On the surface, it seems that there are two irrelevant things, but behind it is closely related. In fact, from the integration of coal resources led by Shanxi, the price reforms of new energy products have been successively settled and the pace has been accelerated, and the State Council has “emphasized†the attack on the excess backward production capacity of steel, coke, cement, plate glass, etc. The series of actions is centered on the theme of “emission reductionâ€.
The emission reduction plan announced by China prior to the convening of the Copenhagen Conference has already indicated that every plate in China's energy and other related industrial chains cannot escape the fate of being "adjusted." And now, everything is just beginning...
While controlling supply on the one hand, and controlling demand on the other, the Chinese government is doing a “subtraction†for “alleviation†in all directions. It is most important to eliminate the excess and backward production capacity of “two capital and one high†industries such as steel, cement and glass. One step chess.
The reporter noted that China’s announcement of the goal of controlling greenhouse gas emissions has gone far beyond the requirements of the “Bali Roadmap†for developing countries and shows China’s earnest and responsible attitude towards the success of the Copenhagen conference.
“The backward production capacity will not be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible. The problem of overcapacity in some industries cannot be effectively solved. The goal of energy saving and emission reduction and industrial restructuring and rejuvenation will be difficult to complete, and the economic development model will be difficult to change.†However, in the face of new emission reduction targets, the The more difficult it is to reduce," Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said bluntly.
Xiong Bilin, inspector of the Industry Coordination Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, bluntly stated that China’s commitment to higher emission reduction targets is very arduous for steel, cement, plate glass and other industries. “So we proposed to increase the elimination of backwardness and speed up Structural adjustment." Xiong Bilin said.
The reporter noticed that at the beginning of this month, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently released the “Notification on Dismantling and Implementing the Task of Retiring Laggard Production Capacity in 2009â€, which not only decomposed the task to various provinces and cities, but also greatly increased the country’s elimination of backward energy production this year, and some industries lag behind. The capacity phase-out even doubled. Among them, there were 21.13 million tons of steel (predetermined 10 million), 16.91 million tons of steelmaking (predetermined 6 million), 180.91 million tons of coke (predetermined 6 million), 1.621 million tons of ferroalloy (predetermined 700,000), and cement 7416 Ten thousand tons (predetermined 50 million). Moreover, the notice also increased and clarified the elimination of other backward production energy, including 466,800 tons of calcium carbide, 312,500 tons of electrolytic aluminum, 6 million tons of glass, 507,000 tons of paper, 355,000 tons of alcohol, 35,000 tons of MSG, and 8,000 tons of citric acid. Ton.
It is understood that although the elimination of the above-mentioned backward production capacity has no clear contribution to the emission reduction target, the government's determination to promote it is very strong.
Take cement as an example, which shows that the government has taken the heavy lifting.
An authoritative source close to the China Cement Association told the reporter that the scheme chosen by the government was to stop the construction of all unstarted projects before the end of September this year. This also applies to flat glass.
"As an industry management department, we feel pressured to respond positively and increase the elimination of backward production capacity." Jia Yinsong, Inspector of the Department of Raw Materials of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that it is a difficult problem to increase the elimination of obsolete execution power. Economic and market approaches, such as differential electricity prices, differential water prices, differential sewage charges, etc.
According to the reporter’s understanding, in addition to the above-mentioned “heavy punchesâ€, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is still formulating very strict “Entry Conditions for the Cement Industry†and the 2010-2012 Three-year Plan to completely eliminate outdated cement and flat plates that do not meet the requirements of industrial policies and environmental energy. Glass schedule, etc.
Which industry will be the next one to make adjustments.
Towards energy conservation and emission reduction measures
Just as developed countries and developing countries bargained in Copenhagen, the pace of China's domestic industrial restructuring also followed a tight one. Just yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promulgated the “Conditions for Access to Production and Management of Existing Iron and Steel Enterprises and Administrative Measures†for solicitation of opinions, and the “Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Reorganization of Iron and Steel Enterprises†has also entered the final stage and is not expected to be issued.