China's energy consumption falls in first three quarters
29/11/2007 16:38
China's energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP)
dropped three percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2007, a senior
economic planning official said today
China has vowed to cut the energy
consumption used to generate per unit of GDP by 20 percent and major pollutants
emissions by ten percent between 2006 and 2010.
The nation will take
economic, legal and necessary administrative measures to reach the mandatory
targets, a government's solemn promise to the people, Xie Zhenhua, deputy chief
of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), told a press
conference in Beijing.
During the three quarters, sulfur dioxide emissions in
China fell 1.81 percent and the chemical oxygen demand, a measure of water
pollution, dropped 0.28 percent, the State Environmental Protection
Administration said on Nov. 14.
xinhua
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