China Invests RMB 49.3 Billion to Promote Clean Heating

On December 21, 2020, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference on the white paper entitled ‘China’s Energy Development in the New Era’. The white paper pointed out that: significant progress has been made in clean heating in northern areas, which has improved the energy use conditions and living environments of urban and rural residents. As of the end of 2019, the clean heating area in the northern region reached 11.6 billion m2, an increase of 5.1 billion m2 from 2016, and the region’s clean heating rate reached 55%, an increase of 21% over 2016.