Southern cities are said to be the main force of radiator sales growth. Which cities in the south do you think need collective heating?

In places like Hunan and Jiangxi, the lowest temperature in winter is still very low. Although there is not as much snow as in the north, the temperature is still very low and collective heating is needed. According to the latest data, the market of household radiators in China increased by 400% last year, that is to say, it quadrupled, and the sales growth mainly came from southern or central cities such as Shanghai and Wuhan. Some professional analysts also said that in the next decade, the southern heating market can be expanded to 500 billion. With an annual growth of about 40 billion, the market for household radiators is still very large. Many netizens commented on this, why not give central heating to southern cities.

The Bureau of Meteorology also said that in the early days of New China, China imitated the Soviet model and established a central heating system. However, due to the limited economic capacity at that time, heating was only realized in the northern cities. The earliest north-south division was also based on the Qinling-Huaihe River, with the south of Qinling as the south and the north as the north. Moreover, according to the regulations, only if the average temperature is lower than 5 degrees Celsius for 90 consecutive days can it be recognized as a heating city. Some experts said that this calculation method is not accurate because humidity is not taken into account. According to the research, if the humidity does not increase by 10%, the body surface temperature will decrease by 1 Celsius, so it is not enough to consider only the outdoor temperature.

However, relevant planners also said that the core problem of heating in the south lies in the economic burden, and the population in the south is far more than that in the north. In addition, there is no special plan for central heating in the urban planning of the south, so it is a great challenge to provide central heating again now.

Previously, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development also responded to this question. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development responded that at present, southern cities mainly use decentralized and local heating, and they do not have the conditions for large-scale central heating. Moreover, with the improvement of family life, the popularity of air conditioning has also become higher, and some families can solve their own heating needs.