Assist in achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality with the release of the "14th Five Year Plan" for industrial green development

On December 3rd, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on the "14th Five Year Plan for Industrial Green Development".

The "Plan" points out that the "14th Five Year Plan" period is a critical and window period for China to address climate change and achieve carbon peak goals, as well as a key five-year period for industry to achieve green and low-carbon transformation. In the face of new situations, new tasks, and new requirements, we must elevate our political stance, face difficulties head-on, overcome them, and firmly adhere to the high-quality development path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon.

The "Plan" emphasizes that the green development of industry during the 14th Five Year Plan period should be led by the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, with the overall focus on reducing pollution, carbon reduction, and enhancing efficiency. It should coordinate development with green and low-carbon transformation, deeply implement green manufacturing, accelerate industrial structure optimization and upgrading, vigorously promote industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction, comprehensively improve resource utilization efficiency, actively promote clean production transformation, enhance the supply capacity of green and low-carbon technologies, green products, and services, and build a modern industrial pattern that promotes and deeply integrates industrial green and low-carbon transformation and industrial empowerment of green development, supporting the timely achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

Assist in achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality with the release of the "14th Five Year Plan" for industrial green development

Author: Published on December 9, 2021

On December 3rd, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on the "14th Five Year Plan for Industrial Green Development".

The "Plan" points out that the "14th Five Year Plan" period is a critical and window period for China to address climate change and achieve carbon peak goals, as well as a key five-year period for industry to achieve green and low-carbon transformation. In the face of new situations, new tasks, and new requirements, we must elevate our political stance, face difficulties head-on, overcome them, and firmly adhere to the high-quality development path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon.

The "Plan" emphasizes that the green development of industry during the 14th Five Year Plan period should be led by the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, with the overall focus on reducing pollution, carbon reduction, and enhancing efficiency. It should coordinate development with green and low-carbon transformation, deeply implement green manufacturing, accelerate industrial structure optimization and upgrading, vigorously promote industrial energy conservation and carbon reduction, comprehensively improve resource utilization efficiency, actively promote clean production transformation, enhance the supply capacity of green and low-carbon technologies, green products, and services, and build a modern industrial pattern that promotes and deeply integrates industrial green and low-carbon transformation and industrial empowerment of green development, supporting the timely achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

By 2025, significant achievements will be made in the green and low-carbon transformation of industrial structure and production methods. Green and low-carbon technology and equipment will be widely applied, energy and resource utilization efficiency will be significantly improved, and the level of green manufacturing will be comprehensively enhanced, laying a solid foundation for achieving carbon peak in the industrial sector by 2030. Among them, the carbon emission intensity continues to decline, and the carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial added value decrease by 18%. Energy efficiency has steadily improved, and the energy consumption per unit of added value of industrial enterprises above designated size has decreased by 13.5%. The level of resource utilization has significantly improved, with a comprehensive utilization rate of 57% for bulk industrial solid waste and a recycling and utilization volume of 480 million tons of major renewable resources per unit