Chinese authorities are concerned about increasing production and creating strategic reserves China's National Energy Administration has called on the country's oil and gas companies to expand production capacity, accelerate the creation of national strategic oil and gas supply bases and take responsibility for ensuring national energy security. Among the participants were the Chinese oil giants PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC. According to the summary of the meeting published yesterday, the National Environmental Agency (NEA) should increase investment and exploration activities in an effort to "steady growth in crude oil production and rapid growth in natural gas production. ".