BEIJING, Feb 25 - China'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.
The decline was well below a drop of 4.59 percent in 2008 and 4.2 percent in 2007.
China 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 China consumed 3.1 billion tonnes of standard coal in 2009, up 6.3 percent from 2008.
The decline was well below a drop of 4.59 percent in 2008 and 4.2 percent in 2007.
China 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 China consumed 3.1 billion tonnes of standard coal in 2009, up 6.3 percent from 2008.
