One moment Russia is saying they have made a decision, the next saying that no decision has been made. To date, there has been no correct information. This is regrettable.

As long as an all-out effort is made in exploration, it is possible to find new oil and gas resources in China.

The outcome of evaluation on the oil and gas resources was better than former data.

This (scale) should be determined according to China's real conditions.

It would be a great financial risk for China to buy oil at the international market for its strategic reserve program as the current global oil price has been fluctuating at a high level.

And the proportion will increase to 10 per cent by 2020.