On February 29, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments issued the "Guidance on Accelerating the Greening of the Manufacturing Industry", pointing out that it is necessary to accelerate the mending of the green and low-carbon shortcomings and weaknesses of the emerging industries. Focusing on the bottlenecks restricting the green development of emerging industries, accelerate the mending of shortcomings and weaknesses, and strive to solve the worries of the sustainable development of emerging industries. In the field of new-generation information technology, guide data centers to expand the proportion of green energy utilization, promote the application of low-power chips and other technical products, and explore the construction of a market-oriented green low-carbon computing power application system. In the field of new energy, accelerate the research and development and industrialization application of new solid waste comprehensive utilization technology such as waste photovoltaic modules and wind turbine blades.
The document also points out that, by closely focusing on the green consumption needs of all areas of society, such as energy production, transportation and urban and rural construction, it will increase the supply of green products, cultivate a new model for the deep integration of supply and demand, and realize synergies between supply and demand, so as to support the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society. Comprehensively implement green design for industrial products, apply product design concepts and methods with prominent green attributes, such as harmlessness, intensification, reduction, low-carbonization and recycling, and build a green product supply system for the entire chain of industrial fields, from basic raw materials to end consumer products. It has accelerated the establishment and improvement of green product standards, labeling and certification systems covering major industrial sectors, studied and increased government procurement of green products, and popularized the application of photovoltaic and solar-thermal products, new-energy vehicles and vessels, green building materials and other green products.
The original text follows:
Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Greening of the Manufacturing Industry
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Joint Section [2024] No. 26
Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and municipalities separately listed on the plan, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the competent departments of industry and information technology, Development and Reform Commission, Department (Bureau) of Finance, Department (Bureau) of Ecology and Environment, the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the branches of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and municipalities directly under the central government and municipalities directly under the central government and municipalities directly listed on the plan, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Bureau of Market Supervision of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (Department and Commission), relevant centralized enterprises:
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, promote the green development of manufacturing industry, forge new industrial competitive advantages in the process of implementing the carbon peak carbon neutral target tasks, accelerate the construction of a modernized industrial system, and promote the new type of industrialization, the following opinions are put forward.
I. General requirements
(i) Guiding philosophy
Guided by Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, based on the new development stage, fully, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, focusing on promoting high-quality development, taking the realization of the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as a lead, transforming and upgrading traditional industries, consolidating and upgrading the advantaged industries, accelerating the development of new industries with a green and high starting point, and forward-looking Layout of future industries in green and low-carbon fields, cultivation of green digitalization and service integration and development of new business forms, establishment of a sound system of technology, policies, standards and benchmarking to support the green development of the manufacturing industry, promotion of high-end industrial structure, low-carbon energy consumption, recycling of resources, cleaner production process, digitalization of the manufacturing process, and greening of the supply of products for the all-round transformation, construction of a new engine of green growth, forging new advantages of green competition, and polishing the new type of industries. It will build a new engine of green growth, forge new advantages in green competition, and polish the ecological undertone of new industrialization.
(ii) Main objectives
By 2030, the green and low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry will be effective, the overall green development level of traditional industries will jump up, the industrial structure and layout will be significantly optimized, the proportion of green and low-carbon energy utilization will be significantly increased, the level of comprehensive utilization of resources will be steadily improved, the intensity of pollutants and carbon emissions will be significantly reduced, and the total amount of carbon emissions will be peaked, the role of green growth engine of emerging industries will be more prominent, the scale of the quality of the industry will be further improved, and the proportion of green and low-carbon industries will be significantly increased. low-carbon industries, the proportion of low-carbon industries has been significantly increased, green integration of new business forms has continued to emerge, the basic capacity for green development has been significantly improved, the green and low-carbon competitiveness has been further enhanced, and green development has become a solid foundation for the promotion of new-type industrialization.
