Energy Saving News
China Emphasise Stricter Energy Conservation
Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, reveled on Wednesday that the Chinese government will adopt stricter measures to boost energy conservation during 2010 to attain the goal set by a new five-year plan.
"It's the last and decisive year for us to realise the goals set by our country's 11th Five-Year Plan," Xie said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
"The current energy conservation situation lags far behind the goal set in our plan and our task is still formidable," said Xie, one of China's leading negotiators for climate change talks.
Under this latest Five-Year Plan, due to end this year, China pledged to cut energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 percent, or four percent each year, but consumption fell by a much smaller margin over the past four years, with per unit GDP energy consumption falling only 14.38 percent from the 2005 level.
Xie announced that the Chinese government will implement a series of measures this year to boost energy conservation, including the introduction of an accountability mechanism for provincial governments and tight control on high energy consuming projects.
China has already announced that it aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 2020 to between 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels.
Thursday 11th March 2010
