Shanghai aims to cut its energy consumption in industrial output by 2.3 percent this year, the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization said yesterday.
The city government will also replace around 2,000 coal-burning furnaces with clean-energy facilities this year, the commission said, adding that 27 percent of the work has been completed in the first five months of 2015.
Shanghai will hold 352 programs to promote energy saving from June 13 to 19. A White Paper on the city's industrial energy consumption status in 2014 will also be released during the period.
Officials and firms from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will also join the programs as their officials also hope to address environmental issues in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Shanghai has more than 180 professional companies that tackle pollution.
