White Paper: China's Energy Policy 2012

中華人民共和國國務院新聞辦公室24日發表《中國的能源政策（2012）》白皮書。全文如下：The Information Office of the State Council, or China's cabinet, on Wednesday published the 2012 edition of white paper on the country's energy policy. Following is the full text: 中國的能源政策
（2012年10月）
中華人民共和國
國務院新聞辦公室China's Energy Policy 2012
(October 2012)
Information Office of the State Council
The People's Republic of China目 錄Contents前 言Preface一、能源發展現狀I. Current Energy Development二、能源發展政策和目標II. Policies and Goals of Energy Development三、全面推進能源節約III. All-round Promotion of Energy Conservation四、大力發展新能源和可再生能源IV. Vigorously Developing New and Renewable Energy五、推動化石能源清潔發展V. Promoting Clean Development of Fossil Energy六、提高能源普遍服務水平VI. Improving Universal Energy Service七、加快推進能源科技進步VII. Accelerating Progress of Energy Technology八、深化能源體制改革VIII. Deepening Institutional Reform in the Energy Sector九、加強能源國際合作IX. Strengthening International Cooperation in Energy結束語Conclusion前 言Preface能源是支撐人類文明進步的物質基礎，是現代社會發展不可或缺的基本條件。在中國實現現代化和全體人民共同富裕的進程中，能源始終是一個重大戰略問題。Energy is the material basis for the progress of human civilization and an indispensable basic condition for the development of modern society. It remains a major strategic issue for China as the country moves towards its goals of modernization and common prosperity for its people.20世紀70年代末實行改革開放以來，中國的能源事業取得了長足發展。目前，中國已成為世界上最大的能源生產國，形成了煤炭、電力、石油天然氣以及新能源和可再生能源全面發展的能源供應體系，能源普遍服務水平大幅提升，居民生活用能條件極大改善。能源的發展，為消除貧困、改善民生、保持經濟長期平穩較快發展提供了有力保障。Since China adopted the policy of reform and opening up in the late 1970s, its energy industry has made great advances. China is now the world's largest energy producer. It has built up a comprehensive energy supply system comprising coal, electricity, petroleum, natural gas, and new and renewable energy resources. Its universal energy service and civil energy use conditions have markedly improved. Its thriving energy industry provides a guarantee for the country to reduce poverty, improve the people's livelihood and maintain long-term, steady and rapid economic development.中國能源發展面臨著諸多挑戰。能源資源稟賦不高，煤炭、石油、天然氣人均擁有量較低。能源消費總量近年來增長過快，保障能源供應壓力增大。化石能源大規模開發利用，對生態環境造成一定程度的影響。However, China's energy development still faces many challenges. The country's energy resource endowment is not high and its per-capita share of coal, petroleum and natural gas is low. Its energy consumption has grown too quickly in recent years, increasing the strain on energy supply. Fossil energy resources have been exploited on a large scale, causing a certain amount of damage to the eco-environment.為減少對能源資源的過度消耗，實現經濟、社會、生態全面協調可持續發展，中國不斷加大節能減排力度，努力提高能源利用效率，單位國內生產總值能源消耗逐年下降。中國將以科學發展觀為指導，切實轉變發展方式，著力建設資源節約型、環境友好型社會，依靠能源科技創新和體制創新，全面提升能源效率，大力發展新能源和可再生能源，推動化石能源的清潔高效開發利用，努力構建安全、穩定、經濟、清潔的現代能源產業體系，為中國全面建設小康社會提供更加堅實的能源保障，為世界經濟發展作出更大貢獻。To curb excessive consumption of energy resources and achieve the comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development of the economy, society and ecology, China keeps strengthening its efforts in energy conservation and emission reduction, and strives to raise the efficiency of energy utilization. As a result, energy consumption per unit of GDP has been decreasing year by year. China will continue to take the Scientific Outlook on Development as its guiding principle, and work hard to transform its development pattern, giving prominence to building a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society. It relies on scientific, technological and system innovation to raise efficiency in all aspects of energy utilization, further develops new and renewable energy resources, and promotes the clean and efficient development and utilization of fossil energy resources. The country endeavors to build a modern energy industry which is secure, stable, economical and clean, in order to provide a solid guarantee for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and make greater contributions to the world's economic development.