Energy-efficient growth

As the world's second largest economy, China's continuous and concrete efforts to raise its energy efficiency are important not only for itself, but for the world.

That China has managed to cut energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 19.06 percent between 2006 and 2010 on the 2005 levels is a cause for both optimism and caution.

It is encouraging to see that the Chinese economy has been firing on all cylinders with improved efficiency in its overall use of energy during the past five years.