28 May 2013 – Tsinghua University and Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC) jointly announce research results of “Evaluation on Water Saving Efficiency of China’s Energy Saving Policies” and calls for more effort to create synergies and effectiveness between climate change and water policies in the future.

The report indicates the four major users of water in China during 11^th FYP with breakdown of their average annual water usage:

• Agriculture: 36.62 billion m³ (64.4%)
• Industry: 12.81 billion m³ (22.5%)
• Consumption: 67.2 billion m³ (11.8%)
• Ecological Protection: 9.95 billion m³ (1.7%)

Moreover, the report reveals that during 11^th FYP, thermal power directly saves 10.56 billion m³ of water as a result of energy saving policies.

The report also estimates the effectiveness of energy-saving policies of the 12^th FYP that:

• Oil processing: Increase in energy consumption by 8%
• Cement: Decrease by 18%
• Paper: Decrease by 20.89%

While the estimated coal consumption for top 5 water-intensive industries during 12^th FYP is 146 million tonnes, the new energy-saving policies will approximately save 17.07 billion m³ of water directly from these industries, and 42.92 billion m³ will be saved from the industries related to these 5 industries. According to the report, China’s top 10 high water consumption industries are:

1. Production and supply of electricity and heat
2. Ferrous metal processing
3. Chemical materials and products
4. Oil processing/coke/nuclear fuel processing
5. Paper and pulp
6. Chemical fiber
7. Non-ferrous metal Processing
8. non-metallic mineral products
9. Textile
10. Agri-food processing

For full report please click here (Chinese only).