page_title: Energy policy of China
section_title: Fossil fuels
hierarchical_section_title: Energy policy of China / Fossil fuels
caption_attribution_description: English: This oil well was near the road south of Charklik with the Nan shan mountains in background.
context_page_description: Ensuring adequate energy supply to sustain economic growth has been a core concern of the Chinese government since 1949. The country is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and coal in China is a major cause of global warming. However, from 2010 to 2015 China reduced energy consumption per unit of GDP by 18%, and CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP by 20%. On a per-capita basis, it was the world's 51st largest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2016.
  China is also the world's largest renewable energy producer. China is the largest producer of hydroelectricity, solar power and wind power in the world.
  Energy policymaking in China is largely decentralised. There has been no Ministry of Energy since it was dissolved in 1993, and it was only in 2002–2003 that serious governmental dialogue on re-centralising energy administration began.
  China's energy industries are governed by a number of ministries and commissions, and companies with varying levels of power and influence, such as the China National Petroleum Corporation and the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation.
  Both of these companies originally comprised one ministry before being converted to state companies in the 1980s.
caption: Oil well in Qaidam Basin, Qinghai
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