China issues white paper on energy policy

Source: Xinhua

 

 

The newest edition of a government white paper on China's energy policy was issued Wednesday, detailing policies regarding energy development, conservation and the promotion of renewable power sources.

 

"China's Energy Policy 2012" was released by the Information Office of the State Council.

 

During the 1981-2011 period, China's energy consumption increased by 5.82 percent annually, underpinning the economy's 10-percent annual growth, the paper said.

 

China has built up a comprehensive energy supply system comprising coal, electricity, petroleum, natural gas, and new and renewable resources, according to the document.

 

Universal energy service and civil energy use conditions have markedly improved since the adoption of reform and opening-up policies in the late 1970s, it said.