Is there heating in Xinjiang?

Some cities and counties in Urumqi, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Tacheng, Altay, Karamay, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Hami City have started central heating, and other areas are ready for heating.

In the heating season of 2023-2024, the central heating area of cities and towns in the whole region is about 690 million square meters. In order to do a solid job of urban heating security in the whole region this winter and next spring, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of the autonomous region has taken various measures to comprehensively prepare for the heating season, and issued the "Implementation Plan for Special Renovation of Urban Heating Security in the Autonomous Region in 2023" to carry out centralized rectification around the problems strongly reflected by the masses in the previous heating season. During the shutdown period, the heating facilities were used to repair and maintain the urban central heating pipeline in time, and the old heating pipeline was rebuilt 546 kilometers in the whole district. The Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of the Autonomous Region will continue to strengthen the supervision of the urban heating industry, regularly dispatch and timely grasp the situation of heating operation and problem rectification in various places, strengthen the daily management of heating facilities operation, promptly investigate and eliminate all kinds of hidden dangers, and ensure the safe and stable operation of equipment. Strengthen emergency management, urge all localities to improve the emergency plan for heating emergencies, and organize emergency plan drills regularly.