China confirms discovering 100-mln-tonne shale oil reserve

China has discovered a 100-million-tonne shale oil reserve in its Chongqing Municipality, as a testing on Thursday showed that its high-yield shale oil and gas flow can reach a daily production of 38.64 cubic meters of shale oil and 10,000 cubic meters of natural gas. The test was carried out at the newly built Qiluye-1 oil well, which is located more than 2,000 meters underground in southwestern China's Sichuan Basin.

"The Qiluye-1 oil well boasts shallow burial depth of shale oil and high-quality crude, thus having relatively great economic potential for development. This breakthrough has basically confirmed that we had obtained what we have expected for a large-scale integrated shale oil reserve of more than 100 million tonnes," said Wang Liangjun, a representative of Sinopec Exploration Company.

Shale oil is an unconventional oil resource found in shale formations and has broad prospect for exploration.

The UN must resolutely defend the victorious outcomes of World War II and reject any attempt to revive militarism, said China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sun Lei on Thursday.

Sun made the remarks to the UN General Assembly (UNGA), following UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who addressed the meeting on priorities for 2026.

Guterres emphasized the three principles that guide the world body's work in 2026: adherence to the UN Charter, peace with justice -- peace between nations and peace with nature, and unity in an age of division.

All nations must resolutely uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, said Sun.

"The UN must resolutely defend the victorious outcomes of World War II and uphold the post-war international order, firmly oppose unilateralism and hegemony, and reject any attempt to revive militarism," he said.

The Chinese envoy said countries must advance the three pillars in a balanced manner.

"Peace and security, development, and human rights are mutually reinforcing, and none should be neglected," he said.

He also stressed reforming and improving global governance.

"China will work with all parties to firmly support multilateralism and the international system with the UN at its core, maintain peace, promote development, and advance the building of a community with a shared future for humanity," said Sun.