China Unveils Energy-Saving Plan
Asia Pulse, 26 November 2004 - China plans to double its energy consumption as its economy quadruples by 2020, officials said.
Up to 1.4 billion tons of standard coal, an amount nearly equal to energy consumed by the nation last year, should be saved by 2020 when China meets its target of an all-around well-off society.
With an annual savings rate of 3 per cent, China's energy consumption is expected to reach 3 billion tons of standard coal in 2020.
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Publication Date 26.11.2004
