The country's mode of electricity generation is globally crucial for these reasons. It is also the world's largest CO2 emitter (10668 million tonnes of CO2), with coal as its primary source and the most significant gas importer. It has a population of 1.4 billion and is the world's largest producer of electricity (7.8 terawatt-hours). According to the most recent 2020 data, the People's Republic of China is the world's most considerable emerging powerand the second-largest country in GDP (14 trillion current dollars).
