China adds incentives for domestic natural gas production.

Rapid growth in China's natural gas consumption has outpaced growth in its domestic natural gas production in recent years. China's natural gas imports, both by pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG), accounted for nearly half (45 percent) of China's natural gas supply in 2018, an increase from 15 percent in 2010.

To increase domestic production of natural gas, the Chinese government has introduced incentives for several forms of natural gas production. Natural gas production has recently grown in China largely because of...