Leveraging advantages, inland areas grab competition from big industries.

Exports surged by 28 percent to 1.06 trillion yuan, while imports were recorded at 950 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2 percent.

Their total profits stood at 8.4 trillion yuan in this period, down 4 percent from a year earlier, the NBS data revealed.

Building such terminals is also to fulfill its commitment to carbon reduction and carbon neutrality, said Chu Bin, Party chief of the Tianjin Port Group.

The commission is a statutory authority formed in 2020 to curb the growing air pollution in the National Capital Region and adjoining areas.

This year, Inner Mongolia will also step up the clean and efficient use of coal, Wang said.

Exports would recover slowly because of the global economic downturn, according to the newspaper.

China launched an energy revolution pilot program in Shanxi in 2019, promoting the coal-rich province to explore energy transition.