Energy resources are not sufficient to fuel China's economic growth
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China's economic growth has been running at about 9% p.a, while energy demand was up 15%p.a. and oil imports grew at 30% p.a. China’s energy sector has a number of intrinsic weaknesses China needs ever more oil to fuel its explosive economic growth there is always fuel shortage in China recent years China is world’s 2nd largest consumer of energy, but its rate of increase of demand is some four to five times that for the rest of the world	the Three Gorges Dam, which is the largest hydroelectric river dam in the world, will produce electrical energy that is needed for China's economic growth China still has a lot of potential renewable energy resources yet to be extracted new oil resources are constantly being discovered in China China consumes less energy with fast economic growth China is the world's biggest coal producer

China’s energy sector has a number of intrinsic weaknesses
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China has a shortage of domestic oil and gas reserves relative to current and future demand there exists in the nation geographic mismatch between the location of primary energy resources and the main centers of demand

China needs ever more oil to fuel its explosive economic growth
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China is now the world's number two oil importer

there is always fuel shortage in China recent years
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The government raises prices to curb demand and encourage refiners to produce more the cities in China are developing very rapidly

The government raises prices to curb demand and encourage refiners to produce more
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In the recent months,the government has raised the oil price for several times, that mean the demand of oil is very large and there is not enough supply of oil

China still has a lot of potential renewable energy resources yet to be extracted
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it is estimated that the total potential wind power generating capacity in China equals the power generating capacity of 50 Three Gorges Dam (>10m MV) it is estimated that biomass energy from agricultural waste, straw and waste from cities alone in China may exceed 500 m MT of coal equivalents

new oil resources are constantly being discovered in China
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the new discoveries and production are not able to offset current depletion of oil reserve in the country due to its rapid economic growth PetroChina has just discovered in an offshore field in Bohai Bay with proven reserves equal to about 10 per cent of the country's oil and gas reserves

China is the world's biggest coal producer
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	China's coal stockpile has plunged to its lowest level in 20 years