Carbon credit projects in China

Registry records list 1,563 carbon credit projects in China, the largest group renewable energy. Together they have issued 257,720,606 tonnes and retired 158,131,954.

Key figures

Projects

1,563

Registries

3

Credits issued

257,720,606 t

Credits retired

158,131,954 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Renewable Energy 433
  • Agriculture 386
  • Ghg Management 346
  • Forest 152
  • Fuel Switching 127
  • Not specified 64
  • Energy Efficiency 54
  • Land Use 1

China and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
0
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Appointed
Participation requirements for the Mechanism
Not published
Cooperative approaches
0
Article 6.2 activities
0
Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
0
Crediting Mechanism activities registered
0

Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.

Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

Hazard context

Wildfire
High
River flood
High
Drought
High

Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.

Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026

Projects

Largest issuance first.

Heilongjiang Swine Farm Animal Waste Management System GHG Mitigation Project

Gold Standard · China · Ghg Management

1.0M

issued tCO₂e

Sulige Natural Gas based Power Generation Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

1.0M

issued tCO₂e

Inner Mongolia Keyihe IFM (conversion of logged to protected forest) Project

Verra · China · Forest

999.2K

issued tCO₂e

Luohe Geothermal Based Space Heating System

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

996.8K

issued tCO₂e

Inner Mongolia Jingneng Saihan Wind Farm Phase I Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

987.8K

issued tCO₂e

Catalytic Reduction of N2O inside the Ammonia Burners of the Nitric Acid Plant in Caojing, Shanghai

Verra · China · Ghg Management

970.6K

issued tCO₂e

Nanhai MSW Incineration II Project

Verra · China · Ghg Management

960.8K

issued tCO₂e

Datong River Tianwanggou Hydropower Station

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

952.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tiefa Coal Industry Group CMM Utilization Project

Verra · China · Ghg Management

951.7K

issued tCO₂e

48 MW Houqiao Hydropower Project, Yunnan, China

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

943.5K

issued tCO₂e

Guohua Wulate Zhongqi Chuanjing Phase II Wind Farm Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

940.9K

issued tCO₂e

Aonong AWMS GHG Mitigation Project in Jiangxi Province

Verra · China · Ghg Management

934.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hubei Hongshan IFM (Conversion of Logged to Protected Forest) Project

Verra · China · Forest

932.1K

issued tCO₂e

Anhuang Afforestation Project

Verra · China · Forest

925.8K

issued tCO₂e

Qingdao Longxin Wind Power Project Phase I

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

921.0K

issued tCO₂e

Henan Xinxiang 24MW Biomass based Cogeneration Project

Verra · China · Fuel Switching

917.9K

issued tCO₂e

Hechu Afforestation Project in Anhui Province

Verra · China · Forest

904.7K

issued tCO₂e

Xiaoshan Power Plant’s NG Power Generation Project of Zhejiang Southeast Electric Power Co., Ltd.

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

904.2K

issued tCO₂e

Guohua Wulate Zhongqi Phase I 49.5 MW Wind farm Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

890.1K

issued tCO₂e

Guohua Tongliao Kezuo Zhongqi Phase I 49.5 MW Wind Farm Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

881.6K

issued tCO₂e

Hebei Yuxian Second Phase 49.5MW Wind Power Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

877.7K

issued tCO₂e

Inner Mongolia Wujier Phase I Wind Power Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

872.2K

issued tCO₂e

Liangdu Afforestation Project

Verra · China · Forest

872.0K

issued tCO₂e

Ruijing Geothermal Based Space Heating System

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

867.3K

issued tCO₂e

Hebei Kangbao Sanxiatian Wind Farm Project

Verra · China · Renewable Energy

855.0K

issued tCO₂e

Questions about China

How many carbon credit projects are in China?

1,563, as of 1 June 2026.

Has China signed Article 6 agreements?

UN tracking records no bilateral agreements for China, as of 4 September 2026.

Which methodologies are most used in China?

ACM0002 (296), AMS-III-AU (275), ACM0010 (104).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026