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Table 4.1
Total primary energy consumption and elasticity index of China from 2000 to 2010
Elasticity index
of energy
consumption
2000 14.6 3.5 8.4 0.42
2001 15.0 3.3 8.3 0.40
2002 15.9 6.0 9.1 0.66
2003 18.4 15.3 10.0 1.53
2004 21.3 16.1 10.1 1.59
2005 23.6 10.6 11.3 0.94
2006 25.9 9.6 12.7 0.76
2007 28.1 8.4 14.2 0.59
2008 29.1 3.9 9.6 0.41
2009 30.7 5.2 9.2 0.57
2010 32.5 6.0 10.4 0.58
2011 34.8 7.1 9.3 0.76
2012 36.2 3.9 7.8 0.50
Resource: China Statistical Yearbook 2012, 2012 Economic and Social Development Statistical
Communiqu´
Total primary energy
consumption/100 million
ton coal equivalent
Growth rate
of energy
consumption (%)
Growth rate
of GDP (%)
Year
4.1
Current Situation of China's Energy Supply and Demand
4.1.1 Current Situation of China's Energy Consumption
4.1.1.1 Total Energy Consumption
In the new century, as the fast development of economy and steadily improvement
of residential living standard, China's energy demand experiences an unprece-
dented growth. In 2012, China's total primary energy consumption reached
3.62 billion coal equivalent, which is 1.5 times more than that in 2000. The reason
is China has entered the phase of Homeland Construction [
1
,
2
]. Especially in the
Tenth Five Year Plan period, annual average growth rate of China's energy
consumption is 10.2 %. Meanwhile, elasticity of energy consumption still remain
relatively high (see Table
4.1
). Since the implementation of the Eleven Five Plan,
with the great emphasis on energy saving in society [
3
], the energy consumption per
capita GDP in 2010 decreased by 19.1 % compared with that of 2005. After
entering into the Twelfth Five Year Plan period, Chinese government has continu-
ously promoted energy conservation, the energy consumption per capita GDP in
2012 decreased by 5.5 % compared with that of 2010. There is an obvious decrease
in the growth rate of energy consumption with the elasticity declining from 0.94 in
2005 to 0.50 in 2012 [
4
]. Though China's energy growth rate was relatively fast in
the past 10 years, energy consumption per capita remained very low. In 2012,
primary energy consumption per capita is only 2.7 t coal equivalent [
5
], which is
less than half of that of developed countries.
