Natural gas imports hit record

China's imports of natural gas surged 31.9 percent year-on-year to 90.4 million metric tons in 2018, setting a record, according to the General Administration of Customs.

It also demonstrated that most of the liquefied natural gas came from Australia, ASEAN countries and Qatar, while natural gas in the gaseous state mainly came from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

According to a report issued by ASKCI Consulting Co, an industrial research planning and consulting company, from 2013 to 2017, the nation's natural gas imports increased 249.31 percent. In 2017, the figure was 68.57 million tons, an increase of 26.9 percent year-on-year.