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90% of China's energy consumption is from hydro-carbons [0]. Mostly coal.

[0] https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=CHN



Note that this number is for total primary energy consumption, including things such as transportation and heating. For electrical power generation, it's about 70% from coal, gas and oil. That said, it's completely reasonable to look at the total energy consumption.

Grandparent was talking about investments, though, not the status quo. Couldn't readily find figures relating to the distribution of investments, but it's easy to find articles about the large scope of their renewable ambitions, e.g. http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/01/china-leaving-us-behind-clea...




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