Is China's economy ready for heatwaves
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-07 07:26

In Anhui, 12.45 million mu (about 840,000 hectares) of crops are now reported withered in the droughts, in which more than 2 million mu (about 133,000 hectares) are threatened to be fruitless.

In the province's west part, many residents and livestock suffer from a shortage of drinking water.

"I planned to plant 20 mu (about 1.3 hectares) of rice, but I can only plant five or six mu (about 0.4 hectares) now because there's not enough irrigating water," said Zhang Tie, a farmer from the province' county of Changfeng.

He added with great anxiety that even these five or six mu of rice shoots were planted one month later than usual.

The unprecedented early arrival of high temperatures is bringing one challenge after anther to China's economy.

Many cities suffer water shortages to different extents. The construction of some key projects can not be completed on schedule. The high temperatures also incur fire and traffic accidents.

To pull it out, governments at all levels in China are launching some special and urgent measures.

Zhao Yuzhu, deputy head of the State Electricity Dispatching and Telecommunication Center, said the State Power Grid Company is making efforts to guarantee the power supply this summer.

The official said the State Power Grid will strengthen the power regulation across regions and provinces, coordinate and allocate supply according to needs, implement production-accident-prevention measures and enhance the overall capacity of electricity transmission.

Additionally, China will speed up power supply reform, urge local governments to carry out the distinguishing of electricity prices at different times of the day, control the power consumption increases of big enterprises.

Zhao said the Chinese government will reform and standardize the market of coal for electricity generation use to fundamentally solve the contradiction between the soaring power consumption and insufficient coal supply.

In the face of the droughts, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters have issued documents urging all local departments to quicken the renovation of the current water supply and irrigation facilities.

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