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Shanxi has also promulgated the Shanxi Energy Revolution Comprehensive Reform Pilot Action Plan and Shanxi Energy Revolution Comprehensive Reform Pilot Task List for 2019 to 2020. The action plan features 85 tasks and initiatives which are assigned to relevant departments, State-owned enterprises, colleges and universities. The task list identifies 20 major reforms, 20 important issues, 10 major technical upgrade plans and 38 key projects, which should be promoted in the next two years.

Jiang Siqing, director of the Shanxi Development and Reform Commission, said the next step would be to implement all the work and to further promote the comprehensive reform pilot project.

The province will speed up the construction of five bases, including a green coal development and utilization base, a new type of natural gas and power delivery base, a modern coal chemical industry demonstration base, and a coal-based scientific and technological innovation base.

The province is striving to achieve historic leapfrog development, and lead the way for the national energy revolution, Jiang said.

The 2019 Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum will kick off in Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi, on Oct 22.

The forum aims to create a platform to exchange ideas and views in energy transformation, promoting global sustainable development and increasing international cooperation in the energy field.

The event is expected to attract a large number of guests from both home and abroad, including experts from universities, research institutions, international organizations and enterprises in the energy field, as well as officials from related organizations.

A series of economic and trade, investment and exchange activities will be held during the event.