China News Service, Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Fan Lifang) "For the coal industry, developing new productivity is not to abandon the traditional coal industry, but to strengthen scientific and technological innovation capabilities." During the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress in 2024, Huayang, a deputy to the National People's Congress Tong Mingquan, deputy general manager of Carbon Material Technology Co., Ltd., said.

Tong Mingquan believes that the key to new productivity lies in technological innovation.

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  In the context of "double carbon", China has continued to make efforts to clean and efficient use of coal, and achieved remarkable results.

Data show that China's raw coal washing rate has increased from 56% in 2012 to more than 70% currently. The comprehensive energy consumption of raw coal production by large coal enterprises has dropped from 17.1 kg of standard coal/ton to 9.7 kg of standard coal/ton. Coal-fired power generation units have exceeded Low-emission transformation exceeded 1.03 billion kilowatts.

  Shanxi is undergoing a transformation from "coal boss" to "vanguard of energy revolution".

Tong Mingquan's company is affiliated with Huayang Group. In recent years, the group has transformed from the traditional coal industry to the new energy and new materials industry, and the current non-coal industry accounts for more than 70%.

During this period, from the commissioning of the world's first mass-produced 1GWh sodium-ion battery cell production line to the release and order delivery of the world's first sodium-ion battery electric two-wheelers, the sodium-ion battery industry has become an important breakthrough in its transformation.

  For enterprises, the importance of developing new productive forces is truly felt.

  Tong Mingquan believes that the key to developing new productive forces lies in technological innovation.

On the one hand, it is necessary to enhance the status of enterprises as the main body of innovation, implement industrial innovation projects, increase coal utilization rate, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the coal industry to high-end, intelligent, and green by accelerating intelligent construction and planning of all-coal elution and quality projects. ; On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen the development of new application scenarios and new application fields, cultivate and expand emerging industries such as sodium-ion batteries, coal-based biodegradable materials, and nanofiber filter materials, strengthen the independent innovation capabilities of core technologies, and promote the realization of products from products to Transformation of goods.

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