By 2035, the endogenous impetus for green development of the manufacturing industry will be significantly enhanced, carbon emissions will decrease steadily after reaching the peak, the carbon neutral capacity will be steadily improved, the green and low-carbon competitive advantages in the global industrial chain supply chain will be highlighted, and green development will become the universal form of new industrialization.
II. Accelerating the green, low-carbon transformation and upgrading of traditional industries
(c) Promoting the green, low-carbon optimization and restructuring of traditional industries. Accelerating the optimization and adjustment of the product structure, energy-using structure and raw material structure of traditional industries, as well as the re-engineering of technological processes, so as to enhance the status and competitiveness in the global division of labor. Implement the action of "increasing varieties, improving quality and creating brands", promote the upgrading of products in the direction of high-end, intelligent, green and integrated, and promote the formation of a supply system with richer varieties, more stable quality and more influential brands. Build a clean, efficient and low-carbon industrial energy consumption structure, implement coal quality grading clean and efficient use of action, and orderly promote the key energy-using industries to reduce the amount of coal substitution; encourage enterprises and parks with the conditions to build industrial green microgrids, promote the efficient and complementary use of multi-energy, and large-scale and high proportion of the use of renewable energy; accelerate the promotion of the terminal electrification of energy, broaden the field of electricity substitution, and enhance the green power consumption and consumption ratio. Proportion. Promote the substitution of raw materials such as green hydrogen, low (no) volatile organic compounds, renewable resources and industrial solid waste, enhance the supply capacity of raw materials such as natural gas, ethane and propane, and increase the proportion of green and low-carbon raw materials. Promote short-flow process technologies in the iron and steel, petrochemical and chemical, non-ferrous metal, textile and machinery industries. Improve the long-term mechanism for resolving overcapacity by marketization and rule of law, and promote the withdrawal of backward production capacity in accordance with the law. By 2030, the recycling volume of major renewable resources will reach 510 million tons, the comprehensive utilization rate of bulk industrial solid waste will reach 62%, the proportion of electrolytic aluminum using renewable energy will reach more than 30%, the proportion of short-flow steelmaking will reach more than 20%, and short-flow synthesis technologies such as one-step synthesis of syngas for olefins and ethanol will be applied on a large scale.
(d) Accelerating the green and low-carbon technological transformation of traditional industries. Regularly updating and releasing green and low-carbon technology-oriented catalogs for the manufacturing industry, selecting and promoting key common technologies with high maturity, good economy and remarkable green effects, and promoting the comprehensive implementation of a new round of green and low-carbon technological transformation and upgrading of enterprises, parks and key industries. Support large-scale enterprises to implement systematic transformation and upgrading of the whole process around the green and low-carbon transformation needs of the whole life cycle, such as product design, manufacturing, logistics, use, recycling and so on. Give full play to the role of the main chain of enterprises to help small and medium-sized enterprises upstream and downstream of the industry chain to identify the green and low-carbon transformation of short boards, planned and step-by-step organization and implementation of technological transformation. Encourage industrial parks and industrial clusters to meet the requirements for the construction of green industrial parks, carry out the overall transformation and upgrading of the layout and clustering, structural greening and ecological linkage, and organize the enterprises in the parks to continuously implement green and low-carbon technological transformation. Supporting industry associations to formulate transformation and upgrading plans for key industries, encouraging localities to carry out environmental protection performance to create A action, and enhancing the level of environmental protection and governance in the industry.
