China energy statistical yearbook is an annual statistical publication, which covers very comprehensive data in energy construction, production, consumption, equilibrium of supply and demand in an all-round way, established in 1986, edited by the department of Industrial and Transport Statistics of State Statistics Bureau and Energy Bureau of National Development and Reform Commission, China Statistics Press publishes, to the domestic and international public publication.

In order to satisfy the masses of readers' demands for Chinese energy statistics, improve the efficiency and timeliness of the data use, from each of 2004, Chinese energy statistical yearbook is published one volume every year to change into and publish every 2 years, the year of front cover also switched over to publishing year. In Chinese energy statistical yearbook 2005, some National data is revised from 1999 according to The First National Economic Census.

The amount of information in "Chinese energy statistical yearbook" is large, especially stress the authoritativeness, integrality of the data. The book consists of seven chapters: 1. General Survey; 2. Construction of Energy Industry; 3. Energy Production; 4. Energy Balance Table of China; 5. Energy Consumption; 6. Energy Balance Table by Region; 7. Energy data for the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region. Additional information provided in the appendices include major energy data for Taiwan province, energy data for related countries or areas and explanatory notes of main statistical indicators and conversion factors from physical units to coal equivalent.

Annual statistical reports from the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Statistical Yearbook are the main data sources of this document. However, the national data in this book does not include that of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region, the Taiwan province. Also, the data in the energy balance tables does not cover non-commercial energy.

The Chinese energy data were by the year of 2005, energy data for the world and other countries were by the year of 2004.