National Energy Secretary Liu Tienan said in a meeting of the national natural gas in 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Board in conjunction with the relevant departments to formulate "natural gas development" Twelfth Five-Year Plan "" has been approved by the State Council, "plan" clearly an increase in resources supply, speeding up the pipe network and the construction of LNG receiving terminals, to seize gas storage facilities construction, strengthen the scientific and technological innovation, the implementation of conservation alternative and improve energy efficiency projects and other key tasks.
According to reports, China has a total built approximately 50,000 kilometers of natural gas trunk pipelines; production for many years to maintain double-digit growth, more than 100 billion cubic meters in 2011, consumption exceeded 130 billion cubic meters, the consumer area extended to all provinces, autonomous regions, covering nearly 200 million people.
Liu Tienan, said the National Energy Board to take measures in 2013, the introduction of the "natural gas infrastructure construction and operational management approach" to encourage and guide private capital to enter the field of natural gas in accordance with the law, to expedite the implementation of coalbed methane development, continue to promote the coal gas pilot boost shale gas development, to further improve the price mechanism of natural gas, and explore the establishment of a gas peaking facilities, the construction of a new mechanism. (Wang Xiaocong)