(e) Guiding the optimization of regional green and low-carbon layouts. Adhering to the national overall plan, comprehensively considering regional industrial foundation, resource endowment, environmental carrying capacity and other factors, and promoting the formation of a new pattern of clustering and differentiated green and low-carbon transformation of traditional industries. Implementing major regional strategic positioning such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Cooperative Development, Yangtze River Economic Belt Development, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction, Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development, Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development, combining green development and industrial transformation, and strengthening inter-regional industrial division of labor and cooperation, scientific and technological synergistic innovation, and optimal allocation of factors. It will give full play to regional characteristics and advantages, comprehensively balance factors such as productivity, energy, resources and market demand, and support central and western and northeastern regions to undertake industrial transfers in an orderly manner, avoiding low-level duplicative construction. Strictly implement the requirements of ecological and environmental zoning control, and promote the transfer of high-energy-carrying industries to the western regions with advantages in clean energy in a steady and orderly manner, on the premise of meeting the requirements of environmental protection, energy consumption, water consumption, production safety and other standards. Strict project access, resolutely curbing high energy consumption, high emissions, low-level projects blindly on the horse. Promote the green synergy and enhancement of regional industries, focusing on the development of steel and chemical cogeneration, refining and chemical integration, forest-pulp-paper integration, carbon sequestration and other modes of industrial coupling, as well as metallurgy and building materials and other industries, such as the coordinated disposal of domestic garbage, heat supply to the townspeople and other modes of integration of the industry and the city, and to encourage the conditional areas to strengthen the coupling of resources and recycling, and to accelerate the construction of the "no-waste enterprise Encourage areas with the necessary conditions to strengthen resource coupling and recycling, and accelerate the construction of "waste-free enterprises", "waste-free parks" and "waste-free cities".
III. Promoting the green, low-carbon and high-starting point development of emerging industries
(vi) Accelerating the mending of green and low-carbon short boards and weak points of emerging industries. Focusing on the bottlenecks restricting the green development of emerging industries, we will accelerate the mending of shortcomings and weaknesses, and endeavor to solve the worries about the sustainable development of emerging industries. In the field of new-generation information technology, guide data centers to expand the proportion of green energy utilization, promote the application of low-power chips and other technical products, and explore the construction of a market-oriented green low-carbon computing power application system. In the field of new energy, accelerate the research and development and industrialization application of new solid waste comprehensive utilization technologies such as waste photovoltaic modules and wind turbine blades. In the field of new energy vehicles, improve the comprehensive utilization system of waste power batteries, and promote standardized recycling and graded resource utilization. In the field of new materials, it will carry out the intensive utilization of co-associated minerals and tailings, large-scale utilization of industrial solid waste, high-value utilization of renewable resources and other technological research and development and application, and enhance the ability to safeguard strategic mineral resources such as rare earths and rare metals. In the field of high-end equipment, it will accelerate the innovation and industrialization application of key remanufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing, flexible molding, non-destructive testing and dismantling, and promote the remanufacturing of equipment with high technological content and high value-addedness. In the field of environmental protection equipment, strengthen the key core technology research and development for new pollutant management and other new needs. In the field of aerospace, actively develop new energy aircraft such as electric aircraft. In the field of ships and marine engineering equipment, accelerate the development and demonstration application of green and intelligent ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, batteries and other forms of power, and promote the pilot electrification and transformation projects for inland waterways and offshore ships.
(vii) Efforts will be made to forge a long-term advantage in green and low-carbon industries. Based on the huge market space brought about by the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society, we will vigorously develop green and low-carbon industries, and increase the proportion of green and low-carbon industries, such as green environmental protection, new-energy equipment and new-energy vehicles. Encourage regions with a good industrial foundation and prominent clustering characteristics to optimize the layout of the industrial chain, gather all kinds of resources and elements, improve the governance capacity of clusters, promote the development of industries from agglomeration to cluster development, and cultivate the formation of a number of advanced manufacturing clusters with international competitiveness in the field of green and low-carbon industries. Strengthen the division of labor in the green and low-carbon industrial chain, support leading enterprises to strive for the creation of manufacturing enterprises, accelerate industrial chain extension and chain strengthening, create a number of manufacturing single champion enterprises in the key links of the industrial chain, and cultivate a number of specialized, special and new "small giants", and strive to enhance the competitiveness of the whole industrial chain. Promote the deep integration of industrial Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, 5G and other emerging technologies with green and low-carbon industries, explore the formation of technologically advanced and commercially viable application modes, and form new momentum for industrial growth.
