China launches "energy saving" week to raise awareness

Fourteen Chinese ministries jointly opened a week-long educational program, the 25th of its kind, to raise people's awareness of energy conservation on Saturday.

According to a Xinhua report, the program will involve a series of activities to spread energy-saving knowledge and make the public more energy-saving conscious.

China has intensified efforts to make its economic model greener and more sustainable by promoting non-fossil fuels and energy-saving technologies.

Between 2011 and 2014, China's energy consumption for per unit of GDP had dropped by 13.4 percent.