China News Service, Beijing, July 16 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The national carbon emission trading market launched on the 16th to achieve a good start.

According to the transaction data of the national carbon market, the cumulative transaction volume of the national carbon market carbon emission allowances (CEA) was about 4,104,400 tons, and the cumulative transaction volume was 210 million yuan (RMB, the same below).

  On the same day, the national carbon market carbon emission allowance (CEA) listing agreement transaction volume was 4,103,953 tons, with a turnover of 2,102,300,53.25 yuan. The highest price of the day was 52.80 yuan per ton, and the closing price was 51.23 yuan per ton, which was 6.73% higher than the opening price.

  At 9:30 on the same day, the national carbon emission rights trading opened at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange. The opening price of carbon emission allowance trading was 48 yuan per ton; at 9:32, the first transaction was successfully matched and the transaction price was per ton. The ton is 52.78 yuan, a total of 160,000 tons are traded, and the transaction volume is 7.9 million yuan.

  According to reports, as of the close at noon, it was up 6.25% from the opening price, with an average price of 51.24 yuan per ton, with a total transaction volume of 2.78 million tons and a total transaction volume of 143 million yuan.

  On the same day, the launch ceremony of online trading in the national carbon market was held in Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan.

Huang Runqiu, Minister of China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated that the national carbon emissions trading market is an institutional innovation that uses market mechanisms to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote green and low-carbon development.

  This year is the first compliance cycle of the national carbon market, with more than 2,000 key emission units included in the power generation industry.

According to estimates, the carbon emissions of companies covered by the first batch of carbon markets exceed 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide, which means that China's carbon emissions trading market has become the world's largest carbon market covering greenhouse gas emissions once it is launched.

  The Shanghai Environmental Energy Exchange Co., Ltd. recently announced that the National Carbon Emissions Trading Agency is responsible for organizing and conducting centralized and unified trading of national carbon emission rights.

According to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, before the establishment of the National Carbon Emissions Trading Agency, the Shanghai Environmental Energy Exchange Co., Ltd. was responsible for the specific tasks such as account opening and operation and maintenance of the National Carbon Emissions Trading System.

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