(viii) Forward-looking layout of future industries in the green and low-carbon fields. Focusing on the needs of the energy revolution and industrial change under the "dual-carbon" goal, we will plan and layout the development of future energy and future manufacturing industries, such as hydrogen energy, energy storage, bio-manufacturing, and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). Focusing on the demand for hydrogen in petrochemical and chemical industries, iron and steel, transportation, energy storage, power generation, etc., the company will build a whole industrial chain of technology and equipment systems for hydrogen energy production, storage, transmission and use, and improve the technical economy and industrial chain completeness of hydrogen energy. Focusing on various application scenarios of energy storage in power supply side, grid side, user side and other power systems, develop new energy storage multi-technology, create a matrix of energy storage technology products required by new power systems, and realize the large-scale application of energy storage in multiple time scales. Utilizing the environmentally friendly advantages of biomanufacturing, such as strong selectivity, high productivity and low waste, focusing on the fields of light fermentation, medicine, chemical industry, agriculture and food, establishing a technology system for creating core strains and key enzymes for biomanufacturing. Focusing on the improvement of energy efficiency and cost reduction in the whole life cycle of CCUS technology, we will carry out research and development and demonstration of technologies such as the coupling of CCUS and industrial processes and the utilization of carbon dioxide bioconversion.
IV. Fostering new forms of green integration in manufacturing
(ix) Promoting the deep integration of digitization and greening. Give full play to the enabling role of digital technology in improving resource efficiency, environmental efficiency and management effectiveness, and accelerate the collaborative digital and green transformation of production methods. Deepen the collaborative application of digitization and greening in product research and development and design, establish a green and low-carbon basic database for the entire life cycle of products by industry, and develop tools such as full-life-cycle evaluation and digital twin systems. Expand the typical application scenarios of "new generation information technology + green low-carbon" in the whole process of production and manufacturing for key industries, and improve total factor productivity. It will give full play to the advantages of blockchain, big data, cloud computing and other technologies, establish a traceability system for recycling and utilization, and promote the new model of "industrial Internet + recycling and utilization of renewable resources". Accelerating the establishment of a digital carbon management system, encouraging enterprises and parks to collaborate in promoting the collection and monitoring of energy data and carbon emission data, intelligent analysis and fine management. Promote the software packaging of green and low-carbon technologies, and support the development of special software, big data models and industrial APPs in the field of green and low-carbon.
(j) Promoting the deep integration of green manufacturing and modern service industries. Following the trend of deep integration of modern service industries and manufacturing industries, it will further promote service-oriented manufacturing in green and low-carbon areas and build a high-quality and efficient green manufacturing service system. Guide large enterprises to utilize their experience in product green design, green supply chain management, and implementation of the extended producer responsibility system to provide green enhancement services for upstream and downstream enterprises. Encourage green low-carbon equipment manufacturing enterprises to change from providing "products" to providing "products + services". Actively cultivate specialized green and low-carbon public service platforms and service institutions, develop and promote green manufacturing solutions, and provide services such as green diagnosis, measurement and testing, R&D and design, integration and application, operation and management, inspection and testing, evaluation and certification, and personnel training. Deepen green financial service innovation, guide financial institutions to standardize supply chain financial services in supply chain scenarios, and provide green low-carbon transformation financing services for enterprises upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.
(xi) Promoting the deep integration of green consumer demand and green product supply. Focusing closely on green consumption demand in various areas of society, such as energy production, transportation and urban and rural construction, it will increase the supply of green products, cultivate new modes of deep integration of supply and demand, and realize synergies between supply and demand to support the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society. Comprehensively implement green design for industrial products, apply product design concepts and methods with prominent green attributes, such as harmlessness, intensification, reduction, low-carbonization and recycling, and build a green product supply system for the entire chain of industrial fields, from basic raw materials to end consumer products. It has accelerated the establishment and improvement of green product standards, labeling and certification systems covering major industrial sectors, studied and increased government procurement of green products, and popularized the application of photovoltaic and solar thermal products, new energy vehicles and vessels, green building materials and other green products. Large-scale retail enterprises and e-commerce platforms are encouraged to enrich green consumption scenarios, optimize the environment for purchase and use, and establish incentive mechanisms for purchase and sale.
