Revised data from or implied by China Statistical Abstract 2015; previously reported data from China Statistical Yearbook 2014 . The values for coal reflect its lower heating value. New preliminary data from the China Statistical Abstract 2015 (CSA2015) show an upward revision to China’s historical coal consumption and production. Energy-content-based coal consumption from 2000 to 2013 is up to 14% higher than previously reported, while coal production is up to 7% higher. These revisions also affect China’s total primary energy consumption and production, which are also higher than previously reported—up to 11% and 7% in some years, respectively, mainly because of the revisions to coal. In 2014, energy-content-based coal consumption was essentially flat, and production declined by 2.6%. China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) typically publishes the CSA in May. The CSA provides annual total primary energy […]