Constraining Energy Consumption of China's Largest Industrial Enterprises Through the Top-1000 Energy-Consuming Enterprise Program

摘要: Between 1980 and 2000, China's energy efficiency policies resulted in a decoupling of the traditionally linked relationship between use gross domestic product (GDP) growth, realizing four-fold increase GDP with only doubling use. However, during China s transition to market-based economy 1990s, many country's programs were dismantled 2001 2005 increased significantly, growing at about same rate as GDP. Continuation this one-to-one ratio consumption given stated goal again quadrupling 2000 2020 will lead significant demand for energy, most which is coal-based. The resulting local, national, global environmental impacts could be substantial.In 2005, significance situation, Chinese government announced an ambitious reducing per unit by 20 percent 2010. One key initiatives Top-1000 Energy-Consuming Enterprises program. comprehensive these 1000 enterprises accounted 33 national 47 industrial usage 2004. Under program, 2010 targets each enterprise. Activities undertaken include benchmarking, audits, development saving action plans, information training workshops, annual reporting consumption. This paper describe program detail, including types included activities, provide analysis progress lessons learned date.