China will curb development of projects that use large amounts of energy and have high carbon emissions, the state planner said on Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its climate pledges with many regions falling short of their targets for the year.

Only 10 out of 30 mainland Chinese regions achieved their goals to cut energy consumption and energy intensity, or the amount of energy consumed per unit of economic growth, in the first six months of this year, according to NDRC's statement on Tuesday.

The NDRC has stopped reviewing proposals in those areas for new high energy-consuming projects that don't have the support of the national government for the rest of the year to try to meet annual targets, Meng said.

To meet China's climate commitment, the state planner also recently urged local governments to reduce more than 350 planned projects, and pledged to take down those that have failed to meet government requirements，she said.

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