Source: international energy network

British Petroleum Company issued the sixtieth annual world energy statistics reported that in 2010, China surpassed the United States, as the world's largest energy consumer. China 's energy consumption accounts for the world energy demand rises 20.3%, 11.2%, and the United States of America 's energy consumption accounts for the world energy demand growth of 19%, 3.7%.

So far, China is the world's largest consumer of coal, consumption accounts for 48% of global coal consumption. The United States is still the world's biggest oil consumer, consumption accounted for 21% of world oil consumption.