The "Henan Province Central Heating Management Trial Measures" stipulates that cities north of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River should develop central heating, and other cities encourage the development of central heating. Nanyang City is located in the south of the Qinling Mountains and north of the Huai River. between. With the completion and commissioning of Nanyang Thermal Power Plant, the first phase of Nanyang Central Heating Project started in 2011. The coverage of Nanyang's central heating has increased year by year, and more users in the city have used clean central heating.

Centralized heating refers to the way that the steam and hot water produced by centralized heat sources are supplied with heat required for production, heating and life in a centralized area through a pipe network. Centralized heating can not only provide a stable and reliable high-grade heat source for the city, improve people's lives, but also save energy, reduce urban pollution, be conducive to urban beautification, effectively use the city's effective space, and have significant economic and social benefits. Central heating is one of the city's infrastructure and an important facility for urban public utilities.

In addition to the State Power Investment Corporation Nanyang Thermal Power Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guodian Thermal Power Company) using the heat source of the power plant for centralized heating, Nanyang City also has a centralized heating project using the municipal sewage purification center to use recycled water, which uses a recycled water source heat pump for heating The technology extracts low-grade heat energy from recycled water to heat buildings.

According to the data provided by Guodian Thermal Power Company, as of the end of 2019, the total investment in central heating was 606 million yuan, 233 kilometers of heating pipe network (including 42 kilometers of steam pipe network and 191 kilometers of hot water pipe network) were completed, and heat exchange stations were put into operation. There are 205 buildings, 270 connected to heating residential districts, 75,000 households connected to the network, heating charge area of 6.33 million square meters, heating coverage area of 24.5 million square meters.

On the basis of the preliminary work of mid-term assessment such as the provision and interviews of the assessed unit, correspondence from relevant functional departments, public participation, and household questionnaire surveys, the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau held a meeting on the operation of Guodian Thermal Power Company over the years from September 5 to 6. In the mid-term assessment expert review meeting of the situation, the experts selected the provincial Urban and Rural Planning Institute Shen Guanxue, Zhoukou Gas Heating Office Liang Shuangying, Zhengzhou Urban Management Bureau Duan Zhiqiang, Luoyang Heating Company Guo Shihong, and Zhoukou Yisheng Thermal Power Company Liu Haifeng formed an expert review team. Sun Yinghe, deputy director of the Municipal Housing and Urban-rural Construction Bureau, attended the meeting and put forward requirements for the expert review. Urban Construction Section Chief Zhao Wei participated in the closed-door review of the experts, and the legal and financial staff of the consulting agency assisted in completing the review.

The expert review team believes that Guodian Thermal Power Company basically meets the specifications and requirements in terms of industry planning, engineering construction, heat sales services, service quality, and emergency plans. However, it has established a sound medium and long-term plan and annual plan, continued to increase capital investment, and indoor testing. Temperature management, water quality, unblocked user complaint channels, pipeline maintenance tools and equipment, heating network commissioning and exhaust, operating cost control, safe production management system, active performance of public welfare obligations, major event reporting, etc. still need to be strengthened and improved.

The consulting agency Jinyan Law Firm will combine the opinions of the expert review team to form a mid-term assessment report and assist the Municipal Housing and Urban-rural Construction Bureau to complete the follow-up report implementation matters.