Interviewee

Number

Question

Response

The director of the Development and Reform Commission in Qingzhou Town.

D1

What do you think is the problem in the design of Hebei’s CTG switching policies?

“First of all, the policy goal of CTG conversion is simply understood as increasing the share of renewable energy. For example, ‘a net reduction of 40 million tons from 2012 to 2017 in the coal consumption’ is one of the goals of the Hebei Province Air Pollution Prevention Action Plan Implementation Plan as one of the specific targets. Secondly, the policy has a one-size-fits-all problem. Hebei Province claimed that within three years, the urban-rural bulk coal replacement in the whole province will be basically achieved. However, some adobe houses are still reserved in the rural areas of Hebei Province, making it difficult to carry out pipeline transformation.”

D2

What do you think is the main problem with the implementation of CTG switching policies?

“I think the main problem is the excessive execution led by the campaign-style implementation. The instructions are passed level by level under the bureaucracy. Each level of government increases the number of tasks to ensure to gain the winner in the competition with other governments at the same level.”