Seven departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Energy Administration have recently jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for the Synergy of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction". The plan adheres to the working principles of highlighting synergy, strengthening source prevention and control, optimizing technical paths, focusing on mechanism innovation, and encouraging first-hand trials. It puts forward important tasks and measures in six main aspects, including strengthening source prevention and control, highlighting key areas, and optimizing environmental governance.

In terms of strengthening source prevention and control, the plan is clear. It is necessary to strengthen the management of ecological environment access. It is strictly forbidden to add new production capacity of steel, coking, oil refining, electrolytic aluminum, cement, flat glass (excluding photovoltaic glass) in key areas of air pollution prevention and control. To promote energy green low-carbon transition. We will co-ordinate energy security and green and low-carbon development, and promote the clean and low-carbon energy supply system and the electrification of end-use energy consumption. Implement renewable energy substitution actions and continuously increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption. Strict control of coal power projects, strict and reasonable control of coal consumption during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and gradual reduction during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Focus on reducing non-electricity coal such as bulk coal, and prohibit the construction of new (expanded) coal-fired self-owned power plants outside the areas permitted by national policy. Continue to promote the northern region of winter clean heating. The newly renovated and expanded industrial furnaces adopt clean and low-carbon energy, optimize the use of natural gas, give priority to ensuring residential gas use, and orderly promote the replacement of industrial coal and agricultural coal and natural gas. In terms of highlighting priority areas, the programme is clear on the need to promote synergies in the industrial sector. Implement mandatory cleaner production audits for "double super, double energy-consuming" enterprises in accordance with the law, carry out cleaner production transformation in key industries, and promote a number of key enterprises to reach the international leading level. Study the establishment of atmospheric environmental capacity constraints of steel, coking and other industries to capacity long-term mechanism, and gradually reduce the number of independent sintering, hot-rolled enterprises. Strongly support the development of electric furnace short process technology, cement industry to speed up the replacement of raw fuels, petrochemical industry to accelerate the promotion of oil reduction and increase, aluminum industry to increase the proportion of recycled aluminum, promote high-efficiency low-carbon technology, accelerate the development of renewable non-ferrous metal industry. The output of recycled aluminum will reach 11.5 million tons in 2025, and the proportion of renewable energy used in electrolytic aluminum will increase to more than 30% in 2030. Promote the development of deep coupling between smelting by-product energy resources and building materials, petrochemical and chemical industries. Enterprises in key industries are encouraged to explore the use of multi-pollutant and greenhouse gas collaborative control technologies and processes to carry out collaborative innovation. Promote the application of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology in the industrial field. In terms of optimizing environmental governance, the plan stated that it is necessary to promote the coordinated control of solid waste pollution prevention and control. Strengthen resource recovery and comprehensive utilization, and strengthen the construction of "waste-free cities.

We will promote the utilization of industrial solid waste resources such as coal gangue, fly ash, tailings and smelting slag or replace raw materials for building materials production. By 2025, the comprehensive utilization rate of new bulk solid waste will reach 60%, and the stock of bulk solid waste will be reduced in an orderly manner. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that the current construction of my country's ecological civilization is also facing two strategic tasks of achieving a fundamental improvement in the ecological environment and carbon neutralization. Coordinated promotion of pollution reduction and carbon reduction has become a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development in the new development stage. Inevitable choice. The plan jointly issued by the seven departments is an important part of the "1 + N" policy system of carbon peak carbon neutrality, which is of great significance to further optimize the ecological environment management, form a collaborative work pattern of reducing pollution and carbon reduction, help build a beautiful China and realize carbon peak carbon neutrality.

From China Mining News