It's not quite easy to determine how much this is true [1]. China's production-based emissions were 10.96 billion tonnes in 2020, and consumption-based emission

It's not quite easy to determine how much this is true [1]. China's production-based emissions were 10.96 billion tonnes in 2020, and consumption-based emissions were 10.03. Not a large difference. But, these metrics don't really compute how much of the infrastructure built in China is for export products. Eg, if a factory produces goods for both China and export, these metrics don't say that X% of the emissions from the factory's construction or from the workers driving to work or the roads to the factory are to be accounted as not for China. But certainly, China's internal cumulative emissions are somewhat smaller than 15%. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2