China reduced energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2022 amid efforts to promote high-quality and green development, according to an official statistical communique published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Last year, the country’s energy consumption per 10,000 yuan ($1,438.46) of gross domestic product decreased by 0.1 percent from 2021, while CO2 emissions per 10,000 yuan of GDP fell 0.8 percent year-on-year, according to the communique released on the website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).<\/p>\n
China accelerated the green transformation of development while stabilizing the economy in 2022, witnessing the country’s ecological condition continuously improved and the formation of green and low-carbon production and life-styles sped up, said Sheng Laiyun, deputy head of the NBS.<\/p>\n
China has continued to advance the low-carbon transformation of energy consumption, seeing rapid growth of clean energy production and continuous expansion of non-fossil energy consumption, Sheng said.<\/p>\n
Last year, the power generation of clean energy, such as hydro, wind, solar and nuclear energy, rose 8.5 percent year-on-year, while non-fossil energy consumption went up 0.8 percentage points to account for 17.5 percent of the country’s total power consumption.<\/p>\n
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