Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds

The assembly line at an electric car production facility in China, a sector that contributed to a record 15.4tn yuan ($2.1tn) of business last year. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

China’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown.

For the second time in three years, the report showed the manufacture, installation and export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and related technologies accounted for more than a third of China’s economic growth.