V. Enhancing the basic capacity for green development of the manufacturing sector
(xii) Building a green and low-carbon technological innovation system. Guided by the need to meet market demand, it will integrate the deployment of green and low-carbon technology research and development, transformation and application, and main body cultivation, guide all kinds of innovative elements to gather in the green and low-carbon field, and realize the transformation of innovation efficiency into a new competitive advantage for the industry. Relying on industrial foundation reconstruction projects and major technology and equipment research projects, we will orderly push forward the key basic materials, basic components and subversive technologies closely related to green and low-carbon transformation, and accelerate the breakthroughs of a number of iconic major equipment, such as green electric power equipment, rail transportation and construction machinery. Strengthening the status of enterprises as the main body of scientific and technological innovation, and fostering scientific and technological leaders in the field of green and low-carbon enterprises, and specialized, special and new "small giant" enterprises. Accelerate the construction of innovation consortia and original technology sources in key green and low-carbon fields. Build a number of national industrial measurement and testing centers in the iron and steel, petrochemical and chemical industries, home appliances and other industries, and carry out research and development of green and low-carbon key measurement technologies and equipment. Layout construction of green low-carbon manufacturing innovation centers, experimental verification platforms and pilot platforms to accelerate the engineering and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements. Improve the mechanism of technology application and promotion, organize the development of supply and demand docking guide, and carry out technology exchange activities.
(xiii) Improve the policy system for green development. Guided by precision, synergy and sustainability, it will improve fiscal, taxation, financial, investment and pricing policies to support green development, innovate the way policies are implemented, and gradually establish a long-term mechanism to promote the greening of the manufacturing industry. Through the existing financial funding channels, focus on supporting green low-carbon major technology and equipment research and development, green low-carbon industrial infrastructure construction and other directions and fields. Give full play to the role of the national industry integration platform, relying on the expansion of manufacturing medium- and long-term loan investment special working mechanism, the establishment of a sound financial resources to support the green and low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry, the establishment of a green and low-carbon technological transformation project library and benchmarking enterprise library, to increase the green financial and transformation of the financial support efforts, and to make good use of the carbon emission reduction support tools, such as the structural monetary policy tools. Encourage the existing government investment funds to cultivate and incubate new industries, new forms and new modes in the green and low-carbon fields in accordance with market-oriented methods. Give full play to the positive incentives of tax preferential policies, implement tax preferential policies for the promotion and application of green technologies and the saving and recycling of resources, and ensure that eligible market players enjoy all the benefits they are entitled to. Improve the industrial energy-saving management system, improve relevant policies and regulations, and urge enterprises to strengthen compliance construction and rationalize energy use in accordance with the law. Considering the level of energy consumption and environmental protection performance, improve the ladder electricity pricing system and water pricing policy. Improve the supporting system of the national carbon emissions trading market, study the orderly expansion of the coverage of the industry, and coordinate the promotion of carbon emissions trading, energy rights trading, green power and green certificate trading and other market construction.
