Fu Xiangsheng: Scientifically define development space for petrochemical industry

The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 8th to 10th, setting the main tone for next year's economic work, that is, "steady words take the lead and seek progress while maintaining stability"
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Compared with previous years, this year's Central Economic Work Conference has two differences: First, it is held earlier
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This shows that the Party Central Committee's early prediction of the economic situation and economic work -- there are positive factors in predicting the economic work next year, but the environment facing it is more complicated, the challenges are more severe, and the downward pressure is greater
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Therefore, the early convening this year not only reflects the central government's great importance to the overall economic work, but also reflects the early research, early deployment and early implementation
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Second, this year's economic work will have spirit and deployment, with clear goals and precise requirements
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In terms of the petrochemical industry, a new decision that the industry is most concerned about is that "new renewable energy and raw material energy consumption are not included in the total energy consumption control".

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As a basic industry and an important pillar industry for producing chemicals and new materials from fossil resources, most of the petroleum, natural gas, and coal consumed by the petrochemical industry are transformed into irreversible national economy.
The missing product is not burned as fuel and therefore not converted into carbon dioxide emissions
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Therefore, it is scientific and factual to distinguish raw coal from fuel coal scientifically and rigorously
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This will not only make room for the scientific development of the petrochemical industry, but will also avoid “one size fits all” regulation in some places
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Of course, in view of the basic industry and resource-based industry attributes of petrochemicals, we cannot simply think that this is an opportunity for the great development of the industry, let alone that "coal chemical industry is about to take off again"
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We must have this understanding and maintain this sobriety: new decisions are indeed opportunities and benefits for healthy and sustainable development for new chemical materials, high-performance composite materials, and high-end chemicals; but for products with high energy consumption and high emissions, Especially for bulk basic chemicals with overcapacity, new construction and expansion must be resolutely prohibited
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According to the requirements of the "Notice of Energy Efficiency Benchmarking Level and Benchmark Level (2021 Edition) in Key Fields of High Energy-consuming Industries", outdated processes and outdated production capacity whose energy efficiency cannot reach the benchmark level or above will be given certain transformations on the premise of ensuring the safety of the industrial chain During the transition period of upgrading, those that still do not reach the benchmark level or above must be resolutely eliminated
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For this year's Central Economic Work Conference, another formulation that is generally concerned by the industry is the transition from "double control" of energy consumption to "double control" of total carbon emissions and intensity
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This reflects the precise policy of the Party Central Committee on economic work
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In the past, the "dual control" of energy consumption, that is, "dual control of total energy consumption and consumption intensity", was neither scientific nor rigorous enough
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First, for petrochemical enterprises, the crude oil consumed by refining and chemical enterprises and most of the coal consumed by coal chemical enterprises have almost become petrochemical products and products such as fertilizers, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-ethylene glycol, etc.
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Drain, drain
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In the past, the general control of total energy consumption restricted the construction of new installations in many advanced enterprises
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Many good new projects, especially new chemical materials and fine chemical projects, are not approved or built because there is no energy consumption index, which directly restricts the development of a large number of advanced and high-end new projects and new products, and the optimization and transformation of the petrochemical industry structure.
Upgrading is also restricted
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Second, there was a serious problem in the past: some companies in the chemical park purchased steam and electricity, which must be converted into the energy consumption index of the company; while the central heating company in the park has calculated the energy Consumption, the power supply company that purchased electricity has also calculated the energy consumption
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The general "total control of energy consumption" has caused double-counting of energy in some areas, which is not accurate enough
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This economic work conference clarifies the transition from "double control" of energy consumption to "double control" of carbon emissions, which is the deepening and specific of the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Completely, Accurately and Comprehensively Implementing the New Development Concept and Doing Carbon Neutral Work" It will change the past practice of general estimation and simple decision-making, and will more accurately support and promote the high-quality development of enterprises and the national economy
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Learning from the spirit of this year's Economic Work Conference, we feel that the strategic goal of "doubling the total economic volume or per capita income by 2035" proposed by the Party Central Committee is achievable! With the precise guidance of this Central Economic Work Conference, we are even more confident about it!