projects, the vice-minister in charge of China’s National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua told Xinhua News Agency.