presented at the 2001 aceee summer study on energy efficiency in industry industrial policy china lynn price ernst worrell jonathan sinton lawrence berkeley national laboratory jiang yun conservation association abstract chinese sector has gone through a number of distinct phases since founding people s republic 1949 an initial period supply growth 1950s 1960s and 1970s was followed by implementation significant programs 1980s many these were dismantled 1990s during continuing move towards market based economy effort to once again strengthen government passed law 1997 which provides broad guidance for establishment policies article 20 requires substantial improvement key consuming facilities this portion declares that state will enhance management entities consumed nearly 30 ej or 76 primary even though consumption dropped dramatically recent years
