Over the past 70 years, China's total output has increased 157.8 times

Over the past 70 years, China's energy production has achieved leapfrog development, and its basic security role has been continuously strengthened. Over the past 70 years, the total energy output has increased 157.8 times, and China has become the largest energy producer in the world.

In the early days of new China, China's energy production capacity was insufficient and its level was not high enough. In 1949, the total energy output was only 220 million tons of standard coal. After 70 years of rapid development, China's energy production has gradually increased from weak to strong, and its production capacity and level have greatly improved. It has become the world's largest energy producer. It has basically formed a Multi-wheel-driven energy production system of coal, oil, gas and renewable energy, giving full play to a solid and powerful basic guarantee role. In 2018, the total energy output reached 3.77 billion tons of standard coal, an increase of 157.8 times over that of 1949, with an average annual growth of 7.6%.

Overall development of production of major energy varieties. The output of raw coal was only 0.3 billion tons in 1949, 3.68 billion tons in 2018, an increase of 114.0 times over 1949, an average annual growth of 7.1%; the output of crude oil was only 1.2 million tons in 1949, 19 million tons in 2018, an increase of 1574.9 times, an average annual growth of 11.3%; the output of natural gas was only 0.1 billion cubic meters in 1949, 160.27 billion cubic meters in 2018, an increase of 2289.47 times, an average annual increase of 15.7%; the output of electricity was only 43.0 billion tons in 1949. In 2018, it reached 7111.77 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 1652.9 times, with an average annual growth of 11.3%.