China's SASAC urges coal miners to lift output ahead of winter power surge

China's coal producers should step up production to guarantee sufficient fuel for electricity generation this winter, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) instructed during an energy work meeting held in Hainan on November 4.

Representatives from 18 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) involved in energy attended the meeting, with China National Petroleum Corporation, PipeChina, State Grid Corporation of China, State Power Investment Corporation, China Three Gorges Corporation and China Energy Investment Group each reporting their current energy supply situations, according to the SASAC's website The commission