China mulls oil asset spinoffs as part of reforms: sources
NDRC has held talks since last year on sale of assets with biggest pipeline owners and utilities that buy most of the fuels
Hong Kong
THE Chinese government is looking at stripping its biggest energy companies of their oil and gas pipelines, as part of sweeping industry reforms that would see the assets spun off into independent businesses, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
China's economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), is leading talks on the initiative, according to four people, who asked not to be named as they aren't authorised to speak publicly on the issue.
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