China is comparatively rich in energy resources. For conventional energy resources, the proven coal reserve is 600 billion tons (and ranks third in the world; oil reserve ranks eighth although the deposit in Xinjiang Province and the deposits offshore haven't been ascertained; natural gas reserve ranks sixteenth; water resources richer, for the theoretical reserve is 680 million kWe and ranks first in the world. The installed capacity is 380 million MWe and only 19 million kWe has been used