The Shanghai Composite index ended 0.96% lower at 2,870.34.

China generates more electricity than Europe and the USA combined and China will double again in twenty years.

Supplies to China continue at around 9 million cu m/d through the landmark pipeline -- the first direct link for Russian gas to reach China by pipeline.

China's coal imports over the January to April period jumped 26.9% to 126.73 million tonnes,

Jiangsu is China’s biggest provincial gas market with consumption growing by 6.3pc in 2019 to 28.7bn m³

The recommendations are meant to address growing concern in Washington that the United States has ceded its global leadership in nuclear technology in recent decades, and to boost domestic nuclear power producers and uranium miners suffering from a lack of investment.

China on Friday reported a contraction of 6.8% in its Q1 GDP, but economic activity improved in March from January-February.

France's Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with the Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPJVC) to support operations of units 1 and 2 at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. The 1750-megawatt EPRs entered commercial operation in December 2018 and September 2019, respectively.

China - at the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.37% at 2,825.90.

Four LNG tankers are currently enroute to China after loading cargoes last month in the United States,