China's top banking and insurance regulator has released a circular on strengthening financial support for coal and electricity production and maintaining order in the commodity market.

China's top banking and insurance regulator has released a circular on strengthening financial support for coal and electricity production and maintaining order in the commodity market.

The China-Laos railway station in the Lao capital Vientiane made its debut on Wednesday.

Chinese border railway port boosts coal imports amid power shortage

The volume jumped 42.9 percent compared with the 2019 level, putting the average Jan-Aug growth for 2020 and 2021 at 19.5 percent.

No matter how acute the emissions reduction pressure is, coal and coal-fired electricity are still necessary.

Electrical consumption reached more than 525.27 billion kilowatt-hours in the first eight months this year, up 17.33 percent year-on-year.

At the same time, the supply of hydropower and wind power decreases in winter, and cannot fill the gap left by the reduction in thermal power.