According to Reuters on February 21, Beijing, China customs administration announced the latest figures show Chinese January liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in 2011 than the same period increased 60.07% to 1.303252 million tons.

  According to statistics, Qatar in January is China's largest LNG supplier, Qatar in January to China exported 498284 tons of LNG, a 707.99% increase year-on-year.

  Row 2 to 6 in the country were Australia (259378 tons, an increase of 32.65%), Indonesia (243443 tons, an increase of 101.33%), yemen (65798 tons, 50.49% year-on-year drop), Russia (63430 tons) and Algeria (61220 tons).

  Another according to the Chinese customs general administration statistics, China in January to pipe gas imports increased 83.98% year-on-year to 1.028743 million tons.