By 2030, green and low-carbon products will change from niche to mainstream

Our reporter Han Songyan

Cultivating green concepts and promoting green consumption are inherent requirements for promoting high-quality economic development, and are of great significance to achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality

Raise national awareness of conservation

Advancing food conservation and anti-food waste efforts

"Green consumption refers to the consumption behavior of all kinds of consumers who always implement the concept of green and low-carbon in the whole process of consumption activities

Ha Zengyou pointed out that the "Implementation Plan" is aimed at carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and puts forward the guiding ideology, working principles, main goals, key tasks and safeguard measures for promoting green consumption at present and in the future

In recent years, waste and unreasonable consumption still exist in some fields, and the demand for green consumption still needs to be stimulated and released

Liu Qiong, deputy director of the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that the "Implementation Plan" issued this time regards food conservation and anti-food waste as an important part of green consumption, and the first key task of the deployment is to "accelerate the improvement of food Green consumption level”, proposed to strengthen the whole chain of food conservation and loss reduction, clarify the responsibility requirements for various consumer entities, encourage green consumption, oppose extravagance and waste, and advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle

In recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant departments, has successively formulated and issued the "Work Plan for Food Conservation and Loss Reduction in the Whole Chain" and "Work Plan for Anti-Food Waste".

Wang Bin, deputy director of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that in response to food waste, the Ministry of Commerce has formulated policies and measures to stop food waste, and regulate the food consumption behavior of public institutions, catering service units, and social organizations

In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will further improve the working mechanism, establish a work ledger, regularly schedule progress, earnestly implement the "Implementation Plan for Promoting Green Consumption" and other documents, and urge local governments to follow the requirements of the Anti-Food Waste Law of the People's Republic of China.

System construction has achieved fruitful results

"Four intensifications" promote the formation of a green consumption atmosphere

"The Ministry of Commerce vigorously cultivates green circulation entities, publishes evaluation indicators for the establishment of green shopping malls, guides local governments to increase policy support, promotes the cultivation of green circulation entities to improve the quality and efficiency, and creates a group of green services that provide green services, guide green consumption, and implement energy conservation and emission reduction.

Wang Bin introduced that in terms of promoting the green development of e-commerce, the Ministry of Commerce has introduced measures to promote the green development of e-commerce enterprises, guiding e-commerce enterprises to save energy and increase efficiency, make green transformation of express packaging, and cultivate the green development ecology of e-commerce platforms

At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce has continuously strengthened the promotion of green consumption

"In order to facilitate consumers to identify and purchase green products, the State Administration for Market Regulation has issued a unified green product certification mark to drive the supply of green products through consumption

Bo Yumin said that in order to promote the adoption of green certified products, the State Administration for Market Regulation, in coordination with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the State Post Bureau and other departments, supports the introduction of green products by local governments in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai.

　　How to promote the effective implementation of the "Implementation Plan"? Ha Zengyou said that, as the leading department of the inter-ministerial joint meeting to improve the consumption promotion system and mechanism, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to implement it in accordance with the "four intensifications"

　　The first is to strengthen the implementation of responsibilities

　　The second is to strengthen incentives and constraints

　　The third is to strengthen demonstration and drive
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We will continue to extensively carry out actions such as creating energy-saving institutions, green families, green communities, and green travel, and encourage qualified regions and enterprises to take the lead and explore effective models and useful experiences
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As the Spring Festival is approaching, e-commerce platforms, large shopping malls, supermarkets and other distribution companies are encouraged to set up sales areas for green and low-carbon products
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　　The fourth is to strengthen publicity and promotion
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We will continue to promote green consumption publicity and education into institutions, schools, enterprises, communities, rural areas, and families, and guide activities such as grain saving, water saving, electricity saving and green shopping
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At the same time, it will also summarize and promote the successful experience and practices of various regions and departments in a timely manner, strive to create a strong atmosphere in which everyone supports green consumption and everyone participates in green consumption, and effectively enhances the public's ideological and action consciousness
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"China Food News" (01 edition on January 25, 2022)

　　(Editor in charge: Luo Chen)