China allocates 2 billion yuan to subsidize school heating

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Chinese media) -- China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday it

would allocate 2.06 billion yuan (294 million U.S. dollars) to subsidize school

heating in the country's northern rural areas.

The money would go to primary and middle schools in rural areas of 13

provincial regions including Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang. The subsidies

would also cover those in the northern part of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Shaanxi

provinces.

The ministry urged local departments to make the subsidies available to

schools as soon as possible and plan more money for small-size ones and those in

the high-cold land.

It required departments at all levels to keep a close eye over the

management of the subsidies and help schools fix solar heating systems and

renovate walls of schoolhouses to make sure teachers and students would be

protected from the harsh winter.