(xiv) Improving the green and low-carbon standards system. It will strengthen the top-level design and normative management of standards, promote the convergence of various types of standards at all levels, and strengthen the implementation and application assessment of standards. It will give full play to the roles of relevant standardization and technology organizations, accelerate the formulation of national standards, industry standards and group standards for basic general carbon emissions, accounting and reporting, low-carbon technologies and equipment, etc., in accordance with the principles of demand-orientation, advanced applicability and urgency, and complete the formulation and revision of more than 500 urgently needed standards for carbon peaking by 2030. Continuously improve the standards for energy conservation, water conservation, comprehensive utilization of resources and environmental protection equipment, steadily upgrade the standards for green factories, green products, green industrial parks and green supply chains, and synergistically push forward the standards in the field of digitally empowered green and low-carbon. We will strengthen the research and comparative analysis of international standards, promote the transformation and application of advanced international standards in China, actively participate in the formulation of international standards and rules, and promote the transformation of China's green and low-carbon standards into international standards.
(xv) Optimize the green low-carbon benchmarking cultivation system. Give full play to the leading role of green low-carbon benchmarking, build a green manufacturing "comprehensive benchmarking" and segmented "single benchmark" linking the benchmarking cultivation system, to create a manufacturing industry green development leading force. The company will formulate green factory gradient cultivation and management methods, give full play to the fundamental and guiding role of green factories in the green and low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry, vertically form a green factory cultivation mechanism linking the three levels of the country, province and city, and horizontally create green factories through green industrial parks and green supply chain management enterprises to drive the creation of green factories in the parks and upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain. By 2030, the output value of green factories at all levels will account for more than 40% of the total output value of the manufacturing industry, and green factories will be encouraged to further explore the potential of energy saving and carbon reduction, and create "zero-carbon" factories. In-depth cultivation of green design demonstration enterprises for industrial products will be carried out, and green low-carbon paths and solutions will be continuously explored. Continuously selecting and releasing energy-efficiency "frontrunners", water-efficiency "frontrunners", renewable resources standardized enterprises, environmental protection equipment standardized enterprises, industrial wastewater recycling pilot enterprise parks, etc., to explore the potential of energy and resource conservation from the entire industrial process.
VI. Organization and implementation
(p) Strengthening coordination. It will strengthen inter-departmental coordination and cooperation, promote the formation of work synergies, and coordinate the resolution of major issues. It will increase the guidance and assessment of local green and low-carbon industry cultivation, technological transformation and upgrading, and carbon peaks in the industrial sector, and encourage innovative support policies in the light of actual practice, and reasonably set up policy transition periods. Relevant industry associations, professional think tanks and third-party organizations will actively play a bridging role, promote the promotion of green and low-carbon technologies, products and services, and assist in the green and low-carbon development of key industries and important areas.
(xvii) Deepening international cooperation. Utilizing existing bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, it will strengthen the exchange and docking of green development strategies, planning, policies, standards and conformity assessment. Deepen exchanges and cooperation with other countries in green technology, green products, green equipment, green services and product carbon footprint management, promote the orderly export of China's new energy, new-energy vehicles, green environmental protection and other technologies and equipment, and encourage the construction of Chinese-foreign cooperative green industrial parks in places with the conditions in China, so as to contribute to the development of global green development in China.
(xviii) Strengthening talent training. It supports universities and research institutes to set up urgently needed and scarce specialties in the field of green and low-carbon, and encourages enterprises to carry out "order-type" training of talents with universities and research institutes. Relying on the Manufacturing Talent Support Program, the Engineer Excellence Fire Plan and various high-level talent programs, the introduction and cultivation of high-level talents in the field of green and low-carbon at home and abroad. Support localities to carry out vocational skills training in the green and low-carbon field.
(xix) Do a good job of publicity and guidance. Organize and carry out activities such as National Ecology Day, Environment Day, Energy Conservation Awareness Week, Low Carbon Day, China Water Week, etc., strengthen various types of media, public welfare organizations to guide public opinion, increase the greening of the manufacturing industry to develop relevant policies and regulations, advanced technologies, typical cases of publicity, and promote a number of advanced experience and initiatives that can be learned from and can be copied.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Ecology and the Environment (MEP)
People's Bank of China
State Council State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC)
PRC State Administration of Market Supervision (SACM)
February 5, 2024
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