Abstract：It is said that China’s economic and social achievements since the beginning of reform and opening have been unduplicated in world history. The people have reaped enormous benefits.

　　However, these are likely to be outweighed by economic growth and energy supply is unlikely to rise as rapidly as energy demand.

　　Entering a new development process, China is being challenged by different tough barriers such as the continued need to reform and modernize the economy and remain outstanding. But the knottiest problem arising from the success of high growth is energy consumption. 

　　According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China has already become the second largest country of energy consumption in the world and will surpass the United States to become the world’s largest one by 2010.

　　Therefore, the objective of this essay is to show that it is EMC can help China face the challenge of energy consumption and it is the EPC which can help EMC meet the requiement of China’s development.

Key words: energy consumption; energy saving; EMC; EPC

中文摘要：自改革开放以来，中国的经济和社会成就可谓举世瞩目，中国人民从中受益匪浅。然而，经济呈现过快的增长，能源供应难以同步快速提高，出现供不应求的现象。

　　据国际能源社(IEA)报道，中国已经成为全世界能源消耗第二大的国家，在2010年会赶超美国成为最大的能源消耗国。虽然早在十几年前，中国的有识之士就把能源服务公司引进中国，但时至今日中国能源服务公司的发展前景却非坦途一片。企业仍处萌芽阶段，市场仍然有待开发，再加上众多外资企业的抢滩，中国能源服务公司拥有巨大发展潜力的同时，也面临着诸多困难。

　　有鉴于此，本文旨在探讨中国可以通过能源服务公司对能源消耗实行节约控制，而能源服务公司应该利用“合同能源管理”这一经营模式，把握时代的商机的同时，为中国可持续发展和绿色GDP贡献力量。

关键词：能源消耗；节能；能源管理；合同能源管理