Premier Wen heads new energy group (China Daily) Updated: 2005-05-27 08:55
China has whipped together a bunch of heavyweights from the country's
economic and military sectors to intensify regulation and guidance of the
country's fragmented energy industry.
A leading group headed by Premier Wen Jiabao has been established by the
State Council to oversee macro leadership of the sector.
Previous energy-regulating administrations such as the Energy Bureau of the
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) remain unchanged to control
the energy industry by examining industrial projects and supervising
energy-affiliated activities.
Assisting Wen to boss the group are Vice-Premiers Huang Ju and Zeng Peiyan.
The group members include 13 top leaders from the country's major ministries and
administrations such as Minister of NDRC Ma Kai, Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Zhaoxing and Minister of the State Commission of
Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence Zhang Yunchuan.
The leading group is responsible for research into major important issues
involving the development blueprint, energy exploitation and conservation,
security and emergency systems as well as international co-operation within the
energy sector. It will offer proposals for the State Council to make policies
for sustainably driving the industry.
The group will, if necessary, invite other official leaders and industry
experts from China's major energy companies and research institutes to join in
the research work.
Under the group is a 24-member execution office at the vice-ministry level to
oversee the macro energy growth trends, organize research, and aid the leading
group's administration.
The office director is Ma Kai, who still remains at his post heading the
NDRC. Ma Fucai, former president of China National Petroleum Corp and Xu
Dingming, director of NDRC's Energy Bureau, will act as the office's vice
directors, a senior official from the energy bureau told the 2005 China Oil
& Gas Forum on Monday.
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