China is rich in coal but lack of oil and gas.Against this situation

the major indexes of coal-fired power generation technology in China were compared with that in other countries employing coal-fired power generation as the main power production approach

like the United States

Germany

Japan and Australia

from the aspects of energy structure

energy efficiency indexes

pollutants emissions

technical equipment level

environmental protection standards and others.The results show that

the energy consumption indexes for China's coal-fired units with scale of 300 MW and above

including the design

manufacture

construction and operation of the equipments for thermal power generation

are at the leading positions in the world.SO2 emission per unit electricity production

dust removal facilities construction and dust control technology are all in the world advanced level.However

the NOxemission per unit electricity production in China's coal-fired power plants is over high

which should be focused in the power units' treatment.In China's environmental protection standard

the NOx

SOxand dust emission limits for coal-fired power plants

especially for the ones in the key areas

are obviously lower than that in the current standards of other countries

indicating China has the most strict environmental protection standard for coal-fired power plants in the whole world at present.