摘要
RANDOM NUMBER 20%-China's increased gas usage between 2016 and 2017 Beijing ordered its remaining coal-fired power plants back online last month,only months after the capital announced a complete switch to natu-ral gas.With the nation's homes and businesses moving to gas for heat and power,China used nearly 20 percent more gas in 2017 than the previous year even before winter began.When cold weather hit,places like Hebei,Shaanxi and Shandong almost immedi-ately started to run out,while shortag-es of natural gas were experienced eve-rywhere from Beijing to Guangdong.
