The said percentage has not taken into account the traditional utilizations such as biomass energy and small hydraulic power generation in rural areas.
China is rich in new and renewable energy resources.
China is also rich in biomass energy resourcessuch as 700 million tons of crop stalks yield per year, of which 280 to 350 million tons can be used as energy sources. The firewood supplied on a rational basis accounts for 158 million tons. In addition, there are abundant resources of poultry droppings and industrial organic waste water that can be used for methane gas producimg. The poultry and stock droppings from intensive breeding farmsreach 403.36 million tons a year, of which the dry matter takes up 37.155 million tons. Research and development on other new energies such as tidal and wave energies and hydraulic energy have witnessed progresses.