With its innovative and advanced solutions and applications, Siemens is highly committed to providing China with an environmentally compatible and reliable energy supply. And it strongly supports the Chinese government in building a society focused on sustainable development.

Climate change is probably the greatest and most demanding challenge that confronts mankind today. To counteract global warming and guarantee economic growth and prosperity in the future, energy must be generated and utilized in an environmentally and climate-friendly way.

As China continues to rapidly develop, energy demand will continue to increase. That is why during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10) the government implemented initiatives to reduce per-unit GDP energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010.