National Bureau of Statistics: Natural gas production growth accelerated. In May, industrial natural gas production above designated size was 22.1 billion cubic meters, up 9.1% year-on-year, 1.0 percentage point faster than in April; daily average output was 710 million cubic meters. From January to May, industrial natural gas production above designated size was 109.6 billion cubic meters, up 6.0% year-on-year.