Cheng An (pseudonym), a senior manager of a mall of Liberated Bei Bei, a landmark of Chongqing, said that the official Monday did not notify the mall on Monday morning to shorten the business hours.It was previously required to close the escalator, exterior wall lighting and other electricity -saving solutions.
There are extremely high temperatures in many places in China. The official Monday (August 22) issued the highest level of high -temperature red warning for the 11th consecutive day.The maximum temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius.Sichuan Sunday launched the highest -level energy warning to continue to stop production on industrial users; Chongqing also urgently required hundreds of shopping malls to shorten business hours and alleviate power supply tensions.
From July to August this year, at least the minimum precipitation in the Yangtze River Basin since 1961, and the drought in many places in the basin continued to increase.The highest temperature of Chengdu Sunday in the Sichuan Province exceeded 43 degrees Celsius, breaking through the historical pole value.Faced with the severe power supply situation, Sichuan launched the "first -level emergency response" of energy supply guarantee on the same day, continuing to stop production of industrial users, and worsening the local manufacturing industry.
Sichuan, which is highly dependent on hydropower, due to the power shortage of hydropower due to drought, Japanese automobile manufacturers Toyota, the world's top battery manufacturer Ningde Times and many other local manufacturers have been stopped in power.Supermarkets are also limited.
Sichuan official Sunday said that since July, the local area has faced the severe situation of the highest extreme high temperature, minimum rainfall, and maximum power load overlay in the same period.
Caixin.com quoted people from the power grid and industrial enterprises that some industrial power users in Sichuan will continue from August 20 to 25.
In Chongqing, which has been in drought for nearly three weeks, the official Monday issued an emergency notice on Monday, requiring 31 districts and counties (38 districts and counties in Chongqing), Liangjiang New District and other places to adjust business hours on the same day.
Nearly 580 shopping malls affected by opening the door from 4 pm to 9 pm, which means shortening the business time up to six hours.The new policy has not been implemented. The end date will be "announced in time according to temperature changes and the situation of supply and demand."
The Chongqing Economic and Information Commission said that due to the recent high temperature weather and sudden mountain fires, the situation of the power supply is urgent.Yumin.Shopping malls that have not been executed in place leads to a safe and stable problem with the power grid will be seriously held accountable.
Chongqing Power Grid Loading Historical Extreme Value
According to data from the State Grid Chongqing Power Company of the State Grid, the maximum load of Chongqing Power Grid has reached historical pole value, air -conditioning cools down, and air conditioners cool down.Load demand has risen rapidly, accounting for more than half of the city's load demand, an increase of nearly 31 % over last year.
In response to the recent severe droughts in Sichuan and Chongfeng and other places, the China State Disaster Reduction Commission and the Emergency Management Department also sent a working group to the disaster area to check the disaster on Monday to guide and assist the localities to do a good job of disaster relief.
The reporter of Lianhe Zaobao visited the Chongqing landmark liberation monument on Monday morning and found that many major shopping malls that should have opened at 10 am closed tightly.Business.Many people who went to Jiefangbei Shopping found that the business hours were adjusted when they arrived at the mall.
The shops along the street continue to open the door on time, but some stores have changed the fan and closed a lot of lighting equipment.
Cheng An (a pseudonym), an executive of a mall of Jiefangbei, said in an interview that the official mall must be shortened on Monday morning to shorten the business hours.It is not enough for the mall to turn off the escalator and exterior wall lighting.
The Chongqing Mother City Yuzhong District and other places have begun from Sunday, requiring to turn off the landscape lighting after 8 pm to ensure the safety of the power grid and the living electricity of residents.
Cheng An said that the recent rebound of electricity shortage and epidemic is a double blow to the mall, which not only caused the Chongqing business district to miss the peak of the last two weeks of the summer vacation.Essence
Yao Shujie, a professor of economics at Chongqing University, evaluated in an interview that the epidemic and drought have been fierce in the near future, which seriously affects Chongqing's economy and people's livelihood and agriculture.It is impossible to further suspend industry and shorten the business time of malls.
Yao Shujie expects that the macroeconomic economy in Chongqing in August will be significantly affected, but if it starts to rain and cool down in the next few days, drought and power shortage can be solved largely.
