Based on the achievement of reducing energy intensity per unit of GDP by 20% during the period of the 11^th Five-Year Plan，China will continue to make greater effort to promote energy saving，emission reduction and low-carbon development in the 12^th Five Year Plan.Shown as the progress of implementation in recent years，China faces great challenges in lack of awareness，measures coordination，policy portfolio，finance，technology，capacity，and so on.In this paper，on the basis of chinese circumstances and international experiences，some specific policy recommendations are proposed to promote energy saving，emission reduction and low-carbon development in China including building long term vision of emission reduction target，building domestic carbon market，optimizing subsidy and economic incentives，captivating carbon financing system，promoting Energy Management Contracting（EMC），and introducing the Renewable Obligation.