{"id":2427,"date":"2025-12-12T20:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=2427"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:17:52","slug":"zero-carbon-park-development-from-local-exploration-to-nationwide-systematic-planning","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/igdptest.symbol365.com\/en\/insights\/zero-carbon-park-development-from-local-exploration-to-nationwide-systematic-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Carbon Park Development: From Local Exploration to Nationwide Systematic Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2427\" class=\"elementor elementor-2427\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa1be51 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa1be51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd67eb3\" data-id=\"bd67eb3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa0b9ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-igdp_insight_detail_hero\" data-id=\"aa0b9ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"igdp_insight_detail_hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row-report1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cur cur1\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/insights\/\">Insights<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<span>Zero-Carbon Park Development<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"m-report1 wow fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Zero-Carbon Park Development<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subtit\">From Local Exploration to Nationwide Systematic Planning<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon3.svg);\">Chinese<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon4.svg);\">Dec 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon5.svg);\">Working Paper<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon6.svg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">CCNT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Industry<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Subnational Climate Action<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Summary:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">This working paper examines the development of zero-carbon parks in China, analyzing the transition from fragmented local experimentation to nationally coordinated planning. It reviews the policy landscape and standard-setting landscape, categorizing standards into three types (group standards, local standards, and provincial action plans). It then identifies three differentiated regional development models based on analysis of 80 zero-carbon park pilots across eight provinces: emerging industry-driven (eastern coastal regions), clean energy-driven (southwestern regions), and energy transition-driven (central regions). The analysis also synthesizes the multi-dimensional characteristics of park development\u2014energy, industry, transport, buildings, ecology, resource cycling, carbon management, and carbon sinks\u2014and discusses the implications of the July 2025 national policy that formalized zero-carbon park development at the central government level.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Suggested citation:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">Liu Jingning &amp; Yang Peng. (2025). Zero-Carbon Park Development: From Local Exploration to Nationwide Systematic Planning (Working Paper). Beijing: Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress (iGDP). 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