Because of this substantial improvement in efficiency, the number of newly registered businesses has kept a fast pace of growth.

Analysis: China 'adjusts' approach to coal after recent power crisis

Vietnam cuts back on LNG, coal-fired power projects after net zero pledge

Citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics, Meng said at a news conference in Beijing that the nation's coal output reached 360 million tons in October, up 4 percent year-on-year.

The train is expected to arrive in Russia in two days and will return to Hunchun after being loaded with coal.

The clean energy sector has been expanding in the third quarter.

The administration will keep a close look at domestic coal production while ensuring stable coal supplies and prices this heating season, it said during a release on Monday.

Coal prices will likely fall steadily in the future, with improving coal supplies and increasing storage at power plants and ports, the NDRC said.