This photo stands for the energy consumption of China.

China continues to make headway in its efforts to improve energy efficiency. The per-unit energy consumption was down 2.88 percent year on year in the first half.

According to a bulletin jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the National Energy Administration, the figure was 0.1 percentage point more than the same period last year.

China launched a nationwide campaign to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse emissions in 2006. It vowed to reduce energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product by 20 percent and major pollutant emissions by 10 percent by 2010 from 2005 levels.

(CCTV.com 08-07-2008 22:23)