Carbon intensity targets unveiled

BEIJING - The amount of energy consumed for every unit of economic output fell 4 percent last year from its 2009 level, according to calculations by the National Bureau of Statistics released on Monday.

Between 2006 and 2010, the country achieved a 19.1-percent drop in energy intensity, roughly meeting its five-year target to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday during an online conversation with netizens.

Wen also unveiled new goals to bring down both energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 16 to 17 percent from 2011 to the end of 2015.