Speech by Xie Fuzhan, Commissioner of National Bureau of Statistics

According to the Circular jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, State Energy Leading Group Office and National Bureau of Statistics, it is requested that annual indicators on unit GDP energy consumption shall be released to the public in the mid of the following year. Now I am going to present you with major indicators of unit GDP energy consumption both at national and regional levels in the year 2006.

1 . The regional unit GDP energy consumption and declining rates were estimated on the basis of the balance sheets of energy of the individual regions.

2 . In 2006, the total energy consumption of China reached 2.46 billion tons of coal equivalent, up by 9.61 percent from 2005. The energy consumption by 10,000 yuan of GDP amounted to 1.206 tons of coal equivalent in 2006, down by 1.33 percent as compared with that in 2005.

3 . The energy consumption per unit of value added of the secondary industry declined. The industrial enterprises at and above designated size consumed 2.53 tons of coal equivalent by 10,000 yuan of value added, down by 1.98 percent from a year earlier. That of the primary industry was 0.347 tons of coal equivalent and 0.414 tons of coal equivalent for the tertiary industry, which lead to 0.14 percent and 0.13 percent higher than in 2005 respectively.

4 . Electricity consumption grew rapidly on the year-on-year basis, standing at 14.2 percent higher. The growth of electricity consumed was 15.6 percent by industrial enterprises, and 14.5 percent by the urban and rural population. The share of the electricity consumption in the total energy consumption moved up from 38.1 percent in 2005 to 39.5 percent in 2006 in terms of final consumption, registering the highest growth in the past three years, thus making the electricity consumption by GDP go up by 2.75 percent from a year earlier.

5 . All the other regions than Beijing missed the target set for the reduction of unit energy consumption for 2006.

6 . Among the 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Tibet Autonomous Region), 29 witnessed a drop of unit energy consumption. Among the 29, 17 regions claimed over 3 percent drop, 6 regions reported 2 to 3 percent drop and the other 6 stated 1 to 2 percent decline.

In the year 2006, in order to fully put into practice the scientific concept of development, push forward the building of an energy-saving and environment-friendly society and accelerate the change of economic growth pattern, the State Council adopted a series of policy measures to deal with the rapid growth of energy consumption and pollutant emission in the course of economic development. Departments concerned and all the regions took countermeasures to enhance the implementation of the policy on energy saving and pollutant emission reduction, which lead to the initial achievement in the field. According to the data on energy consumption for the whole year, it showed that energy was utilized more efficiently, the pattern of energy consumption was improved, the unit GDP energy consumption shifted from rising to declining for the first time in the last three years.

However, it should be noted that at current stage the growth of high energy-consuming industries is still fast, and the pattern of economic growth is extensive. Number of problems still exist at different levels, including poor awareness, not clearly defined responsibilities, lack of supporting measures, imperfect policies, yet to be fulfilled input, not well functioned coordinating role and so on so forth. So the situation of energy saving and consumption reduction is still severe and the tasks are arduous. Therefore, the leading role of the government should be played in full swing. Under such circumstances, we should further enhance the implementation of relevant policies, undertake reform measures, and improve institutional mechanisms. We should use comprehensive measures such as market, legal and administrative ones to push forward the adjustments of industrial structures, promote technology progress, take out the energy-consuming and backward production capacity, and mobilize the entire society to fulfill the energy conservation programs.

Communiqué on Unit GDP Energy Consumption in 2006

Explanatory Notes of Data in Communiqué

 • Formula

2. Four decimal digits are kept for the calculating of the changes of unit GDP energy consumption.

3. The statistical scope of energy consumption of unit value added of industrial enterprises only include those with annual principal business income over 5 million yuan industrial corporations.

4. GDP and value added industry data in the communiqué are calculated by using 2005 prices.

5. Data on Tibet Autonomous Region is not available.

6. Data in the communiqué do not include that of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.