Key energy reserve blueprint on anvil

The government is drafting a strategic reserve blueprint to ensure energy security - the move coming close on the heels of the construction of four oil reserve bases.

Ma Fucai, deputy director of the Office of the National Energy Leading Group, said the blueprint will focus on building strategic reserves for key resources ranging from natural gas and coal to uranium.

"Our top priority is to build strategic oil reserves, which are almost complete," he told China Daily. "The reserve system will then be expanded to other key energies."