China cuts CO2 emission by 3 bln tonnes in past decade: white paper

BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China has reduced CO2 emission by 3 billion tonnes over the past decade in an effort to promote green consumption, a white paper said Thursday.

China's energy savings in the recent ten years have been equivalent to about 1.4 billion tonnes of standard coal as its industrial restructuring and upgrading and carbon reduction technologies have greatly raised energy efficiency, according