en-us	BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (31 March 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China Gas Holdings Ltd. (CGH) today signed a $20 million private sector loan agreement 
zh-cn	中华人民共和国北京（2020年3月31日讯）—亚洲开发银行（亚行）今日与中国燃气控股有限公司（中国燃气）签署了一项价值2000万美元的私营部门贷款协议， 

en-us	to support natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) deliveries to households, hospitals, industry, and services crucial to the ongoing response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the post-pandemic recovery in Wuhan and other affected areas in Hubei province, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). 
zh-cn	以支持对中华人民共和国（中国）武汉市和湖北省其他疫区家庭、医院、工业和服务业的天然气及液化石油气供应，这对于应对目前的新冠病毒（COVID-19）大流行及疫后经济重建至关重要。 

en-us	CGH is currently the main supplier of natural gas and LPG to households and commercial and industrial users in Wuhan, the center of the outbreak,  
zh-cn	中国燃气是本次疫情中心武汉市居民和工商业用户的天然气和液化石油气的主要供应商， 

en-us	and provides clean energy services to more than 3 million end-users in Hubei province. 
zh-cn	并向湖北省超过三百万用户提供清洁能源保障服务。 

en-us	It is the only company with the logistical capacity to maintain stable supplies of LPG to Wuhan city through inland waterways using vessels from its port in coastal Zhejiang province.  
zh-cn	同时作为唯一有能力通过内河运输向武汉市输送液化石油气的企业，公司还利用槽船从位于浙江省的码头运来液化石油气 

en-us	Its broad operational footprint makes it critical to the pandemic response in the PRC by providing essential supplies of LPG and natural gas to affected areas. 
zh-cn	以保障疫区各类用户持续稳定燃气供应，在中国的疫情应对工作中发挥了关键保障作用。 

en-us	“I am very grateful to ADB for providing financing assistance to fight the coronavirus outbreak, based on our partnership to promote clean energy,” said CGH Executive Chairman and President Liu Minghui. ” 
zh-cn	十分感谢亚行对中国燃气在推进清洁能源事业上的长期支持，以及对此次抗击新冠疫情的融资协助，”中国燃气执行主席及总裁刘明辉表示,“ 

en-us	We have been at the frontline since day one of the outbreak.  
zh-cn	我们从疫情开始就投身抗疫工作第一线， 

en-us	We faced numerous difficulties to secure gas supply to households and satisfy the needs of medical institutions for emergency supplies.  
zh-cn	克服重重困难，不但保障了居民用户安全的气源供应，还满足了医疗机构的紧急用气需求。 

en-us	Through our online service platform and logistics system, we deliver not only gas but also food items that are essential to affected communities under lockdown.” 
zh-cn	除了燃气供应，我们还积极发挥线上服务平台和物流优势，为受交通封锁影响的社区提供生活必需的食品配送服务。” 

en-us	“ADB’s support will help ensure the uninterrupted supply of essential energy services to cities in Hubei province and further limit the toll of the pandemic on human and economic health,” said ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department Director General Mike Barrow. 
zh-cn	亚行的援助有助于湖北各市确保基本能源服务不断供，进一步降低疫情对人类健康和经济发展的危害，”亚行私营部门业务局局长迈克·巴罗（Mike Barrow）表示, 

en-us	“The assistance will help cover short-term financing needs and enhance the resilience of cities to continue the fight against COVID-19.” 
zh-cn	此次援助将有助于满足短期融资需求，并提高城市抵御能力，持续抗击新冠疫情。 

en-us	A transport lockdown implemented in Hubei province to contain the outbreak made it difficult to ensure last-mile delivery of gas to households for daily hot water, cooking, hospital needs, industry, and other commercial uses. 
zh-cn	为遏制疫情蔓延，湖北省实施了交通封锁，给满足家庭日常烧水做饭，医院，以及工商业等能源需求的最后一公里燃气输送服务增加了难度。 

en-us	Outskirts of cities are more severely affected because many of these areas are not connected to city gas distribution networks.  
zh-cn	城市周边由于部分地区没有接入城市燃气管网，受到的影响尤其严重。 

en-us	CGH has maintained gas supplies to ensure uninterrupted service to existing customers and to make gas available for new needs on an expedited basis during the emergency response and recovery. 
zh-cn	在疫情期间和疫后经济重建过程中，中国燃气坚持保障燃气供应，确保现有用户不断供，同时快速满足了新增的供气需求。 

en-us	CGH is the largest integrated gas distribution company in the PRC. 
zh-cn	中国燃气是中国最大的综合性燃气输配公司。 

en-us	It constructs and operates city gas pipelines and supplies natural gas to residential, industrial, and commercial end-users. 
zh-cn	其业务涵盖建设运营城市燃气管网、向居民和工商业用户提供天然气、 

en-us	It operates across the entire value chain of LPG import, transportation, storage, and retail, 
zh-cn	以及覆盖整个液化石油气价值链的进口、储运和零售。 

en-us	with additional businesses including gas terminals, transmission lines, vehicular compressed natural gas and liquified natural gas, as well as gas logistics systems. 
zh-cn	其它业务包括燃气码头、燃气输送管道、车船用压缩天然气和液化天然气以及燃气物流系统。 

en-us	ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. 
zh-cn	亚行在坚持消除极端贫困的同时，致力于实现繁荣、包容、有适应力和可持续的亚太地区。 

en-us	Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
zh-cn	亚行成立于1966年，现有68个成员，其中49个来自亚太地区。