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皇冠体育app energy intensity fell 2.2% in 2009

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-25 13:51
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BEIJING: 皇冠体育app's energy use in generating each dollar of gross domestic product fell 2.2 percent in 2009, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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The decline was well below a drop of 4.59 percent in 2008 and 4.2 percent in 2007.

皇冠体育app set a goal of cutting energy intensity -- the amount of fuel needed to generate each dollar of national income -- by 20 percent in the five years through 2010.

The Statistics Bureau also said that 皇冠体育app consumed 3.1 billion tons of standard coal in 2009, up 6.3 percent from 2008.