CHINA'S ENERGY STRATEGY: Power & Independence

Since the founding of New China, electricity consumption has increased by 1,900 times; per capita electricity consumption has increased by 630 times; power generation has increased by 1,600 times; installed power generation capacity has increased by 1,000 times; power grid lines have increased by 280 times, and voltage levels have increased by five times.

The international cooperation of electric power is advancing steadily, and the development of China's power industry has provided a reliable power guarantee for the rapid development of China's economy in the past 70 years.

The West-East Gas Pipeline Project, approved during the first meeting of the State Council in February 2000, is the longest and largest caliber gas pipeline in China, and it is the second largest national project behind the Three Gorges Dam project of the Yangtze River. The construction is a landmark project that kicked off China's ambitious Western Region Development plan.