Li An has made many journeys from Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, to Beijing on the expressway. The trips have been too numerous, much like his cargo of potatoes that will be sold at the Xinfadi Farm Produce Wholesale Market in the Chinese capital city. Recently, Chinese agent, china importers, sell to china, export to china Li has run into problems that could threaten his trucking excursions to Beijing and across China.Since October, diesel oil shortages that started in south China have spread north and west, with many gas stations low on or completely lacking diesel oil. To fill his tank, Li often has had to visit five or six gas stations. "Without a full tank, we dare not run the truck," he said.
According to figures released by the Petroleum Circulation Committee (PCC) of the China General Chamber of Commerce, by November 12 this year, more than 5,000 privately owned gas stations had run out of diesel fuel and 80 percent of state-owned gas stations had limited the amount of fuel customers could buy.
This isn't the first major diesel oil shortage to plague China. In the past decade, such shortages have happened every one or two years. But this shortage sets itself apart from previous ones, and while it may not impose a serious impact on the Chinese economy, Trade agent, china wholesaler, china's export products, find china suppliers it has sounded the alarm from the country's energy mechanism.This year, the blame for the lack of diesel falls on some local government measures to limit electricity use in parts of China.
Five years ago, the Chinese Government set a target that by 2010 the energy consumption per unit of GDP would be reduced by 20 percent of 2005 levels. The decision was passed down to all provincial-level governments under the stipulation that government officials in these areas would be held responsible if the targets were not reached.As the deadline quickly approaches, local officials are scrambling to save energy and reduce emissions, and one of the ways they're doing so is to limit electricity supplies.