Preliminary calculations show that energy consumption in 2017 totaled 4.49 billion tons of standard coal, up 2.9 percent from the previous year.Coal consumption rose 0.4 per cent, crude oil consumption 5.2 per cent, natural gas consumption 14.8 per cent and electricity consumption 6.6 per cent.Coal consumption accounted for 60.4% of total energy consumption, down 1.6 percentage points from the previous year.Clean energy consumption, including natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power and wind power, accounted for 20.8% of total energy consumption, up 1.3 percentage points.Preliminary calculation shows that in 2017, the energy consumption of RMB 10,000 yuan of GDP will decrease by 3.7%, and the energy utilization efficiency will further increase.

In key energy-consuming industrial enterprises, comprehensive energy consumption per unit of caustic soda decreased by 0.3%, comprehensive energy consumption per ton of cement by 0.1%, comprehensive energy consumption per ton of steel by 0.9%, comprehensive energy consumption per ton of crude copper by 4.8%, and standard coal consumption per kilowatt hour of thermal power generation by 0.8%.Carbon dioxide emissions from China's ten thousand yuan GDP dropped by 5.1%.

The energy processing conversion efficiency continues to rise, reaching 73.85 in 2016. The production efficiency of the energy industry further increases and the industry benefits are improved.