China's refined oil output up in 2019

China's refined oil output edged up in 2019, industrial data showed.

Refined oil production totaled 381.39 million tonnes last year, up 3.6 percent year on year, data from the country's top economic planner showed. The increase was slower than 6.3 percent in 2018.

Last year's apparent consumption of natural gas rose 1.4 percent year on year, with that for gasoline up 2.3 percent and that for diesel down 0.5 percent.