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Policies for Upgrading Aging Urban Gas Pipelines

January 1, 2025

To the housing and urban-rural development departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government; the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management and Beijing Water Authority; the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Urban Management and Tianjin Water Authority; the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management and Shanghai Water Authority; the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Chongqing Economic and Information Commission; the urban management bureaus concerned; the Hainan Provincial Department of Water Resources; and the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

 

Following a further review of local experience in advancing the upgrading and renovation of aging urban gas pipelines, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has compiled the "Second Batch of Replicable Policies and Mechanisms for the Upgrading and Renovation of Urban Gas Pipelines," which is hereby issued for study and implementation in line with local conditions.

 

The document brings together practices from across China on topics including pipeline inspection and renovation implementation, construction organization, supervision, smart gas platform construction, maintenance team development, funding mechanisms, project approval and pricing, and technical standards and market governance. The scanned document pages are reproduced below for reference; please refer to the official release for authoritative content.

 

Policy document listing replicable mechanisms for urban gas pipeline renovation

Policy document page on urban gas pipeline inspection and renovation

Policy document page on gas pipeline renovation implementation

Policy document page on pipeline renovation supervision

Policy document page on renovation construction organization

Policy document page on smart gas platform construction

Policy document page on gas pipeline maintenance teams

Policy document page on renovation funding mechanisms

Policy document page on project approval and pricing

Policy document page on gas pipeline technical standards and market governance

Policy document page on pipeline renovation practices

Policy document page on renovation scheduling and supervision

 

Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), China. Edited summary by Hitelecom based on the reproduced document pages.

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