Within One Year on the Two Congresses : Adjustment was Prioritized in Energy Saving

CCTV 　 March 20:40, 2007

　　CCTV.com ： It was found from this year's government work report that the energy consumption for per unit GDP decreased for the first time last year, and that no forcible target was designated for energy saving and consumption reduction this year.

　　Zai Ruoyu, NPC deputy: This doesn't mean lowering the requirements for energy saving and consumption reduction.

    Dai Yande, vice director of the Energy and Economic Research Institute under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) : The measures taken last year will result in good effects this year.

   The series of macro-control policies and measures has contributed most to energy saving within one year during the two yearly sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Yang Weize, the deputy from Jiangsu, had a lot to say about this.

　　Yang Weize ( NPC deputy): The energy consumption for per unit GDP dropped by 4% in our organization in Wuxi last year. This resulted from the efforts we have taken to adjust the industry structure for two to three years.

　　Correspondent: This is the high-tech industrial park. A lot of electronics manufacturing facilities were on this lot of 120,000 square meters over one year ago. They have been replaced with garden styled research centers.

　　The industrial upgrading from manufacturing from R&D and from manufacturing products to creating solutions has brought in the effective promotion in energy saving. The GDP in the Wuxi New District rose by 26% whereas the energy consumption for per 10,000 yuan GDP fell by 12.7%.

　　In the past year, adjustment has been the focus for energy saving and consumption reduction, which became one of the indices to assess the performance of the local government officials for the first time last year. The total energy consumption in the steel and iron industry plumped by 8.8%. The consumption of coal equivalent for producing one ton of steel deceased by 7.1% year over year last year.