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Understanding Energy Intensity Data in China / Wang Yanjia and William Chandler, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Policy Outlook, March 24, 2011, 22 p.http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/chinese_energy_intensity.pdfChina is the world’s largest national source of greenhouse gas  emissions, and energy production and use create most of those emissions.  China has set ambitious targets to reduce energy demand growth and,   consequently, its greenhouse gas emissions growth, and has claimed  dramatic gains in meeting them. Unfortunately, inadequacies in China’s national statistical system  makes it difficult to assess China’s progress  toward meeting its goals.  The government’s claims of significant progress in reducing carbon  intensity are  generally plausible. However, due to shortcomings in the  data system, China’s progress cannot be proven in  detail with a high  level of accuracy...