For energy efficiency

A national check on energy-saving performances of over 900 industrial enterprises in 2007 shows there is a great potential to cut energy intensity. The total energy that these firms had saved in various ways last year was equal to 38.17 million tons of coal.

What was impressive was the way they spared this amount of amount of energy rather than the amount itself, according a report published by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

The message is that the degree of emphasis that an enterprise places on energy-saving makes the difference. The heavier the pressure is from governments, the greater are the efforts the enterprises make in cutting their consumption of coal, gas or oil.