China's coal output up 10.5% in first four months, natural gas output up 4.7% in April

BEIJING - China's raw coal output posted double-digit growth in the first four months of 2022, driven by policies to increase production and supply, official data showed.The output jumped 10.5 percent year-on-year in the January-April period, according to the National Energy Administration.In the first quarter, the country's raw coal imports dropped 24.2 percent to 51.81 million tons, the data showed.Imports in April expanded 8.4 percent year-on-year, reversing the declining trend, according to the administration.

BEIJING - China saw a steady increase in its natural gas output in April, official data showed.

The country's natural gas output was 17.7 billion cubic meters in April, up 4.7 percent from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

In the first four months of this year, China reported a total of 74.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas production, up 6.2 percent year-on-year.

During the January-April period, China imported a total of 35.87 million tons of natural gas, down 8.9 percent year-on-year, the bureau said.