They made their comments during a news conference held by the State Council Information Office on Thursday.

The output accounted for 59.1 percent of the province's power load at that time, said the company.

The proportion of nonfossil energy in the total energy consumption is expected to rise to around 18.9 percent, it said in a guideline on energy work in 2024.

He said the orderly promotion of clean and efficient utilization of coal has seen significant progress.

?Ordos in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, served as China's Earth Hour host city which falls on Saturday.

Foreign direct investment in China's high-tech manufacturing sector jumped 10.1 percent year-on-year to 28.27 billion yuan ($3.92 billion) in the first two months, said the Ministry of Commerce.

The Chinese economy has shown strong resilience. China's urbanization, pursuit of low-carbon and green development, and rapid digitization have provided robust intrinsic momentum for its economic development.

However, most of the oil and chemical tankers, dual fuel-powered container ships and ore carriers built in the shipyards will not be delivered to domestic shipping and energy companies.