Why did the energy intensity fall in China's industrial sector in the 1990s? the relative importance of structural change and intensity change

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Revisiting drivers of energy intensity in China during 1997–2007: A structural decomposition analysis (2014, background): “…energy intensity fluctuation can provide foundations for identifying the emphasis of China's energy and climate policy-making, which have been investigated by a number of decomposition studies (Huang, 1993; Lin and Polenske, 1995; Sinton and Levine, 1994; Sun, 1998; Zhang, 2003; Zhao et al., 2010).”
Asian Energy and Environmental Policy: Promoting Growth While Preserving the Environment (2008, background): “…more low or zero-carbon energy is used by then, CO2 emissions in China will be cut by at least 10% relative to its baseline policy scenario.9 Given that industry consumes about 70% of the country’s total energy consumption (Zhang, 2003), this sector is crucial for China to meet its own set goal.”
Empirical Analysis of Provincial Energy Efficiency in China (2009, background): “…can exert great influence on energy efficiency, resulting in a shift from the high-energy consumption sectors, such as the secondary industry, to the low-energy-consumption sectors, such as the tertiary industry, which increases total energy efficiency (Zhang, 2003; Fisher-Vanden et al., 2004).”
China in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (2010, unknown): “China achieved a quadrupling of its GDP with only a doubling of energy consumption between 1980 and 2000 (Zhang, 2003).”