China's switch to low-carbon growth will be outlined this year, as the nation informed the United Nations of its domestic emission reduction targets for 2020.

The year 2010 will be crucial for the country's thorough shift to a low-emission economy, experts have said.

As the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10) is set to expire, work must begin to further detail the roadmap to realize carbon-intensity cuts in the 12th and 13th five-year plan period (2011-20), despite the set target being voluntary.