摘要
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for intensified efforts to save energy and reduce emissions over the next five years to ease climate change and promote sustainable development. The country fulfilled most of its binding energy-saving and emission reduction goals set out in the nation＇s l lth Five-Year Plan period （2006-2010）. China＇s energy consumption grew at an annual rate of 6.6 percent over the last five years, much slower than the 11.2-percent increase in the country＇s economic growth.
