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**NDRC: Multiple measures taken to boost coal production and supply, yielding significant results； **Energy Group holds a special meeting on ensuring energy supply Author/Source: Modern Coal Chemical Industry Date: 2021-10-22 Clicks: 113 To implement the decisions and arrangements of **** and the State Council and to ensure a sufficient supply of coal this winter and next spring, the ** Development and Reform Commission, in collaboration with relevant parties, has taken various measures to encourage coal mines with the potential for increased production to boost their output as soon as possible, resulting in significant improvements in coal production and supply. Coal production capacity is being expanded more rapidly. Following rigorous safety assessments, an additional batch of coal mines has been approved to accelerate the restoration of supply in the coal market. Daily coal production hit a new high this year. Recently, the national daily coal production exceeded 11.5 million tons, an increase of over 1.2 million tons compared to mid-September. The daily production in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia was 8.6 million tons, reaching a new high this year. As the additional coal production capacity is further utilized, newly built coal mines begin operations, and temporarily shut-down mines resume production, coal output is expected to increase further, ensuring adequate supply for power generation, heating, and domestic use. **The Energy Group held a special meeting on ensuring energy supply. **The Energy Group resolutely implements the decisions and arrangements of the central authorities, earnestly fulfills the various requirements set by relevant ministries, and takes strong measures to ensure a steady supply of coal, electricity, and heat as well as to safeguard people’s livelihoods, striving with all efforts to win the battle to ensure energy supply.** From October 1 to 20, **the energy group’s output of coal produced internally increased by 2.255 million tons year-on-year, representing a growth rate of 7.5% ； The total electricity generated amounted to 54.78 billion kWh, representing a 15% increase on a year-on-year basis; among this, thermal power generation increased by 6.36 billion kWh, reflecting a growth rate of 17.2%. On October 21, **Energy Group held a special meeting on ensuring supply, to re-examine, re-plan, re-advance, and re-supervise the group’s efforts to maintain energy supply. The meeting demanded that the entire group resolutely implement the spirit of ****’s important instructions, strictly carry out the plans for increasing production and supply, raise their political awareness, assume their responsibilities as key state-owned energy enterprises, make effective use of their integrated advantages, and, while ensuring safety, strive to meet energy supply needs; thus making due contributions and setting an example in ensuring adequate heating supplies this winter and next spring. The meeting made arrangements to coordinate efforts to ensure supply; it strengthened the leadership of the Energy Supply Assurance Leadership Group over overall operations, leveraged the role of specialized teams, clarified responsibilities at various levels, and promoted joint action among various units to ensure supply ； Strictly comply with the requirements set out in the group’s special notices regarding energy supply assurance, ensure effective coordination, strictly enforce long-term contracts, carry out any necessary supplementary contract signings, actively address the concerns and needs of local authorities in key areas, and pay particular attention to ensuring adequate energy supply in the Northeast region so as to enable people to spend the winter comfortably ； Strengthen market monitoring and analysis of supply and demand trends, enhance assessment and supervision, increase financial incentives; for those units that fail to fulfill their responsibilities in ensuring supply or do not comply with dispatch instructions, resulting in negative consequences, strict assessments and serious accountability measures shall be applied. Comprehensive measures are taken to ensure a stable supply; by leveraging their role as industry leaders, these companies optimize the allocation of internal resources, intensify production efforts, and take the lead in maintaining stable production levels, prices, and market conditions, thereby safeguarding the basic needs of the people. The coal industry must ensure an orderly and increased production of domestically produced coal in the fourth quarter. Mines that are capable of meeting their production targets should arrange their operations such that they produce one-quarter of their annual capacity, while those that cannot meet their targets should make every effort to do so ； Every effort is made to expand coal sources, optimize the purchasing and selling mechanisms for imported coal, increase the range within which Xinjiang coal can be transported, bring in more external coal, and address the shortage of resources ； Plan coal ordering strategically, finalize long-term contracts for next year, and maintain market stability. The power industry should focus on storing coal for thermal power generation during winter, hydroelectric power sources should improve the efficiency of water energy utilization, while new energy sources should actively participate in green electricity trading to increase their earnings. The chemical industry maintains a balance in production and sales of products such as diesel, polyolefins, and coke. The transportation industry is improving the coordination of shipments, enhancing resource allocation, stepping up efforts regarding ice-resistant vehicles, increasing efficiency and capacity, and striving to achieve its transportation goals. Ensuring safety and stability to guarantee supply: By upholding the \"Four Iron\" spirit, we will complete the three-year special rectification campaign on schedule. In conjunction with the year-end inspections and follow-up reviews related to work safety, as well as special rectifications and measures to prevent major disasters, we will intensify the identification and resolution of major risk factors in order to maintain overall stability in terms of safety ； Strengthen the capacity building of **emergency rescue teams, implement requirements related to epidemic prevention and control, maintain harmony and stability within enterprises and society, and create a safe environment for events such as the 6th Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party and the Beijing Winter Olympics.