中国石油化工集团公司开始进军新疆煤炭、油页岩和煤层气领域。2006年12月7日下午新疆自治区人民政府与中石化在北京签定了合作框架协议。在签字仪式上,中共中央政治局委员、新疆自治区党委书记王乐泉说,新疆是我国实施西部大开发战略的重要省区,拥有丰富的石油、天然气、煤炭? China Petrochemical Corporation began to enter the Xinjiang coal, oil shale and coalbed methane fields. December 7, 2006 In the afternoon, the People’s Government of Xinjiang Autonomous Regional People’s Government and Sinopec signed a cooperation framework agreement in Beijing. At the signing ceremony, Wang Lequan, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and party secretary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, said that Xinjiang is an important province and region where China implements the strategy of large-scale development of the western region and owns abundant oil, natural gas and coal.