China consumes less energy with faster economic growth rate

China’s growth rate of energy consumption dropped to 9.5 percent last year from 15.5 percent in 2004, while the country maintained a 9.9 percent economic growth rate in 2005.

According to a joint press conference held here Friday by the BP Group, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China has seen a sharp decline in oil consumption in 2005 as compared with 2004.
People’s Daily