China should vigorously develop nuclear energy and restart the plan to build nuclear power stations inland to reduce the nation's high energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product and clear smog and haze, said a report released on Thursday.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond on Friday hailed strengthened cooperation in energy sectors between Scotland and the Chinese side.

It was disclosed recently that the coal power linkage system was likely to be launched soon as coal market slump in China. Thermal power enterprises might face the fact that

China could invest as much as $5.7 trillion by 2035 to find, produce and save energy, accounting for 15 percent of global spending in the sector, a report from the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.

Around 6.7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) was misappropriated in building and operating China's key trans-regional power transmission project, the country's top auditing office revealed on Monday.

China still relies too heavily on coal for power, with nuclear power seen as the route to an optimized energy structure and cleaner growth.

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) convened Chinese power generation enterprises recently and held a symposium to solicit opinions on power system reform. Direct power purchase mode was discussed on the symposium.

China's power consumption rose 5.2 percent in the first five months from a year earlier, official data showed on Saturday.