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Energy use up 9.3%; consumption per unit GDP falls |
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Written by Administrator
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Feb 28, 2007 at 10:41 AM |
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BEIJING, February 28 (Xinhua) -- China's energy consumption per RMB10,000 (US$1,292) of GDP fell 1.23% to 1.21 tons of coal equivalent in 2006, failing to meet the projected target, according to official figures released today.
This is the first time the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released figures on China's energy consumption per unit GDP. The Chinese government set an annual goal of reducing energy consumption per unit GDP by 4% in 2006.
According to preliminary estimates of the NBS, China consumed a total of 2.46 billion tons of coal equivalent in 2006, up 9.3% from a year earlier. |
