Chinese premier chairs meeting on green manufacturing, ecological protection

BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday presided over a State Council executive meeting, which approved an action plan for advancing the green and low-carbon development of manufacturing (2025-2027) and reviewed measures to improve the compensation mechanism for ecological conservation.

The meeting also discussed a draft amendment to the nation's Food Safety Law.

The meeting emphasized the need to accelerate innovation in green technologies and expand the application of advanced solutions, while calling for a deep green transformation of traditional industries.

It also urged emerging sectors to pursue high-standard green development from the outset, focusing on promoting clean energy and green products, while enhancing the level of resource recycling and utilization.

The meeting called for establishing a compensation mechanism for ecological conservation that is more comprehensive in coverage, clearer in responsibilities, and more efficient in governance, with refined key tasks and concrete implementation measures.

It urged further progress in developing ecological compensation mechanisms along major rivers, while steadily expanding the scope to include other ecological elements such as forests, grasslands, and the atmosphere.

The meeting decided to submit a draft amendment to the Food Safety Law to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

Stressing that food safety is vital to public health, the meeting called for the establishment of a more rigorous and science-based food safety standard system, particularly for mandatory standards.

It also emphasized the need to shift toward a preventive approach in food safety governance, strengthen oversight across the entire supply chain, and enforce strict routine inspections.