en.Wedoany.com Reported - In early June 2026, the 2026 Joint Meeting and Tenth Anniversary Symposium of the China Shaanxi-Chongqing Energy Strategic Cooperation was held in Chongqing, China. Government and enterprise representatives from Shaanxi and Chongqing, under the theme "A Decade of Shared Commitment, Witnessed by Millions," reviewed cooperation achievements since 2016 in areas such as coal supply, power transmission, capacity replacement, and major projects. Data shows that from 2016 to March 2026, Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. shipped a total of 126 million tons of coal to Chongqing, including over 100 million tons of coal for power generation; Shaanxi supplied 7.36 billion kWh of electricity to Chongqing; and Chongqing transferred 19.26 million tons/year of coal production capacity to Shaanxi Coal Group.
In 2016, Chongqing faced severe challenges of insufficient self-supply of coal for power generation and neighboring coal-deficient regions being unable to assist, with coal reserves at major thermal power plants falling below 900,000 tons. That same year, Chongqing signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shaanxi Coal Group, pioneering an inter-provincial cooperation model of "capacity replacement + coal supply guarantee + regular coal storage + logistics investment." Chongqing supported Shaanxi Coal Group's mine construction with 19.26 million tons/year of production capacity, effectively building a "virtual coal mine" with an annual output of over 10 million tons in Shaanxi for Chongqing. In return, Shaanxi Coal Group pledged that coal prices shipped to Chongqing would be "no higher than market prices and no higher than long-term contract prices," and established coal storage bases in Chongqing for emergency dispatch.
Over the past decade, Shaanxi's coal shipments to Chongqing grew from 1.6 million tons in 2016 to over 12 million tons in 2025, now accounting for one-third of Chongqing's coal demand and half of its coal demand for power generation. During critical periods such as peak summer demand, the pandemic, and extreme heat, Shaanxi coal became the "backbone" of Chongqing's coal supply for power generation. Since 2018, cooperation has expanded from "coal transmission" to "combined coal and power transmission," with contracted electricity from Shaanxi to Chongqing rising from 600 million kWh in 2018 to 2.1 billion kWh in 2025. The two sides also jointly built benchmark projects such as the Hechuan 2×1000 MW clean coal power expansion project and the Wansheng Green Building Materials Circular Economy Industrial Park. A relevant official from the Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission stated that this cooperation serves as a model for cross-provincial energy strategic collaboration.
In the first quarter of 2026, major power generation companies in Chongqing signed medium- and long-term contracts with Shaanxi Coal Group for 11.95 million tons of coal for power generation, accounting for 58.6% of Chongqing's total long-term contract volume. The Fuling coal reserve base has been basically completed and put into operation. Both Shaanxi and Chongqing expressed their commitment to focusing on energy supply stability and price stabilization, as well as key project breakthroughs, to accelerate the construction of a green and low-carbon modern energy industry system, providing a replicable "Shaanxi-Chongqing solution" for cross-regional energy collaboration nationwide.
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