National Development and Reform Commission held a press briefing before the coal industry to production capacity situation. Reporters learned from the meeting, the current coal production capacity to work has achieved positive progress, policies and measures to further show the effect of coal production decline, prices rise, the payment in arrears has eased, improvements in the efficiency of enterprises, creating favorable conditions for the development and upgrading of industry turnaround.

　　"The capacity to achieve positive results at the same time, the recent market prices appear rising too quickly, in some areas and some electric power, iron and steel enterprises supply tight situation." National Development and Reform Commission, said the official responsible for the economic operation. So, how to look at the current coal prices rise? Whether the coal supply in our country is stable and reliable? How to promote coal to work in the future?

　　Coal price rise is a direct reflection of the effect of production capacity

　　Data show that from 1 to August, the national coal output fell by about 10.2% in the drop in demand situation, the relationship between supply and demand is obviously improved, all coal prices have achieved obvious rise, Qinhuangdao port 5500 kcal coal than the beginning of the year rose 180 yuan per ton.

　　Coal prices rise is not only to reflect the effect of production capacity, but also to the original intention of capacity measures and the inevitable result." The responsible person said, the current coal supply and demand changes, not only with the capacity to, with a substantial increase in the consumption of power, illegal production, super capacity production and low quality coal has been effectively curbed the production.

　　Since July, sustained high temperatures and little rain in most parts of the country, on the one hand, the contribution rate of hydropower is greatly reduced, the first 6 months of the year 4%, for since September 15.8% decline; on the other hand, the high temperature also increased the electricity consumption of air conditioning, the 20 day of July, August and September, an increase of 4.8%, electric fire 7.3% and 12.9% respectively, an increase of 2.7%, coal 6.7% and 14% respectively.

　　In addition, in some areas of rain affected part of off road railway coal transportation, strict road overload also control part of the coal transport in the objective. "In general, to improve the current supply and demand of coal, coal supply tight in some areas, not only directly reflects the capacity to effect, but also affected by some objective factors." The person in charge said.

　　The coal field has the ability to guarantee the stable supply

　　To the production capacity at the same time, coal prices will rise too fast? The person in charge of this, said the lack of market based coal prices rose too fast, it is not sustainable, the coal supply will not be a big problem, the government has sufficient means of regulation and control space.

　　According to statistics, the country is currently controlled by reducing production and illegal construction control of about 10 tons of production capacity, this part of the production capacity is controllable, according to market demand changes in an orderly release. In addition, the current capacity of the country is relatively loose, there is a strong guarantee for the deployment of coal transport.

　　The long run, the capacity to promote co-ordination, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, transformation and upgrading, optimizing the layout of the work, can further reduce the invalid supply, continue to expand the effective supply of coal supply, improve the stability and reliability of. At the same time, the national development and Reform Commission also actively encourage and promote the two sides signed a long-term contract coal supply and demand, the establishment of long-term stability, integrity and efficient cooperative relations, to ensure the basic stability of the supply and demand market.

　　In view of the current coal prices, tight supply of local problems, the national development and Reform Commission will work with relevant aspects of the implementation of the system of coal mine through flexible advanced capacity reduction production, reasonable and orderly release of some advanced capacity; in addition, in the construction of coal mine through the pothook, can also release a part of the production capacity and output. "We will go to the overall coal production capacity and stable supply of coal, in the face of the tight supply structural problems, measures should be taken to ensure the basic stability of the national coal supply and demand situation." The person in charge said.

　　There is no fundamental change in the trend of serious excess of coal production capacity

　　"From the perspective of the relationship between supply and demand, China's coal production capacity of a serious surplus, oversupply trend has not fundamentally changed." The responsible person said that in the future period, China's energy consumption intensity will drop slightly, especially with the rapid development of renewable energy and clean energy, coal demand is difficult to have an absolute growth space.

　　According to the national development and Reform Commission statistics, in 2020 China's total energy consumption is expected to less than 50 tons of standard coal, coal consumption of up to 41 tons. At present, the total size of the country's various types of coal production capacity is likely to be more than 60 tons, net imports of 2 tons, less than tons of domestic coal market space is only 34 tons to 36 tons.

　　"Coal production capacity to control production not only confidence can not be shaken, efforts are not weakened, otherwise, coal prices may decline again, the development of the coal industry turnaround will be difficult to achieve." The person in charge said that to adhere firmly to the production capacity, not because of price fluctuations, the determination of the capacity to shake, otherwise, the coal industry is still likely to fall into a difficult situation.