A proposal that would combine China’s already massive energy companies into even larger entities is facing resistance from officials in the oil industry and government advisers who say such a move would stymie competition and undermine Beijing’s effort to remake the economy. In preliminary discussions, oil-industry executives have argued Chinese consumers would be better served by more market-driven overhauls instead of government-driven consolidations , people familiar with the talks said. “There is big pushback from the industry,” said one of those people, who is familiar with the deliberations at the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which oversees large state companies, including the oil giants. Government advisers are also expressing skepticism. “Merging big oil companies would only lead to greater state monopoly and less inefficiency, and would be bad […]