China has made remarkable achievements in energy saving and emission reduction in the past ten years, and the efficiency of energy use has significantly improved, according to remarks made at an industrial-themed conference.

China has made remarkable achievements in energy saving and emission reduction in the past ten years. [Photo: hbzhan.com]

According to Xinhua News Agency, the remarks were made at a high-level conference with the theme, "Industrial innovation and its coordinated development in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei regions" in Tangshan of north China's Hebei province on Sunday.

According to information released by the conference, China saved 1.57 billion tons of standard coal between 2005 to 2015, which is the equivalent of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 3.6 billion tons.

The proportion of coal consumption in China's energy portfolio has declined from 72 percent to 64 percent, while non-fossil fuel use has soared from 7.4 percent to 12 percent.

China's construction and transportation industries have also seen an obvious improvement in energy savings. As of 2014, up to 10.5 billion square meters of energy-saving buildings have been constructed in urban areas, accounting for 38 percent of the country's overall civil construction, while China's new-energy vehicle production has seen a forty-five fold growth.

In non-fossil fuel development, China's renewable energy sector made up 25.4 percent of the world's total installed capacity in 2014, with hydropower capacity increasing 1.7 times, wind power capacity up 100.8 times and solar power capacity up 615 times, compared with 2005.

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