Energy imbalances 'an urgent problem'

NEA head says that producing regions increasingly seek help to sell resource output

Weakening energy consumption amid an economic slowdown means that China must urgently resolve internal imbalances in supply and demand, said a senior official on Thursday.

Nur Bekri, head of the National Energy Administration, the top energy planner, told China Daily that local government officials from energy-rich provinces are increasingly seeking his help in selling their output - the biggest change he has seen since he switched roles in December.