Poster: China's carbon dioxide emissions per 10,000 yuan of GDP down 5% in 2025

China's carbon dioxide emissions per 10,000 yuan (1,445 U.S. dollars) of GDP fell 5 percent year on year in 2025, as the country made notable progress in energy conservation and carbon reduction, official data showed on Feb. 28, 2026.

Energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP, excluding energy used as raw materials and non-fossil energy consumption, declined 5.1 percent year on year in 2025, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Power generation from clean energy sources such as hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and solar power reached nearly 4.25 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 14.4 percent over the previous year.