◆South China Sea oil and gas dispute has been upgraded.

◆Sino-Russian joint maritime military exercise successfully closed in Qingdao on April 27.

◆International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that energy use and greenhouse gas emissions would be doubled until 2050 if additional fossil fuel production were not inhibited timely.

◆China Energy Administration said that the “12 Five Year Plan” on renewable energy would be launched soon.

◆On April 26, the Ministry of Industry issued objectives and tasks of eliminating backward production capacity in 19 industrial sectors in 2012.