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China
to complete urban house heating reform
in 2 years
28.03.06
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(Xinhua) - China will complete the
reform of its urban house heating system
in two years, the Deputy Minister of
Construction Qiu Baoxing said on Tuesday.
The basic principal of the reform is
to put the current covert government
subsidies for heating into a personal
account of the service provider, which
will charge each house according to
the amount of heat actually provided,
he said. |
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Qiu made the remarks at a press conference
on the sidelines of the Second International
Conference on Intelligent Green and
Energy Efficient Building.
Urban house heating is known as the
last fortress of China's planning economy.
Currently employers have to pay for
their workers' house heating, the cost
of which is calculated by the floor
size of each house, hence there are
incentives for energy saving. |
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House heating accounts for a large
chunk of energy consumption in China,
where half of the world's new buildings
are located. |
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The reform tries to encourage energy
saving by firstly refurbishing the old
heating networks so that heat supply
to each house or flat could be controlled
and measured independently.
Also speaking on the issue on Tuesday,
the Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao
said lower-income residents shall receive
government aid during the reform. |
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