China News Service, Beijing, December 23 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) Recently, there have been reports that clean heating in Shanhaiguan District, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province is “one size fits all”. Burning wood for heating is prohibited and stoves are blocked, causing some people to freeze. In this regard, China Ministry of Ecology and Environment News Spokesperson Liu Youbin responded at a press conference held in Beijing on the 23rd. He has organized investigations to understand the situation, urged local governments to make rectifications, and will pay close attention to the implementation of follow-up rectifications.
According to official reports, the ancient city of Shanhaiguan is an old city with a history of more than 600 years, without natural gas and heating.
Among about 4,300 houses in the ancient city, about 1,700 households live in winter, including 265 households with central heating.
According to official reports, in order to promote clean heating, in 2019, the ancient city area will be completely banned from coal.
This winter, the local area banned burning wood for heating, and some people’s stoves were blocked.
According to the report, although the local government provides free electric heating for heating, the interviewees said that electric heating not only costs electricity, but also has poor heating effect.
Liu Youbin said that we have paid attention to relevant media reports, and we have also paid attention to media follow-up reports that the Shanhaiguan District of Qinhuangdao City has initiated rectification.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment attaches great importance to this matter, has organized investigations to understand the situation, urged local governments to make rectifications, and will pay close attention to the implementation of follow-up rectifications.
Liu Youbin emphasized that clean heating in the northern region is a livelihood project. First of all, it is necessary to ensure that the people stay warm during the winter as the bottom line.
Liu Youbin said that in recent years, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has continuously organized investigations on the implementation of clean heating renovation and the protection of people’s warm winter, and made full use of the “12369” environmental protection reporting platform and other complaints and reporting channels to understand the “coal-to-gas” and “coal-to-gas conversion” channels in some places. Problems in the protection of electric heating.
"Welcome the media and the general public to supervise the clean heating work," Liu Youbin said that for the reported behaviors such as pre-emptive, simple and crude, "one size fits all" behaviors, investigations and verifications will be organized as soon as possible, and relevant places will be urged to solve them to ensure the warmth of the people. winter.
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