Off the wire
• Roundup: Japan celebrates U.S. return of military training land in Okinawa amid protests for resumption of Osprey flights  • S. African police vow intensified efforts against crimes in festive season  • Germany's economic growth to slow down in 2017: Deutsche Bank  • Chinese company completes acquisition of controlling stake in Shell Refining in Malaysia  • China "disappointed" by EU trade remedy extension  • Police confirm rescue of tribal king abducted in SE Nigeria  • Putin urges continuous efforts to advance Russia's military prowess  • Saudi 2017 budget attends to financial sustainability  • Britain plans to send 400 troops to South Sudan  • Mongolian researchers warn of danger of inbreeding among population  
You are here: 　 Home

663 villages in Beijing replace coal with cleaner energy in 2016

Xinhua, December 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

At the end of November, 663 villages in Beijing had replaced coal with clean energy, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Rural Affairs said Thursday.

Among them, 574 replaced coal with electricity and 89 with natural gas.

Commission official Li Wenchao said the reduction would contribute a lot to controlling air pollution in the city, cutting about 3,400 tonnes of sulfur dioxide and 3,100 tonnes of nitric oxide emissions this year.

Beijing plans to replace coal with cleaner energy in 700 villages next year.

Coal burning will be phased out in Chaoyang, Daxing, Fangshan, Fengtai, Haidian, Shijingshan and Tongzhou districts in 2017. Endi