China cut fossil fuel use 2% in H1 2025 (compared to H1 2024). It cut coal use 2% in H1 2025 (compared to H1 2024) [1]. The majority of new energy production is wind and solar, not nuclear, and certainly not coal.

[1] Both numbers on page 14: https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/09/China-Energy-Tr...