China’s Five Departments Order Phase-Out of Coal Boilers of 10 t/h and Below

The significance here is less the boiler threshold itself than the coordination: five departments signing onto one resource-saving plan signals that coal demand management is being folded into industrial and air-quality policy rather than left to energy ministries alone. The explicit equal-or-reduced coal replacement rule in key pollution-control regions is the lever that affects local industry and equipment suppliers most directly. Whether enforcement follows the same pattern as earlier coal-capacity campaigns, and how quickly clean-alternative boiler and kiln vendors fill the gap, is the open question.