BEIJING: China aims to tap into high-efficiency, energy-saving motors to further its green drive, according to a circular released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).

The circular, an action plan that covers the period from 2021 to 2023, stipulates that such advanced motors should account for over 20 percent of all motors in service by 2023, a move that will save 49 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity a year. The annual production capacity of such motors should hit 170 million kWh by 2023.