Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju has urged the country's
electricity regulators to further reforms of the power system for
its healthy and rapid development.
The State Electricity Regulatory Commission should explore ways
to strengthen supervision of the industry and steadily carry out
structural reforms, said Huang in a written instruction to the
commission's work conference, which ended here Friday.
Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan also gave instructions to the
commission, recognizing its achievements in ensuring safe and
stable operation of the country's electricity sector.
China's electricity output rose by 13 percent to reach 2.83
trillion kilowatt-hours last year and ease the country's power
shortage, according to the commission.
Zeng stressed that significance must be attached to work safety,
energy efficiency and environmental protection in power
production.
Established in 2003, the commission has been promoting reforms
of the electricity sector to break monopolies, increase efficiency,
reduce energy consumption and build a price mechanism that complies
with the market economy.
(Xinhua News Agency January 27, 2007)