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2026-07-14 11:14:14
[Strengthening the Role of Coal as a Safety Net and Improving Coal Safety] From July 9th to 10th, the 2026 Summer National Coal Trade Fair, hosted by the China Coal Industry Association and the China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association, was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The theme was "Strengthening the Role of Coal as a Safety Net and Improving Coal Safety." Liu Hongbo, Director of the Coal Division of the Economic Operation Regulation Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the quality of long-term contract signing and performance has continued to improve, the overall supply of thermal coal has been effectively guaranteed, and the basic supply base has been continuously strengthened. Coal remains my country's greatest source of confidence in coping with the complex energy situation. "In the first half of the year, coal enterprises released production capacity in accordance with laws and regulations, strictly fulfilled long-term contract performance, and the national coal output was at a historically high level for the same period," said Shi Ying, Vice Chairman of the China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association. Industry insiders revealed that in the first half of this year, the average daily output of raw coal remained stable at over 12 million tons, and the coal reserves of power plants under national unified dispatch exceeded 200 million tons, with an average usable period of over 30 days. Chen Pei, deputy director of the Logistics Center of China State Railway Group, introduced that in the first half of the year, the national railway coal transport volume reached 1.05 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, of which 700 million tons were thermal coal. (China Coal Industry Association)
