Petrochemical industry needs to pay attention to energy saving and emission reduction and develop new technologies

As an important comprehensive industrial policy, the "Guidance Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2005 edition)" (referred to as "Catalogue (2005 edition)") has played an important role in advancing the structural adjustment of the petrochemical industry since its release. However, with the changes in the development environment, problems such as the unreasonable product structure existing in the industry, the disperse industrial layout, and the inability to independently innovate have become increasingly prominent. Based on this, the "Catalogue" is necessary to revise and improve the petrochemical industry encouraged, restricted, and eliminated items, to clarify the direction of industrial development and promote the healthy development of the industry.

It is understood that the revised Catalogue (2011) has more clearly defined encumbered, restricted, and eliminated categories, covers more comprehensively, and highlights the importance of energy-saving emission reduction, structural adjustment, and elimination of outdated production capacity.

Specifically, the Catalog (2011 edition) has the following main features:

The first is more in line with the actual development of the industry. In comparison with the 2005 edition, the number of petrochemical industry encouragement items has been revised from 27 revisions to 19, and the number of restricted items has been revised from 41 revisions to 13; the eliminated items have been made up of 60 ("backward production technology equipment" 29, "lagging products" "31" revisions were adjusted to 17 ("10 backward production equipment" and "7 backward products"). Due to the reclassification and induction of entries, the number of entries has been greatly reduced, but the contents contained in a single entry are more abundant, so the new directory has a wider coverage.

Compared to the 2005 edition, the 2011 edition encourages the development of high-end petrochemical products that are in short supply in the domestic market, such as high-performance fluorosilicon materials and engineering plastics; it also encourages the development of petrochemical products and technologies that are effective in energy saving, emission reduction, and emission reduction, such as being environmentally friendly. Pesticides, dyes, coatings, etc. Strictly limit petrochemical products with excess production capacity or potential surpluses, such as caustic soda and soda ash; more strictly limit high-energy-consuming and non-environmentally friendly petrochemical products, such as low-calcium roasting process ****, chlorohydrin propylene oxide, etc. . Resolutely eliminate petrochemical processes and products that seriously waste resources, energy, and endanger the ecological environment and human health.

The second is clear and accurate statements and strong operability. The new catalog minimizes the ambiguity expression, such as large-scale, high-quality, advanced, and so on, and quantified indicators. For example, the “environmentally friendly coating production” of the 2005 edition was revised to “waterborne woodware, industrial, marine coatings, high-solids, solvent-free, radiation-curable, functional exterior insulation coatings, and other environmentally friendly, resource-saving coatings production” .

In addition, the "Catalogue (2011 edition)" is more scientific and clearer in the revision of the encouraged, restricted, and eliminated categories in petrochemical industries.

In the revision of the Encouraged category, the Catalogue (2011 edition) focuses on enhancing resource support capabilities, promoting energy conservation and emission reductions, adjusting raw materials and product mix, and enhancing market supply capacity. The amendments to the encouraged items in this revision are relatively large, adding new content for the development of strategic emerging industries. Of these, 13 are related to the development of the seven strategic emerging industries advocated by the country and are the most added content in the new edition.

In the revision of restricted category items, the revision principles of the new directory restricted category items are mainly reflected in two aspects: First, strict industry access, and suppression of excess capacity. The second is to strengthen cleaner production and promote technological upgrading.

The revised principles for the elimination of items in the new catalogue are mainly reflected in two aspects: First, resolutely eliminate outdated technological equipment that seriously wastes resources and energy, destroys the ecological environment, and affects the implementation of international conventions. The second is to resolutely phase out petrochemical products that are not conducive to ecological and environmental protection, the health of the people, compliance with international conventions, and non-compliance with relevant industry requirements.