North China's Shanxi Province is pursuing high-quality and green development by promoting new quality productive forces.

Mongolia is rich in natural resources, and the mining sector has been one of the main drivers of the country's economic growth for years.

These standards, focusing on the restoration works for coal mines, metallic mines, and oil and gas projects, were rolled out last month and scheduled to take effect on August 1.

Last year, Shanxi generated 446.1 billion kilowatt-hours of power, an increase of 6.6 percent compared with 2022.

China has sped up industrial upgrading by cultivating new quality productive forces, laying a solid foundation for strengthened recovery momentum this year and beyond.

"Such remarkable elasticity," said visitors as they tugged on a spandex product.

China's raw coal output fell 4.1 percent year on year to 1.11 billion tonnes in the first quarter of this year, official data showed.

China's coal-rich Shanxi Province reports rising coalbed methane output.