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Barges travel past the Wangting Power Plant in Wangting, Jiangsu province, China, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. China's central government officials ordered the country's top state-owned energy companies -- from coal to electricity and oil -- to secure supplies for this winter at all costs, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Barges travel past the Wangting Power Plant in Wangting, Jiangsu province, China, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. China's central government officials ordered the country's top state-owned energy companies -- from coal to electricity and oil -- to secure supplies for this winter at all costs, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images