The National Development and Reform Commission and other four departments issued the "Implementation Guidelines for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Transformation and Upgrading in Key Areas of High Energy-consuming Industries (2022 Edition)"

On February 11, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "Implementation Guidelines for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Transformation and Upgrading in Key Areas of High Energy-consuming Industries (2022 Edition)" (hereinafter referred to as """ Guide")

The "Guide" clearly states that for enterprises whose energy efficiency is at the benchmark level, especially below the benchmark level, the advanced technology and equipment proposed in this Implementation Guide, the Green Technology Promotion Catalogue, the Recommended Catalogue of Industrial Energy-saving Technologies, and the "Energy Efficiency Star" Equipment Product Catalogue should be actively promoted.

Guide key enterprises to give full play to their advantages in capital, talent and technology, voluntarily and independently carry out mergers and acquisitions in this field through methods such as improving the superior and eliminating the inferior and replacing production capacity.

The "Guide" emphasizes the strict implementation of relevant laws and regulations on energy conservation, environmental protection, quality, and safety technology, as well as policies such as the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog", and eliminates outdated process technologies and production equipment that do not meet the requirements of green and low-carbon transformation and development in accordance with laws and regulations

The "Guide" covers oil refining, ethylene, p-xylene, modern coal chemical industry, synthetic ammonia, calcium carbide, caustic soda, soda ash, ammonium phosphate, yellow phosphorus, cement, flat glass, building and sanitary ceramics, steel, coking, ferroalloy, non-ferrous metal smelting, etc.