(Beijing Comprehensive ") Significant signs of relaxation in China -Australia relations, it is reported that China is considering ending the import ban on Australian coal to cope with the international energy shortage of sanctions on Russia.
Bloomberg Society on Thursday (July 14) quoted unknown people who did not want to be named that Chinese officials were doing relevant investigations and would submit a proposal to restore the import of Australian coal to the leadership;prepare for.
During the second half of the year, the 20th National Congress does not want to pull the gate and restore the power restriction.
People familiar with the matter said that China ’s doing so is from the consideration of the protection of its own coal.The Chinese Communist Party will hold the 20th National Congress in the second half of this year. The official does not want to restrict the power limit during this political conference.
China faced the rare power crisis last year. In many provinces, there was no warning to pull out power and limit electricity. A large number of factories had to stop production and suspend production due to "electric shortage". In the third quarter of last year, the Chinese economy was severely impacted.
People familiar with the matter also said that China believes that the West's ban on Russia's coal may promote more countries to the purchase of coal to Indonesia and other countries, which will exacerbate China's competition when purchasing coal in foreign countries.In this case, the risk of coal supply gap may have the risk of coal supply this summer.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin did not respond to relevant reports at a regular press conference on Thursday. He only expressed his hope that Australia would reduce negative assets in order to improve Sino -Australian relations, accumulate positive energy, and develop healthy and stable development for Sino -Australian economic and trade relations.Create favorable conditions.
Sino -Australian relations have deteriorated in the past two years due to the deterioration of epidemic conditions and Hong Kong issues. China has banned the import of Australian coal in non -publicly since 2020.China Australia Foreign Minister met for the first time on the 8th of this month. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China is willing to fight for relations between the two countries to return to the right track.
