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China sets 2020 energy targets, ramps up plans on energy markets

Published 09:20 on January 17, 2017  /  Last updated at 19:12 on January 17, 2017  / Kathy Chen /  Asia Pacific, China

The world’s top energy consumer is setting a goal to slow its growth in energy use to less than 3% a year through 2020, forcing much of the burden onto big-emitting industries and imposing a range of measures to tackle over-supply, according to China’s five-year plan for the energy sector released Tuesday.
The world’s top energy consumer is setting a goal to slow its growth in energy use to less than 3% a year through 2020, forcing much of the burden onto big-emitting industries and imposing a range of measures to tackle over-supply, according to China’s five-year plan for the energy sector released Tuesday.


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