Zhongxin Finance, January 21. On the 21st, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference on the implementation plan for promoting green consumption. Wang Bin, deputy director of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the meeting that in the first three quarters of 2021, food delivery platforms will The number of merchants offering small dishes increased by 25.4% year-on-year, and the number of people who bought takeaways without tableware has exceeded 100 million.

  According to Wang Bin, consumption is the first driving force of my country's economic growth.

Green consumption is an important direction and a new growth point to promote the high-quality development of consumption.

The Ministry of Commerce has implemented the work mainly in five areas:

First, vigorously cultivate the main body of green circulation.

Release evaluation indicators for the creation of green shopping malls, guide local governments to increase policy support, promote the cultivation of green circulation entities to improve quality and efficiency, and create a number of green shopping malls that provide green services, guide green consumption, and implement energy conservation and emission reduction.

Up to now, more than 500 green shopping malls have been established nationwide, of which nearly 200 will be added in 2021.

The energy saving and consumption reduction of these shopping malls has achieved initial success. For example, the electricity consumption and water consumption of green shopping malls have decreased significantly.

The second is to resolutely stop food waste.

Formulate policies and measures to curb food and beverage waste, and regulate the food and beverage consumption behavior of public institutions, catering service units, and social organizations.

Cooperate with the Central Civilization Office to carry out the "CD Action", promote the introduction of standards such as "Green Catering Operation and Management", "Feast Saving Service Specifications", and encourage the majority of catering enterprises to consciously carry out diligent and thrifty activities, "half (small) dishes", "without "Tableware" takeaway has become a new trend in the industry.

The third is to promote the green development of e-commerce.

Introduce measures to promote the green development of e-commerce enterprises, guide e-commerce enterprises to save energy and increase efficiency, and make green transformation of express packaging, and cultivate the green development ecology of e-commerce platforms.

E-commerce enterprises are encouraged to set up special green product exhibitions in combination with online promotion activities to increase the sales of green products; set up a green packaging area to promote the widespread use of green packaging by operators on the platform; guide consumers to green consumption through reward points and other methods.

During the "Double Eleven" period in 2021, the turnover of energy-saving electric fans and energy-saving central air conditioners will increase by 274.1% and 118.1% respectively year-on-year.

The fourth is to expand the green consumption of automobiles.

Promote the improvement of fiscal and taxation support policies for the purchase of new energy vehicles, and slow down the intensity and pace of subsidies;

In conjunction with relevant departments, we will implement cross-provincial registration of second-hand car transactions across the country, promote the implementation of the policy of comprehensively canceling the relocation restrictions on second-hand cars, and continue to expand the circulation of second-hand cars.

In conjunction with relevant departments, we will issue standardized management measures for the remanufacturing of auto parts, carry out pilot projects for extending the responsibility of auto product producers, promote the improvement of value-added tax policies and measures for comprehensive utilization of resources, and improve the level of recycling and utilization of scrapped motor vehicles.

Promote the elimination and renewal of old diesel trucks, and promote the withdrawal of high-emission vehicles from the market.

Under the vigorous promotion of these measures, the green consumption of the whole chain of automobile circulation in my country has continued to accelerate the development and achieved remarkable results.

Fifth, strengthen the publicity of green consumption.

Through activities such as the National Consumption Promotion Month, the National Online New Year's Day, and the Chinese Food Fair, vigorously advocate the concept of green consumption, low-carbon lifestyle, and oppose food waste.

Organize and drive intermediary organizations and leading enterprises to hold various activities such as "Green Sustainable Consumption Publicity Week", "Sustainable Consumption Seminar" and "Qingshan Plan" to create a green and healthy consumption atmosphere in the whole society.

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