China will reach peak consumption of coal and oil as part of its efforts to combat climate change.
China's transition to a "clean" The energy sector is gaining momentum. The share of non-fossil fuels in the country's total energy consumption has increased in line with national targets. The country has the largest and fastest-growing renewable energy industry in the world.
Over the next five years, China plans to accelerate the creation of a new type of energy system in which non-fossil energy sources replace fossil fuels in a safe, reliable and orderly manner.
At the same time, China will accelerate the development of large "clean" energy complexes. energy, including wind and solar power in the northwest, hydropower in the southwest, offshore wind farms and offshore nuclear power plants. New energy sources such as biogas, sustainable aviation fuel and geothermal energy will be developed in response to local conditions.
Official forecasts show that fossil fuels will account for less than 75% of total energy consumption by 2030.
Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027, with demand from the steel and building materials industries gradually declining.
In In September 2025, China unveiled its new national climate commitments, setting ambitious targets for 2035, including reducing economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7–10% from peak, increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to more than 30%, and increasing installed wind and solar power capacity to more than six times 2020 levels.
According to a recently published report "China Energy Development Forecast 2025–2060" According to the Chinese state corporation China Energy Investment Corp (CHN Energy), oil consumption is already at a peak level of 730–750 million tons. Due to the accelerated transition to electric vehicles and the gradual saturation of the petrochemical industry, it is expected to decline to approximately 700 million tons by 2030. Coal consumption will reach a peak level of 4.95–5.1 billion tons in the early to mid-15th Five-Year Plan [that is, 2026-2028], remaining at a high level above 4.6 billion tons until 2035.
According to the forecast of the China National Coal Association (CNCA), China's coal consumption will "peak" in 2028 year.Source.
