Compared with the downturn since 2013, China's LNG market in 2017 reversed. The LNG volume increased year by year. Moreover, the receiving station's shipments surpassed the factory and the south to North gas delivery has become a new normal. China's total LNG supply in 2017 reached 20.25 million tons, an increase of 6.65 million tons, or 49 percent, compared with 13.6 million tons in 2016.