This report is a summary of results from the 2017 China Carbon Pricing Survey, jointly conducted by China Carbon Forum (CCF), ICF, and SinoCarbon, with inputs from the Dutch Emissions Authority, the Tsinghua University Center for China Carbon Market Research, and other experts. The survey, undertaken from late March to early July 2017, obtained expectations about the future of China’s carbon price from 260 stakeholders. The survey is a collective “best guess” by these stakeholders. It does not claim to be representative, but it does provide a clear indication of dominant stakeholder views about the likely future of carbon pricing in China. The project builds on similar surveys conducted in 2013 and 2015. This survey report comes at a crucial time of global interest in China’s climate action, as the USA announced in mid-2017 its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, and an announcement of the start of a national ETS in China is expected still in late 2017.
