People.com.cn:

We noted that since last year, the MIIT and other relevant departments have rolled out implementation plans for carbon dioxide peaking in the industrial sector and related key industries like non-ferrous metals and building materials. What is the focus of this year's relevant work? And what steps will be taken next to promote the green transformation of manufacturing? Thank you.

Jin Zhuanglong:

Thank you for your question, which has attracted much attention both at home and abroad. I would like to invite Mr. Xin to answer it.

Xin Guobin:

Let me answer your question. Green and low-carbon development is the big trend in global sustainable development. To accelerate green and low-carbon industrial development is an important measure in boosting a new type of industrialization for China. Since last year, the MIIT has fully implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and worked with related departments in rolling out the implementation plans of carbon dioxide peaking in the industrial sector and the key industries of steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, and building materials. This has helped preliminarily establish a policy framework system for promoting green industrial development. This year, the MIIT's efforts will focus on implementing these plans one by one. We will work hard in the following four aspects:

First, we will promote green manufacturing. We will research, formulate, and issue guidelines for accelerating green development in the manufacturing sector, provide specific guidance for different categories, and implement targeted policies for different industries. We will establish a dynamically upgraded green technology catalog and project library, accelerate the popularization and application of advanced technologies, and boost green upgrading and reconstruction in industries such as iron and steel, building materials, light industry, and textiles. The work in this area is crucial, as Mr. Jin mentioned earlier when answering the first question, traditional industries lay the foundation for our modern industrial system. Those key sectors are of great significance to promoting green and low-carbon development across the whole industry. We will also improve a graded cultivation mechanism; fully pursue green designs for industrial products; foster a batch of green factories, industrial parks, and supply chains; further develop green manufacturing service providers; and intensify efforts to revise relevant standards and regulations.

Second, we will launch a special campaign for industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction. We will deepen energy-saving supervision and diagnostic services. Our target for this year is to complete energy-saving supervisions for 3,000 industrial enterprises and energy-saving diagnoses for more than 1,000 specialized and sophisticated enterprises that produce new and unique products. We will promote high-quality development of the electric arc furnace steel-making process to drive the electrification of the industrial processes. We will establish public service platforms for reaching peak CO2 emissions and carbon neutrality goals; launch pilot projects, including industrial green microgrids and digital carbon-managing systems; and further create typical application scenarios to accelerate green, digitalized, and coordinated transformation. Meanwhile, we will also strengthen benchmarking for energy efficiency and intensify technological reconstruction in key industries to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

Third, we will improve the quality and efficiency of comprehensive resource utilization. We will further enhance battery recycling and utilization systems for new energy vehicles, promote full traceability management, strengthen the standardized management of renewable resources such as scrap steel and waste paper, and cultivate over 100 key enterprises for comprehensive utilization. We aim to achieve a scrap iron and steel utilization of 265 million tons in 2023. We will work hard to make breakthroughs in utilizing complex and difficult-to-use industrial solid waste such as phosphogypsum and actively expand channels for its comprehensive utilization. Furthermore, we will also focus on steel, petrochemical, chemical, and other key water-intensive industries to carry out pilot projects for wastewater recycling.

Fourth, we will focus on cultivating new drivers of green growth. We will further strengthen the new energy vehicle industry, innovate and develop green aircraft, and promote electric, green, and intelligent upgrading of inland vessels. We will comprehensively enhance the supply capabilities of photovoltaics and lithium batteries, accelerate the building of a standardized industrial system, and promote the innovation and application of intelligent photovoltaics in industrial, construction, transportation, and communication sectors. At the same time, we will also vigorously develop the hydrogen energy and environmental protection equipment industries, as well as research and industrialization of new bio-based materials. Through these efforts, we will further achieve our green development goals for this year. That concludes my answer. Thank you.