On the afternoon of the 19th, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Finance convened a pilot video conference to promote rural hydropower efficiency expansion. Ma Zhengqi, Standing Member of the Chongqing Municipal Committee and Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting at the main venue in Beijing and delivered a speech. He said that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the utilization rate of hydropower resources in the city’s small and medium-sized rivers will reach over 80%, and the total installed capacity of hydropower will reach 8 million kilowatts.

Ma Zhengqi said that after the city was identified as a pilot province and city for rural hydropower efficiency expansion and transformation, it immediately studied the deployment of hydropower development work during the 12th Five-Year Plan, formulated a plan, and set a clear goal, in addition to building a new hydropower plant within five years. In addition to the target of 3.1 million kilowatts, it will also complete the reconstruction of 363 old hydropower stations within two years, restore the installed capacity of 400,000 kilowatts, and add 130,000 kilowatts of new installed capacity. In order to achieve the above objectives, the municipal government has introduced a number of incentive policies: The main body is liberalized. Whether it is state-owned or private investment entities, as long as they have strength, they are all encouraged to participate in the development of hydropower resources on an equal basis; the stimulation of electricity prices and the timely increase of hydroelectricity on-grid tariffs; The preferential treatment will give preferential treatment to the new business tax and value added tax of the Jian'an business tax and value-added tax that have been newly added to the hydropower project of the newly built and technologically modified capacity; and will support the grid connection to ensure that the power generation of the small and medium-sized hydropower stations with a certain installed capacity is fully online.

Ma Zhengqi stated that in order to ensure the construction progress, the city has formulated a schedule for the improvement of rural hydropower expansion and expansion. At present, the city has completed the preliminary design work of 296 power stations within the plan, of which 225 have completed preliminary approval and 11 power station renovation projects have started.

Ma Zhengqi said that the municipal party committee and the municipal government regard the construction of small and medium-sized hydropower projects and the expansion and reconstruction work as an important part of further accelerating the reform and development of water conservancy, and include the "12th Five-Year Plan" for the development of water conservancy projects, increase financial investment, establish a target responsibility system, and implement assessments. rewards and punishments. The city will also further strengthen construction management, speed up the construction progress, ensure that pilot projects for efficiency expansion are completed on time, and strive to create good practices that can be used, learned, and promoted to promote the development of rural hydropower projects.