Importing 11 million barrels per day, China is stockpiling oil疯狂ly, and the US is now in a panic. China is playing a big game!

At the threshold of global low oil prices, China has been stockpiling oil疯狂ly in the first nine months of 2025. According to U.S. media reports, China imports more than 11 million barrels of oil per day, which exceeds Saudi Arabia's daily production, and at least 10% are stored as reserves.

According to U.S. estimates, China's current oil reserves are between 1.2 billion and 1.3 billion barrels, and the reserve bases are spread across the country. At this rate of stockpiling, China's oil reserves will reach 2 billion barrels, which is enough for China's 1.4 billion population to use for six months.

The speed at which China is stockpiling oil has completely panicked the United States. It can be said that China is playing a big game. It should be noted that in January 2025, the state issued the Energy Law, stipulating that both the state and enterprises bear the obligation of strategic oil reserves.

This means that after the grain reserve system, China has also begun to promote the oil reserve system.

At the current stage, with the Sino-US trade war becoming increasingly intense, China has already prepared for full decoupling. The action of China to enhance its oil reserves is a precautionary measure for energy security.

Moreover, it's not just oil. In the past four years, China's natural gas reserve capacity has increased to 25 billion cubic meters. In addition, China has also started large-scale accumulation of key industrial metals such as copper and nickel, as well as rare metals.

This also means that China has already begun to prepare for wartime situations. The historical experiences of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Israel-Palestine conflict tell us that the world is currently in a period of turmoil. If the Sino-US trade war escalates, it could lead to armed conflict. If China does not prepare in time, it would fall into a passive situation.

Therefore, the US is naturally panicking. This indicates that China is not afraid of a war with the US at all, and the US's biggest card — the military card — no longer works against China.

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