accentuated, and market financing costs subside. Strong fiscal rules have not shown any significant impact on containing fiscal … of inter-governmental fiscal arrangements that looks beyond rules-based frameworks by ensuring enforcement procedures are …

China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of … domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown … to cover over 40 products including water-saving products. Further, in 2005, China started a mandatory energy information …

In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … the first half of 2007, when the draft standard was completed under the direction of the China National Institute of … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …