Economic development is trying to break through the restriction of resources and environment, energy saving continue to make new progress.


On October 21, the NBS data showed positive progress in the restructuring, the first unit in the third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) energy consumption fell 4.6%.


Worth noting is that energy conservation and consumption reduction of the first three quarters of this year reached "Twelve-Five" since the biggest drop. In this regard, the Institute for resources and environment policy, development research center of the State Council Li Zuojun, Deputy Director in an interview with the daily news reporter, said that should transcend this year decline in energy consumption per unit GDP expected to complete state goals. Under the current circumstances, might be a good energy saving achievement next year.


Energy consumption per unit GDP continues to decline


Resource and environmental costs have decreased. National Bureau of statistics spokesman Sheng laiyun, believes that "economic development approach, which relies too much on extensive development of resource consumption, shift towards intensive growth trend is quite obvious. ”


Positive progress in the restructuring of the first three quarters, statistics, optimization of industrial structure more. Energy saving continue to make new progress in the first three quarters, energy consumption per unit GDP fell 4.6%. Noteworthy is that the energy consumption per unit GDP is the first half of the year fell to 4.2%, a record 6 years after the biggest drop in, refreshed again.


The reason for unit GDP energy consumption fell sharply in the third quarter before, Li Zuojun believes that "on the one hand, China's economic growth continues to down another thing is to make progress towards the optimization of economic structure, the proportion of tertiary industry increased further, industries, the proportion of manufacturing industry in terms of further decline; there are some places and industries in energy conservation and environmental protection standards stricter."


NDRC Energy Research Institute, Director of the Center for energy efficiency Yu Cong, told the daily news reporters, "the main is the slowdown of the economy as a whole, in particular changes in the domestic and international market demand of high energy-consuming industries, resulting in a drop in total energy consumption, especially for the domestic market including real estate and other industries appear more obvious supply-side markets, market demand is the main reason. ”


In May 2014, the State Council issued the 2014-2015 energy saving low carbon development action programme, proposed target is 2014-2015 per unit GDP energy consumption, chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen oxide emissions by decreasing above, 2%, 3.9%, 2%, 5%, unit GDP carbon dioxide emissions following two years 4%, 3.5%.


From the first drop in energy consumption per unit GDP in the third quarter of this year, has far exceeded this year's target, many industry experts told the daily news in an interview with a reporter said, you can be sure finish aims for unit GDP energy consumption fell more than expected this year.


Reducing energy consumption depends on the emissions cuts


Sheng laiyun, at the conclusion of the first three quarters of this year's economic development, said that industrial structures giving birth to new breakthroughs. Can see from the data released, the proportion of tertiary industry continued to improve, value added services faster than industry. Industry structure adjustment is also accelerating, new industries, new industries, new products to continue to maintain a rapid growth rate, but also the entire economy to high-end trend is obvious.


Continuous adjustment and optimization of industry structure, tertiary industry increased energy efficiency will play a positive role in promoting. National statistics show that the 2011-2013, China's unit GDP energy consumption fell, and 2.01%, and 3.7%. In conjunction with the "Twelve-Five" plan put forward the goal of reducing energy consumption per unit GDP by 16%, 2011-2013 completion of its decline in energy consumption per unit GDP targets are not good, behind the time schedule, the grim situation.


Energy Center Jiang kejun, a researcher in an interview with the daily news reporter, said that originally proposed "Twelve-Five" when energy saving targets, has the potential to change the economic structure has been taken into account, so for a complete "Twelve-Five" unit GDP energy consumption fell objectives set, is more optimistic now, even exceeded the goal program.


2014 years ago third-quarter economic data released by the Bureau showed that national calculated above-scale industrial added value rose 8.5%, down 0.3% is growing much faster than the first half. Divided into three categories, the mining industry value added grew by 4.8% manufacturing growth 9.6%, electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry in 3.1%. Industrial production was stable.


Yu Cong believes that despite the drop in energy consumption per unit GDP in previous years indexes finished well, but starting this year, to restore to its original high economic growth is difficult, and now we all recognize that if economic growth were traditional high-energy consuming industries are less likely, there is no market demand.


Especially in the last two years, structural adjustment result is pretty clear, said Yu Cong, 2015, energy consumption per unit GDP dropped reached more than 4% should be no problem, now is recognized to reduce GDP growth, and then to adjust the industrial structure, it should be in one direction.


Next in terms of energy saving and consumption reducing need to advance the work of the Government, kejun, believes that strong energy conservation measures now, and continue to do it on the line, do not require a great deal of change, but policy measures to further strengthen some of the original, such as energy consumption standards continued to improve, plus some economic instruments such as taxes.


"Must not be taken lightly, (energy consumption per unit GDP declines) depends on the emission reduction efforts and the implementation of existing policies. "Li Zuojun said.