How china responded to being branded the largest energy consumer

China is infamous for surpassing the United States as the largest consumer of energy.  In the year 2009 China consumed 2.25 billions tonnes of oil.  This number is 4% more than the United States.  The chinese government was unsatisfied with these statistic and argues they were incorrect.  Branding China with the name highest energy consumer really started to push the chinese government into making some changes.  These changes include shutting down  factories and using renewable energy. China is already working towards a clean energy. China has a clean energy plan and is working towards it. China invested $34.6 billion towards clean energy last year.  China is really pushing to make changes.