Nation's energy demand slowing

Continued economic transformation drives change, according to BP report

Energy demand growth in China fell below the 10-year average amid an economic transformation, British oil giant BP Plc said on Tuesday.

The company said in its annual global energy report, released in Beijing on Tuesday, that China, the world's largest energy consumer, accounted for 22.4 percent of the global energy consumption and for 49 percent of the net growth in the world in 2013.