A photo taken on Aug 11, 2023 shows the village of Yucun in East China's Zhejiang province.

Four national government bodies jointly made public a guideline for promoting Eco-environment Oriented Development on Wednesday, as the country strives to address the underfunding of environmental conservation.

For trial implementation, the document was issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Development and Reform Commission, the People's Bank of China and the National Financial Regulatory Administration on Dec 22.

EOD is a development mode that aims to effectively finance environmental protection funds without increasing the government's debt burden.

The guideline noted EOD can help environmental protection and industrial development complement each other.