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Figure 2-2. Share of Sectoral Value Added in China’s GDP (1990-2018) and Value-Added by Sector, 2018.
Sources: NBS, various years; NBS, 2019c; NBS, 2013.
Notes: Primary = agriculture, forestry, farming, and fishing; Secondary = mining, manufacturing, construction,
power, heat, natural gas, and water production and supply; Tertiary = services
Regarding installed capacity for renewable electricity sources, China installed 175 GW of solar
by 2018, exceeding the 2020 goal of 110 GW. China is on track to meet or exceed the
hydropower capacity goal (352 GW installed; 2020 goal of 380 GW), wind power capacity goal
(184 GW installed; 2020 goal of 210 GW), and the nuclear power capacity goal (45 GW installed;
2020 goals of 58 GW).
Energy Supply and Consumption Revolution Strategy, 2016-2030
In April 2017, China released the Energy Supply and Consumption Revolution Strategy (20162030) that reiterates a number of its 2020 national energy goals and also sets additional goals
for 2030 (NDRC and NEA, 2016). The new 2030 goals are to cap China’s absolute primary energy
consumption at or below 6,000 Mtce, increase the share of non-fossil energy in total primary
energy to 20%, increase the share of natural gas in total primary energy consumption to 15%,
and strive to have 50% of total power generation from non-fossil sources. In addition, this
strategy sets the following goals to be achieved by 2030: China’s economic energy intensity to
reach global average levels, key industrial products’ energy efficiency levels to reach global
advanced levels, incremental energy demand to be met primarily by clean energy, and the
share of ultra-low polluting coal-fired power plants to be more than 80% of the fleet.
Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
In September 2016, China ratified the Paris Agreement, which commits participating parties to
“holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial
levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial
levels” (UN, 2018a). China’s specific Paris Agreement commitments, as conveyed through its
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