China unlikely to meet energy efficiency goal

China is unlikely to meet its own energy efficiency goals this year, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing data from the National Development and Reform Commission.

China will fail to meet the target of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 4 percent this year, Xinhua said. Energy consumption per unit of GDP actually increased by 0.8 percent in the first half of the year and indexes for major pollutants have continued to rise, it said.
China Daily