The National Development and Reform Commission organized a symposium on the rational use of energy by key industrial enterprises, China Aluminum Group and other key enterprises participated in the meeting

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on resolutely curbing the blind development of “two highs” projects and promoting green and low-carbon transitions, Premier Li Keqiang presided over the deployment of the State Council executive meeting and the National Energy Commission meeting on promoting energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation in key areas. In accordance with the work requirements of ensuring the stable operation of the economy and society, ensuring the safety of energy supply, and ensuring the people’s warmth through the winter, which was emphasized by Vice Premier Han Zheng during a discussion at the National Development and Reform Commission on October 19, the responsible comrade of the National Development and Reform Commission Presided over a symposium to study the rational use of energy in the industrial field and the work of ensuring supply and price stabilization. Relevant responsible comrades of key enterprises such as Sinopec, National Energy Group, China Baowu, Chinalco, China National Building Materials Group, Yantai Wanhua Chemical, Zhejiang Red Lion Cement, etc. attended the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that since September this year, the domestic power and coal supply and demand have continued to be tight, and some parts of the country have adopted orderly power consumption, and the phenomenon of “turning off the power supply” has appeared in some places, which has affected industrial production and even people’s livelihood. In accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, in coordination with relevant parties, will implement overall policies, take multiple measures simultaneously, adhere to the principle of marketization and rule of law, and continue to improve the incentive and restraint policies for energy conservation, starting from both ends of supply and demand, and proceed in an orderly manner. Carbon peaks, carbon neutrality, supply and price stability, and energy security work to promote the stable and healthy development of the energy industry, promote the stable operation of the economy, and maintain the overall stability of the society.

The meeting emphasized that the security of energy supply is related to the overall situation of development. It is necessary to accurately grasp the current energy supply and demand situation and do a good job in the management of rational and orderly energy use in the industrial field. First, we must insist on giving priority to people’s livelihood, further optimize the structure of energy use, and resolutely ensure that power rationing does not open the gate, and that power rationing is not limited to civilian use. When necessary, “not to protect the people”, and resolutely protect the people’s livelihood and public service energy demand. Second, we must ensure supply and price stability. Key industrial enterprises must strengthen their responsibilities, strengthen industry self-discipline, and consciously assume the main responsibility for industrial product supply and price stabilization in the face of market demand growth and tight energy supply, and organize daily production. And sales operations must not increase prices at will to ensure domestic supply. Third, we must use green electricity prices to guide energy conservation and consumption reduction, give full play to the leverage of electricity prices, improve green electricity price mechanisms such as differential electricity prices and tiered electricity prices, and increase market transaction electricity prices for high-energy-consuming companies without the 20% limit, and encourage energy-consuming companies to actively improve energy efficiency. , To accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity. Fourth, we must strictly regulate the construction and operation of the “two highs” projects, strictly investigate and deal with violations of regulations and approvals and construction behaviors, and increase market-based legal regulation through measures such as green electricity prices, energy conservation supervision, and environmental protection supervision and law enforcement, and guide the rational use of the “two highs” projects can. It is necessary to coordinate the layout of major productivity, strengthen the rigid implementation of petrochemical and other industrial planning, strictly implement the production capacity replacement policy of relevant industries, increase industry concentration, and avoid “blooming everywhere.” Fifth, we must classify and guide the technological transformation of energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries. It is necessary to conscientiously implement the “Several Opinions on Strict Energy Efficiency Restrictions to Promote Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Key Fields”, and solidly promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction technological transformation in eight key industries including steel, electrolytic aluminum, cement, flat glass, oil refining, ethylene, synthetic ammonia, and calcium carbide, and improve Industry energy efficiency level. Key industrial enterprises must actively fulfill their social responsibilities, give full play to their role as a “wind vane”, take the lead in carrying out energy-saving and carbon-reduction technological transformations, and lead the rational and orderly use of energy in this field.

The meeting requested that industrial enterprises should actively respond to the call of the state, earnestly fulfill their social responsibilities, consciously obey the overall national situation, obey the government’s power limit regulation and control instructions, give full play to the spirit of responsibility, strengthen analysis and judgment, and discover signs, tendencies, and potential problems in a timely manner. In order to ensure the warmth of the people through the winter, promote energy conservation, carbon reduction and green development in the industrial sector, and make new and greater contributions to achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.