{"id":3543,"date":"2023-07-16T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T05:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=3543"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:32:10","slug":"behind-the-data-a-comparative-analysis-of-chinas-carbon-emission-data-from-different-institutions","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/insights\/behind-the-data-a-comparative-analysis-of-chinas-carbon-emission-data-from-different-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3543\" class=\"elementor elementor-3543\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb7e169 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb7e169\" 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-92cdd98\" data-id=\"92cdd98\" 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-4e37db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-igdp_insight_detail_hero\" data-id=\"4e37db9\" 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>Behind the Data<\/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\">Behind the Data<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subtit\">A Comparative Analysis of China\u2019s Carbon Emission Data from Different Institutions<\/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);\">English, 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);\">JUL 2023<\/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);\">Report<\/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\">Climate Governance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Energy Transition<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Quantitative Modeling Tools<\/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 report offers a comparative analysis of the methodologies and results associated with the most recently released China carbon emissions data by ten domestic and foreign research institutions. This data was directly or indirectly calculated using official Chinese sources, and is timely, continuous, and consistent, allowing analysts to track, evaluate, forecast, and perform international comparisons of China\u2019s carbon emissions. \r\n\r\nThis report focuses on energy-related CO2 emissions and includes the following features: 1)  The analysis is based on the latest methodology and emissions data released by each institution as of the first quarter of 2023; 2) The analysis includes the carbon emissions databases released by domestic Chinese research institutions in recent years; 3) The report maps out energy data sources and relations between databases, and provides an analysis of differences in energy data accounting methods. \r\n\r\nIn addition, this report estimates China\u2019s 2013-2021 annual serial baseline carbon emissions data based on official data and uses this as a benchmark to measure the gaps between the carbon emissions data of each institution and China\u2019s official data. The report finds that the carbon emissions calculated in all databases are either directly or indirectly based on China&#039;s official energy statistics, but no organization currently has emission accounting boundaries that are fully consistent with official Chinese boundaries. \r\n\r\nThe report finds that when compared to China&#039;s official emission accounts, international research institutions generally report higher carbon emissions. These discrepancies in carbon emission data are primarily due to differences in accounting boundaries, emissions factors, accounting methods, energy data sources, sectoral divisions, fuel classifications, and calorific value used to convert fuel use to standard units.<\/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\">Li Xindi, Yang Li. (2023).\u00a0Behind the Data \u2013 A Comparative Analysis of China&#039;s Carbon Emission Data from Different Institutions. 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It surveys and compares the applicability, economics, and emissions-reduction potential of key technologies\u2014including waste heat recovery, system efficiency improvements, and hydrogen-based metallurgy\u2014through in-depth case studies (HBIS Group&#039;s hydrogen metallurgy, Shougang Jingtang&#039;s process interface optimization, and Sinosteel\/CISP&#039;s hydrogen-based smelting reduction, among others). It further identifies the practical barriers to scaling these technologies (high green hydrogen costs, renewable energy intermittency, stranded-asset risk, and weak cross-sector coordination mechanisms), and proposes policy recommendations to accelerate the sector&#039;s shift toward integration with renewable energy systems.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Report<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">AUG 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM-768x1085.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-1.11.52-PM.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/can-chinas-zero-carbon-industrial-parks-go-global\/\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Can China\u2019s zero-carbon industrial parks go global?<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">In March 2026, China\u2019s 15th Five Year Plan set a target to build \u201caround 100 national level zero-carbon industrial parks\u201d \u2013 zones for industrial production with net-zero or close to zero carbon emissions. It marked an upgrade to what had previously been a series of pilot projects around the country and catapulted such zones to a national priority.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUL 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jiangsu-wind-industrial-park-_Alamy_2XAPTHE-2400x1600-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndrc.gov.cn\/wsdwhfz\/202607\/t20260727_1406690.html\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Green Power Consumption Faces New Challenges<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">With the rapid growth in installed capacity, the core challenge facing the power system is shifting from \u201cwhether we can generate more green electricity\u201d to \u201cwhether we can effectively utilize green electricity at the right time and place.