Fu Chengyu, Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), speaks at a panel discussion during the third Session of the 12th National Commit
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Fu Chengyu, Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), speaks at a panel discussion during the third Session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) in Beijing, China, 5 March 2015. The chief of China's top oil refining company says low-quality coal, rather than oil, is to blame for the country's air pollution woes, mainland media reported on Thursday (12 March 2015). Sinopec Group chairman Fu Chengyu told Beijing Times on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary meetings in Beijing that coal accounted for about 66 per cent of the mainland's energy consumption. By contrast, oil was up to 18 per cent, he said. "Coal is not good, but can we live without [coal]?" the newspaper quoted Fu as saying. "I hope that one day everyone can use clean coal, but we can hardly do it now." Fu also blamed local governments for the pollution problem. They were the authorities that decided which kind of oil was used and sold in the region, he said.