In the midst of the cold days of the ninth month, many Chinese provinces and cities are experiencing power cuts, even in Shanghai and Beijing, China’s largest cities, leading to widespread public discontent. Subsequently, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang convened an executive meeting of the State Council for this purpose.
On January 6, the strongest cold wave of the winter began in various parts of China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other provinces and cities in succession, and in Linfen, Shanxi, there were even forced demolition of coal stoves in people’s homes to ban coal.
In December 2020, there were power outages in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Beijing and Shanghai.
On January 2, seven major coal groups, including the Communist Party of China National Energy Group, China Coal Energy Group, Jineng Holdings Group, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi Coal Industry and Chemical Group, jointly issued an initiative letter, proposing to increase resource security, ensure supply and stabilize coal prices, but the initiative has not yet come to fruition.
On January 8, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, “requiring all places to ensure the livelihood of the people with gas and electricity and coal, and never allow artificial supply cuts.
Taiwan‘s “Free Times” reported on January 9 that, despite the Chinese Communist Party’s seven major coal groups shouting to stabilize coal demand, there are still coal merchants personally queuing up at the mines to grab coal, and there are endless power cuts without warning, which makes “the Chinese Communist Party lose face”, so Li Keqiang came out and ordered the relevant departments to do their best to supply energy.
The Voice of America reported on January 9 that most of China relies on coal-fired thermal power to generate electricity, but the Chinese Communist authorities are currently retaliating against Australia with a coal embargo, leaving China without enough coal to generate electricity. This situation has been commented as “killing a thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred themselves.
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