{"id":43681,"date":"2021-06-03T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T09:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=43681"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:28:48","slug":"sichuan-authorities-meet-local-miners-in-a-positive-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sichuan-authorities-meet-local-miners-in-a-positive-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Sichuan authorities meet local miners in a positive mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A seminar organised by Sichuan&#8217;s provincial regulator and the local branch of the State Grid Corporation unfolded in a cordial atmosphere, with no resolutions adopted. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com\/news\/sichuan-energy-meeting-offers-glimmer-of-hope-for-bitcoin-mi-10555.htm\">Cryptonews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Initially <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-sichuan-to-assess-impact-of-bitcoin-mining-ban-on-the-energy-sector\">it was planned<\/a> that officials would discuss the scale of mining and the possibilities for using surplus electricity in the event of a cryptocurrency mining ban.<\/p>\n<p>Participants noted a surplus of hydroelectric power in the region and its absence at present. Among the issues considered were the sources of income for local residents, the power-generating companies, and the impact of cryptocurrency mining on the province&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sally Wan, a representative of Sino Global Capital, the level of the conference carries no political significance, since local authorities will still follow Beijing&#8217;s directives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China\u2019s policy guidance is top-down. No matter what provincial govs such as Sichuan issue, they follow the guidance of the central gov.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sally W \u560e\u77e5 (@sallywang666) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sallywang666\/status\/1400273442927120388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On May 16, provincial authorities temporarily restricted the power supply to large consumers due to low rainfall and coal shortages. On May 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/power-outages-in-china-knock-bitcoins-hashrate-by-20\">the total computational power of the Bitcoin network had fallen by 20%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On May 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-falls-below-37000-on-news-of-chinas-mining-ban\">Vice-Premier Liu He of the State Council said that authorities intend to take measures regarding cryptocurrency mining and Bitcoin trading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later the official Chinese news agency Xinhua <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/china-criticises-bitcoin-and-mining-market-falls\">criticised digital gold and its mining methods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seminar organised by Sichuan&#8217;s provincial regulator and the local branch of the State Grid Corporation with local miners unfolded in a cordial atmosphere, with no resolutions adopted. According to Cryptonews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,133,1137,1306],"class_list":["post-43681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-china","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-mining-ban"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43683,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43681\/revisions\/43683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}