By 2025, the output value of China's resource recycling industry will reach 5 trillion yuan-a


  large space for the development of circular economy (Rui Finance)

  Improve the traceability management system for the recycling and utilization of power batteries for new energy vehicles. By 2025, the scale of recyclable express packaging applications will reach 10 million, and the output value of the remanufacturing industry will reach 200 billion yuan... In order to further promote the development of circular economy, the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued The "Fourteenth Five-Year" Circular Economy Development Plan puts forward a series of specific goals and tasks.

Relevant persons pointed out that my country's need to develop a circular economy, improve resource utilization efficiency and renewable resource utilization levels is very urgent, and there is huge space.

The "Plan" issued this time focuses on the overall improvement of resource utilization efficiency, and puts forward the main tasks around the three major areas of industry, social life, and agriculture. It will help establish and improve the green and low-carbon circular development economic system, and contribute to the sustainable development of the economy and society. Provide resource guarantee.

  Main resource output rate increased by about 26%

  Circular economy takes the efficient utilization and recycling of resources as the core, takes "reduction, reuse, and resource utilization" as the principle, and takes low consumption, low emission, and high efficiency as the basic characteristics.

According to the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's circular economy has achieved remarkable results.

  According to data from the National Development and Reform Commission, compared with 2015, my country’s main resource output rate will increase by about 26% in 2020, energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) will continue to fall sharply, and water consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by 28%.

In 2020, the comprehensive utilization rate of crop straw will reach over 86%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste will reach 56%.

The utilization capacity of renewable resources has been significantly enhanced. In 2020, the comprehensive utilization rate of construction waste will reach 50%; the utilization of waste paper is about 54.9 million tons; the utilization of scrap steel is about 260 million tons, which replaces about 410 million tons of 62% grade iron ore; recycled non-ferrous metals The output is 14.5 million tons, accounting for 23.5% of the total domestic output of 10 non-ferrous metals, of which the output of recycled copper, recycled aluminum and recycled lead are 3.25 million tons, 7.4 million tons, and 2.4 million tons, respectively.

  The above-mentioned person in charge stated that vigorously developing a circular economy can effectively reduce the processing and manufacturing steps of products, extend the life cycle of materials and products, improve the carbon storage capacity of products, and reduce the occurrence of raw materials mining, raw material initial processing, product disposal and re-production. Energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

  Data shows that compared with iron ore as raw material for steelmaking, the production of 1 ton of steel can reduce about 1.6 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. China will use about 260 million tons of scrap in 2020. This alone can reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The volume is about 416 million tons.

According to preliminary calculations by the China Circular Economy Association, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the overall contribution rate of the development of a circular economy to the reduction of domestic carbon dioxide emissions exceeded 25%.

  Deploy a number of key projects and actions

  The results are great, but there are still many challenges.

The "Plan" issued this time puts forward that my country's circular economy development still faces low resource output efficiency in key industries, low standardization of recycling and utilization of renewable resources, lack of land security for recycling facilities, and difficulty in recycling low-value recyclables. The outstanding problems of solid waste generation are high strength, insufficient utilization, and low added value of comprehensive utilization products.

  Focusing on issues, the "Plan" proposes targeted measures and deploys five key projects and six key actions, including the construction of urban waste materials recycling system, park recycling development, demonstration of comprehensive utilization of bulk solid waste, demonstration of resource utilization of construction waste, Five key projects such as key technology and equipment innovation for circular economy, as well as high-quality development of the remanufacturing industry, recycling of waste electrical and electronic products, full life cycle management of automobile use, full-chain governance of plastic pollution, green transformation of express packaging, and recycling of waste power batteries Wait for the six key actions.

  Pan Yonggang, vice president and secretary-general of China Renewable Resources Recycling Association, believes that the "Plan" closely follows the chronic diseases that have plagued the development of the renewable resources industry for a long time, and accurately solves the key and difficult problems of the industry. For example, the majority of renewable resource operators are not included in the land space due to related facilities Planning has led to the difficulty of guaranteeing the right of way for operating vehicles.

In this regard, the "Plan" proposes to relax restrictions on the entry of waste materials recovery vehicles into cities and communities, and standardize management, to ensure reasonable rights of way, and provide a policy basis for relevant departments to carry out related work.

  Propose qualitative and quantitative goals

  The measures are strong and the goals are clear.

According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the "Plan" fully considered the main resource consumption, waste, recycling level, and various work foundations, and proposed qualitative and quantitative goals.

  In terms of qualitative goals, the "Plan" proposes that by 2025, a resource recycling industry system will be basically established, a resource recycling system covering the whole society will be basically completed, resource utilization efficiency will be greatly improved, and the replacement ratio of renewable resources to primary resources will be further increased. The role of economy in supporting and guaranteeing resource security has become more prominent.

  In terms of quantitative targets, the "Plan" proposes that by 2025, the output rate of major resources will increase by about 20% compared to 2020, and the energy consumption and water consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by about 13.5% and 16% respectively compared with 2020. The comprehensive utilization rate of crop straw Maintained above 86%, the comprehensive utilization rate of bulk solid waste reached 60%, the comprehensive utilization rate of construction waste reached 60%, the utilization of waste paper reached 60 million tons, the utilization of scrap steel reached 320 million tons, and the output of recycled non-ferrous metals reached 20 million tons. Among them, the output of recycled copper, recycled aluminum and recycled lead reached 4 million tons, 11.5 million tons, and 2.9 million tons, respectively, and the output value of the resource recycling industry reached 5 trillion yuan.

  In order to promote the smooth realization of various goals and tasks, the "Plan" clarified guarantee policies, such as improving the circular economy laws, regulations and standards, expanding the scope of environmental protection, energy saving and water saving and other corporate income tax preferences, and encouraging financial institutions to increase major projects in the field of circular economy. Investment and financing efforts.

The National Development and Reform Commission proposed that the next step is to give full play to the role of the inter-ministerial joint meeting on the development of circular economy, strengthen coordination and guidance, tighten and compact departmental and local responsibilities, and form a joint force to promote the development of circular economy during the 14th Five-Year Plan. Greater results.

Qiu Haifeng