Table 1 Departments from different levels that have promulgated low-carbon policies.

From: China’s low-carbon policy intensity dataset from national- to prefecture-level over 2007–2022

National-level

Provincial-level

Prefecture-level

State Council

• Government of Province

Government of Municipality

• Government of Autonomous Region

• Government of Municipality (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

National Development and Reform Commission

• Provincial Development and Reform Commission

Municipal Development and Reform Commission

• Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission

• Municipal Development and Reform Commission (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

Ministry of Ecology and Environment (Ministry of Environment Protection before 2018)

• Department of Ecology and Environment of Province

Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau

• Department of Ecology and Environment of Autonomous Region

• Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

Ministry of Finance

• Department of Finance of Province

Municipal Finance Bureau

• Department of Finance of Autonomous Region

• Municipal Finance Bureau (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

• Department of Industry and Information Technology of Province

Municipal Industrial and Information Technology Bureau

• Department of Industry and Information Technology of Autonomous Region

• Municipal Industrial and Information Technology Bureau (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

State Taxation Administration

• Provincial Tax Service, State Taxation Administration

Municipal Tax Service, State Taxation Administration

• Autonomous Region Tax Service, State Taxation Administration

• Municipal Tax Service, State Taxation Administration (For Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing only)

  1. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment was founded in 2018, while the Ministry of Environment Protection was partly responsible for launching low-carbon policies before 2018. Meanwhile, some local departments affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology use the expression “Economic and Information Technology”.