China’s energy consumption totaled 3.62 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent in 2012, up 3.9% year on year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. Consumption of coal, crude oil, natural gas and electricity rose 2.5%, 6.0%, 10.2% and 5.5% from a year earlier, respectively. Energy consumption for every 10,000 Yuan (USD1,601.98) of China’s GDP fell 3.6% year on year, according to a report released by the NBS.