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China to build coal bed gas engineering research center
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-06-14 10:36 China will speed up building
the national research center on coal bed gas engineering by issuing treasury
bonds on coal mine safety, according to the State Development and Reform
Commission (SDRC).
The research center should place the stress on solving key technical problems
and handling the relationship between gas explosion control and utilization,
said Zhang Guobao, SDRC vice minister, at the second meeting held recently by
the ministerial office for coal mine gas prevention and control.
Since the office was established, 11 expert teams have been sent to 45 major
enterprises to conduct safety assessments. The notice for raising standards of
coal mine safety production fee has been issued, and the first treasury bonds
funds of 50.2 million yuan (6.06 million US dollars) for coal mine safety
improvement have been appropriated for the establishment of gas monitoring
system in 104 coal mines of the country.
The present tasks include speeding up the establishment of the coal bed gas
engineering research center and the establishment of coal mine gas prevention
and control information system and enhancing investigation and research of coal
mine gas control and utilization, Zhang said.
This year, China will invest 15 billion yuan (1.81 billion US dollars) in
technological upgrading of coal mine safety system, which will be basically
completed in upcoming two or three years.
Established last March, the ministerial office for coal mine gas prevention
and control was made up of 12 departments including the SDRC, the General
Administration of Work Safety (GAWS) and the ministries of Science and
Technology, finance, labor and social security and land and resources.
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