Clean tech use surges in China

Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10 percent of China's economy last year for the first time ever, with sales and investments worth 13.6 trillion yuan ($1.9 trillion), according to a think tank.

These sectors grew three times as fast as the Chinese economy's overall growth rate, accounting for 26 percent of all gross domestic product growth in 2024, according to data released by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

The clean-energy sectors drove a quarter of the country's GDP growth last year and overtook real estate sales in value, it said.