China has cut its energy intensity by more than 26% since 2012, making it one of the fastest-improving countries in the world in terms of energy efficiency, according to figures released during the 2025 National Energy Conservation Week, which began on June 23.
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China has cut its energy intensity by more than 26% since 2012, making it one of the fastest-improving countries in the world in terms of energy efficiency, according to figures released during the 2025 National Energy Conservation Week, which began on June 23.
The reduction is equivalent to saving 1.4 billion tonnes of standard coal and cutting around 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Zhang Lupeng, Deputy Director of the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said that since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the NDRC has worked with local governments and industry regulators to boost energy efficiency in key sectors and accelerate the transition to a greener, low-carbon energy mix.
In 2024, China’s energy intensity and carbon intensity fell by 3.8% and 3.4% year-on-year, respectively. Over the first four years of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the figures dropped by 11.6% and 9.3%.
In the industrial sector, the share of benchmark-level capacity in major energy-consuming industries rose by six percentage points compared to 2020, while overall energy use per unit of output fell noticeably. In the energy sector, non-fossil fuels accounted for 19.8% of total energy consumption in 2024, up from 15.9% in 2020, while coal’s share dropped to 53.2%. Among public institutions, energy consumption per square meter and per capita fell by 4% and 5.1%, respectively, compared with 2020.
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