Average monthly output of coal produced by the company has been around 50 million tons during the past 15 months, he added.

Specifically, the industrial output of manufacturing increased by about 3.1 percent last year, according to the ministry.

Increase of clean energy seen as key to achieving nation's carbon goals.

Ganqmod Port, a major energy import channel for the country, has become an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor.

The figure includes 30 million tons of crude oil and more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, according to Daqing Oilfield.

A trade delegation, composed of over 30 representatives from foreign trade enterprises and government in northeast China's Jilin Province, has recently departed for Russia to expand business opportunities there.

As China's leading energy base, Shanxi Province is key to the country's energy supply and electricity transmission.

Payment clearing and reconciliation services company BankservAfrica's Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for December 2022 improved despite the ongoing, dismal economic context, rising to 132.1 following six consecutive months of declines in the index.