Decoupling Measure between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption of China

Based on the decoupling theory, the article constructs decoupling indicators, and calculates total decoupling index of China, decoupling index of different energy sorts and industries, according energy consumption data of China between 1980 and 2009. It analyzes the changing relationship between economic development and energy consumption in different times and on different aspects, concludes that the total decoupling index of China increase steadily, that the relevance of different sorts of energy is insufficient, that the decoupling index of tertiary industry is too high. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of RIUDS