The country will also build a cyclic agricultural system that promotes resource conservation, clean production and waste reuse, in order to improve the ecological environment of rural China and the efficiency of its farming, the statement added.
It furthermore said that China will improve the system for recycling renewable resources and waste, and push forward green concepts in architecture and transportation. It said the service sector should play a key role in transforming the current consumption model into a green, low-carbon one.
The cabinet also vowed to carry out demonstration projects and improve policies and regulations in areas including taxation, finance, industry, investment and pricing to help build the circular economy.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) emphasized the importance of ecological progress and advocated the building of a "beautiful" China at the 18th CPC National Congress in November.
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