China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been urged to make all-out efforts to secure power supply, said the country's top state-asset regulator on Monday.

China has seen continued high temperatures since June in many parts of the country, triggering a sharp increase in power demand. In particular, 11 regions, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Shandong and Henan provinces, have been experiencing continuous high temperatures recently.  

The peak period of national electricity consumption has arrived earlier, and the recent maximum electrical load nationwide has exceeded 900 million kilowatts.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council has asked power generation enterprises to do their best to provide power. Meanwhile, coal enterprises should make every effort to ensure thermal coal supply.

The commission also required power grid companies to ensure household power consumption and production safety.

China's centrally administered SOEs should improve the long-term mechanism for power supply through measures including more investments in power projects and sci-tech innovations. 

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