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUL 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-768x511.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/eps1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiemian.com\/article\/14825227.html\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">In-Depth: China\u2019s New Energy Sector Moves Beyond \u201cScale Worship\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">On July 23, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration released the \u201c15th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development\u201d (hereinafter referred to as the \u201cPlan\u201d), which sets out a systematic roadmap for the development of renewable energy over the next five years.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUL 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/725.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/725.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/725-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report offers a comparative analysis of the methodologies and results associated with the most recently released China carbon emissions data by ten domestic and foreign research institutions. This data was directly or indirectly calculated using official Chinese sources, and is timely, continuous, and consistent, allowing analysts to track, evaluate, forecast, and perform international comparisons of China\u2019s carbon emissions. <\/p>\n<p>This report focuses on energy-related CO2 emissions and includes the following features: 1)  The analysis is based on the latest methodology and emissions data released by each institution as of the first quarter of 2023; 2) The analysis includes the carbon emissions databases released by domestic Chinese research institutions in recent years; 3) The report maps out energy data sources and relations between databases, and provides an analysis of differences in energy data accounting methods. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, this report estimates China\u2019s 2013-2021 annual serial baseline carbon emissions data based on official data and uses this as a benchmark to measure the gaps between the carbon emissions data of each institution and China\u2019s official data. The report finds that the carbon emissions calculated in all databases are either directly or indirectly based on China&#8217;s official energy statistics, but no organization currently has emission accounting boundaries that are fully consistent with official Chinese boundaries. <\/p>\n<p>The report finds that when compared to China&#8217;s official emission accounts, international research institutions generally report higher carbon emissions. These discrepancies in carbon emission data are primarily due to differences in accounting boundaries, emissions factors, accounting methods, energy data sources, sectoral divisions, fuel classifications, and calorific value used to convert fuel use to standard units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3544,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"igdp_summary":"This report offers a comparative analysis of the methodologies and results associated with the most recently released China carbon emissions data by ten domestic and foreign research institutions. This data was directly or indirectly calculated using official Chinese sources, and is timely, continuous, and consistent, allowing analysts to track, evaluate, forecast, and perform international comparisons of China\u2019s carbon emissions. \r\n\r\nThis report focuses on energy-related CO2 emissions and includes the following features: 1)  The analysis is based on the latest methodology and emissions data released by each institution as of the first quarter of 2023; 2) The analysis includes the carbon emissions databases released by domestic Chinese research institutions in recent years; 3) The report maps out energy data sources and relations between databases, and provides an analysis of differences in energy data accounting methods. \r\n\r\nIn addition, this report estimates China\u2019s 2013-2021 annual serial baseline carbon emissions data based on official data and uses this as a benchmark to measure the gaps between the carbon emissions data of each institution and China\u2019s official data. The report finds that the carbon emissions calculated in all databases are either directly or indirectly based on China's official energy statistics, but no organization currently has emission accounting boundaries that are fully consistent with official Chinese boundaries. \r\n\r\nThe report finds that when compared to China's official emission accounts, international research institutions generally report higher carbon emissions. These discrepancies in carbon emission data are primarily due to differences in accounting boundaries, emissions factors, accounting methods, energy data sources, sectoral divisions, fuel classifications, and calorific value used to convert fuel use to standard units.","igdp_featured_media":3544,"igdp_download_file":3545,"igdp_external_url":"","igdp_key_info":"","igdp_related_insights":[]},"insight_type":[48],"insight_region":[45,47],"igdp_topic":[146,147,159],"class_list":["post-3543","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insight_type-report","insight_region-china-national","insight_region-international","igdp_topic-climate-governance","igdp_topic-energy-transition","igdp_topic-quantitative-modeling-tools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3552,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3543\/revisions\/3552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insight_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_type?post=3543"},{"taxonomy":"insight_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_region?post=3543"},{"taxonomy":"igdp_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/igdp_topic?post=3543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}