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China reboots voluntary carbon-credit market

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Published: January 25th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Offshore wind farms such as this one off the coast of Tangshan in northern China could generate credits for China’s rebooted CCER market.

China has resumed voluntary trading in CO2 credits (Chinese Certified Emissions Reductions/CCER). The revised CCER system allows any company to purchase carbon credits – not just the energy companies currently participating in China’s emissions trading system (ETS). According to a conservative estimate by local investment bank Minsheng Securities, the CCER spot market could reach a volume of around 20 billion yuan (2.56 billion euros) by 2025.

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