Chinese leaders have recognized that reducing energy intensity - the amount of energy used per unit of GDP - and expanding its energy portfolio improves energy security and air quality, as well as limiting greenhouse gas emissions. "In 1979, China's reform and opening policy began with a saying by Deng Xiaoping, ‘It doesn't matter whether the cat is white or black as long as it eats mice.' That also holds true for world efforts to control dangerous climate gases ... Countries will use different approaches suitable to their particular circumstances." One key program, for instance, requires 1,000 of China's largest state-owned enterprises to implement comprehensive reductions in energy intensity, and monitors their progress. Full Article at Sustainable Business