China to roll out new five-year plan for energy sector

The 13th Five-Year Plan for the energy industy has been drafted and is expected to debut in the first six months of this years,the Economic Information Daily reported on Monday.
"We will soon seek advice on draft blueprint of the energy sector for next 5 years and submit it to the State Council."He said that future energy development will focus more on quality and efficiency.
Cutting overcapacity will be the top priority in the next five years.Energy demand by 2020 is projected to reach 4.85 billion tons of standard coal.
"We are said with quite a few challenges,except for overcapacity in energy structural reforms.The current electric power system needs to jack up the cpacity."He said.
Curtailments continue to impede development of renewable energy.
China is beefing up efforts to cut reliance on traditional energy resources and tap clean and renewable energy in 13th Five-Year Plan period.