00-11-01CHINA:CHINACLAMPSDOWNONASSETDIVESTMENTSOFPOWERFIRMS.SHANGHAI-(DowJones)-Chinahasorderedstate-ownedpowergeneratingfirmstostopdivestingtheirassetswithoutgettingpriorapprovalfromthecentralgovernment,aStateEconomicandTradeCommissionofficialsaidWednesday.TheSETCofficial,whoworksattheElectricPowerDepartment,saidtheStateCouncil,China'scabinet,issuedtheregulationlastmonth,reiteratingitsauthorityinapprovingsale,transferandswappingofassetsownedbypowercompanies.Theordercameaftersomelocalpowercompaniessoldtheirassets,armedonlywithapprovalfromthelocalgovernment,hesaid,withoutgivingdetails.However,theofficialsaidsuchincidentsareisolated,so"itshouldn'taffectthosecompaniescomplyingwiththelaw."Chinaisgraduallygivingupitsdirectcontrolinthepowersector.Ithassaiditwillallowpowerenterprisestogopublic,aswellasattractforeigndirectinvestmentintothesector.TheofficialChinaSecuritiesNewssaidthemoveistoensurethat"proceduresarestandardized,stateassetsarenotdiminishedandsupervisionsarestrengthened."TheStateCouncilorderalsosaidthetrialseparationofpowergenerationandtransmissionisonlyallowedinShanghaiandtheprovincesofShandong,Zhejiang,Heilongjiang,JilinandLiaoning-asstatedinaregulationissuedinDecember1998.Basedonthescheme,powerplantsintheseareascanbidoutpowersupplycontractsthroughanauctionsystem.Otherprovincesaren'tallowedtoexperimentwiththeschemeyet.-byRamoncitodelaCruz;DowJonesNewswires;(86-21)6218-3268;ramoncito.delacruz@dowjones.com.(Copyright(c)2000,DowJones&Company,Inc.).DOWJONESINTERNATIONALNEWS01/11/200000-10-31CHINA:CHINAINVESTSINEXPANDINGURBANPOWERGRIDS.SHANGHAI,Oct31,AsiaPulse-Beijingwillinvest128billionyuan(US$15.5billion)inconstructingandexpandingurbanpowergridsbetween1998and2001tocatertotheincreasingdemandfromurbanresidents.AccordingtoWangBinghua,anofficialattheStatePowerCorporation,thepaceofurbanisationhasbeenacceleratedinrecentyears,andelectricitysoldbyurbanpowergridsisexpectedtoriseby80percentinthenextdecade.Electricityconsumptionbypublicutilitiesandresidentswilldouble.Accordingaforecast,thepoweroutputwillbeupbyfivetosixpercentayearin2001-05,andtheproportionofelectricityconsumedbyresidentsinsocialelectricityconsumptionwillrisefrom12.2percentin1998to20percentby2005.XIC.(c)2000AsiaPulsePteLimitedAsiaPulsegivesnowarrantyorguaranteeastotheaccuracyoftheinformation,AsiaPulseshallnotbeliableforerrorsoromissionsin,ordelaysorinterruptionstoorcessationofdeliveryof,thedatathroughitsnegligenceorotherwise.ASIAPULSE31/10/200000-10-30CHINA:PROFILE-CHINA'SPOWERINDUSTRY(OCT2000)1.*****************************************************PROFILEOFCHINA'SPOWERINDUSTRYPREPAREDBYASIAPULSEANALYSTS(UPDATEDOCT,2000)*****************************************************Part1OVERVIEW:*ThetotalamountofnewandrenewableenergydevelopedandutilizedeveryyearinChinahascometothreemilliontonsinstandardcoalterms,accountingfor0.2percentofthetotalenergyconsumption.*Statisticsshowthatthetotalamountofexploitablesolarenergyexceeds5.02millionkilojoules/squaremeterayearandtwo-thirdsofthecountryhaveanannualsunshinehoursexceeding2,200.*China'sannualtheoreticalwindreservesreach3.226billionkilowatts;theprospectivereservesofgeothermalenergyresourcesareequivalenttomorethan200billiontons;theoutputoffarmcropstalkstotals700milliontons;andtherationalcutoffirewoodcomesto158milliontons.Inaddition,thecountryisrichinrawmaterialsforgeneratingb...
