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Figure 1-19. Building Sector Final Energy Use by Source (1980-2017)
Source: NBS, various years (b).
Note: Electricity is converted to standard energy units using China’s Power Plant Coal Consumption method.
Energy use by fuel in the transport sector is largely dominated by petroleum products, such as
gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and kerosene. In 2017, petroleum products accounted for 82% of final
transport sector energy use (Figure 1-20).15 Direct use of coal declined to almost 1% of the total
energy use in 2017. Natural gas consumption, including LNG for heavy trucks and CNG for
buses and some taxis, has been growing and represents 9% of the total sector energy use.
Direct electricity use in the transport sector increased to 4% in 2017.
China tracks the energy consumption associated with production of 30 manufacturing subsectors, which are shown in aggregate from 1995 to 2012 and by sub-sectors for 2013 to 2017
in Figure 1-21. Production of metals (mostly steel), chemicals, and non-metallic minerals
(mostly cement) uses the largest shares of manufacturing energy.
China’s official figures on petroleum consumption by sector understate the role of transportation in the demand
mix, as petroleum consumption is allocated to the sector in which it is consumed instead by the purpose of its
consumption.
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