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National Development and Reform Commission, Coal Industrial Policy
国家发展和改革委员会煤炭产业政策

Entry requirements for the coal industry raised.

Date: February 2008

CLP Reference: 4600/07.11.23

Promulgated: 23 November 2007

Effective: 23 November 2007

Keywords (click to search): [coal] [coal-chemical industry] [coal mine shafts]

Promulgated: November 23 2007

Effective: as of date of promulgation

Interpreting Authority: National Development and Reform Commission

Main Contents: Article 10 of the Policy states that 13 large-scale coal bases shall be established. The coal-chemical industry shall be appropriately developed in regions with adequate water resources and abundant coal resources. In regions that require the transfer of coal from other regions and regions where there is a shortage of water resources, the development of the coal-chemical industry shall be restricted; whereas in regions with insufficient environmental resources, it shall be prohibited (Article 13). Article 15 specifies the scale of newly constructed, rebuilt or expanded coal mine shafts in the following regions:

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