The reporter learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment that the quota trading and clearing work of the national carbon emission trading market in 2024 has been completed. Over the past year, the market has operated steadily and orderly, and its vitality has further increased. A total of 2096 key emission units in the power generation industry will be included in the quota management of the national carbon emission trading market in 2023, with an annual coverage of approximately 5.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The deadline for performance in 2023 and 2024 is the end of 2024 and the end of 2025 respectively, achieving annual performance. By the end of 2024, the total amount of quotas to be cleared for the year 2023 is 5.244 billion tons, with a completion rate of approximately 99.98%. The national carbon emission trading market officially launched trading on July 16, 2021. As of the end of 2024, the cumulative trading volume of quotas was 630 million tons, with a cumulative trading volume of 43.033 billion yuan. In 2024, the quota trading volume was 189 million tons, with a turnover of 18.114 billion yuan, and the trading scale continued to expand. (New Society)