(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-11 22:11

BEIJING -- China will check provincial-level governments' performances in conserving energy and reducing pollutant emissions, and the results, to be taken as a major index for administration evaluation, will be publicized in May or June, a senior official said Tuesday.

About 1,000 key enterprises are also put under the scrutiny, whose performances will be examined by provincial-level governments, said Xie Zhenhua, vice minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), at a press conference held on the sidelines of the ongoing parliament annual session.

The provincial-level governments are required to publicize the results of their checkups on enterprises in March, Xie said.

Those who miss the annual goals in energy conservation and emission reduction, either governments or enterprises, will be required to make explanations and take measures for improvement within a set time.

They will also be denied any honor or award, and the approval of new high energy-consuming projects in the province or of the enterprise will be suspended, Xie said.

The checkup results will be delivered to the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which is responsible for official evaluation and promotion, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, a regulator of state-owned enterprises.

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