[en] The government of the People's Republic of China has always favoured cogeneration and many local systems were built in the 1950s. By 1960, 20% of the thermal plants with an installed capacity of 0.6 MW or more were cogeneration. The article discusses cogeneration in China under the sub-headings of (i) existing status of China's cogeneration and (ii) potential market of China's cogeneration