On May 24, the second “members’ passage” group interview of the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held at the press conference room in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. As a representative from centrally administered enterprises, CPPCC member and CECEP Chairman Song Xin gave an interview at the event and answered questions about ensuring people’s livelihood through providing clean heating. Based on CECEP’s exploration and practice in clean heating supply, he gave suggestions on how to develop clean heating in China on behalf of the energy conservation and environmental protection sector, and expressed the centrally administered corporation’s confidence and determination in making due contributions to fighting pollution, defending blue skies, promoting energy conservation and environmental protection, and reducing smog, so as to enhance people’s sense of happiness. 

As for the issue of clean heating, Song noted that the extensive sewage pipeline network, surface water resources, industrial waste heat and shallow geothermal energy across China can be used to provide clean heating. “Surveys show most of them are feasible for large-scale exploration and spread,” he explained. “New buildings with floor areas totaling 2 billion square meters are added to China every year, of which 100 million square meters can use clean heating. If this goal is achieved, it can save 660,000 tons of standard coal each year, equiverlent to planting 24,000 hectares of trees. We have actively carried out pilot projects in more than 40 cities. On the road to a ‘Beautiful China,’ we’re both actors and beneficiaries.”