China's energy resources are limited, and conventional energy resources only account for the world's total.

China has limited energy resources, and conventional energy resources only account for 10.7% of the world total.

In 2000, the per capita recoverable reserves of oil, natural gas and coal in China were only 4.7 tons, 1.262 cubic meters and 1.4 tons respectively, which were 20. 1%, 5. 1% and 86.2% of the world average. China has become a major energy producer and consumer in the world.

In 2004, China surpassed Russian to become the second largest energy producer and the second largest energy consumer in the world.

At present, the energy used in China is mainly coal. In 2005, coal accounted for 68.7%, oil for 2 1.2%, natural gas for 2.8%, hydropower for 6.3% and nuclear power for 1.0%. China is also the largest coal consumer in the world, accounting for 36.9% of the world's total consumption in 2005.