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

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

Rooftop solar gear, biomass heating, pumped-storage hydroelectricity among tech on rise.

The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.

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

The bureau predicted that whole-year coal output is expected to surpass 1.3 billion tons.

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

The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.