Baiyin has created a national innovation pilot to create a "zero-waste city" collaborative model for pollution reduction and carbon reduction

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced the list of the first batch of pilot projects for collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction in cities and industrial parks, and Baiyin City and Baiyin High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Gansu Province were among them.

In 2025, a coordinated development work pattern will be formed

Baiyin City, Gansu Province, with its unique geographical location and convenient transportation conditions, is an important channel for energy and logistics in western China. Characteristic industries have obvious advantages, which is not only the country's largest multi-variety non-ferrous metal industrial base, but also an important new energy base in Gansu, and the country's first batch of "resource depletion transformation cities", "the first batch of climate adaptation cities", and "national circular economy demonstration cities".

With the goal of "strengthening the city with industry and revitalizing the city with industry", Baiyin City gives full play to its comparative advantages in a complete range of industries, carries out pilot work, explores the effective path of green transformation of resource-based industrial and mining cities in the western region, and explores the silver pioneer case of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, which has important reference value for the green and low-carbon transformation of similar industrial and mining cities and cities in the Yellow River Basin.

With the goal of "strengthening the city with industry and revitalizing the city with industry", based on the comparative advantages of a complete range of industries, Baiyin City explores an effective way of green transformation of resource-based industrial and mining towns, which provides a useful reference for the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, and also provides an important reference value for the green and low-carbon transformation of similar industrial and mining cities and cities in the Yellow River Basin.

It is estimated that by 2025, the demonstration will drive the realization of carbon dioxide emission reduction of 5.84 million tons, of which the greenhouse gas emission reduction potential in the energy sector accounts for nearly 80%. By then, Baiyin City will achieve a significant reduction in pollutant and carbon emission intensity, and the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach 30%, and the work pattern of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth will be basically formed.

Accelerate the construction of a new pilot construction framework system

As a national pilot city for collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, Baiyin City has accelerated the construction of a framework system for the pilot construction of collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction in the city, focused on promoting the innovative supply of two types of "software" in the policy system and management mechanism, and actively promoted the three types of "hardware" innovation paths of environmental governance coordination, pilot coordination and collaborative governance in key areas, and finally formed a number of pilot results.

It is reported that Baiyin City has carried out collaborative innovation in key areas, using resources such as industrial and mining waste land to explore the integrated coupling and collaborative demonstration of "green electricity-carbon sink-reclaimed water", exploring the "industry + logistics" integrated pollution reduction and carbon reduction model, and promoting the demonstration of low-carbon buildings. Coordinate the establishment of pilot projects in various cities, including promoting the collaborative demonstration of regional reclaimed water recycling and pollution reduction and carbon reduction, promoting climate investment and financing to help reduce pollution and carbon reduction financial innovation, and creating a "zero-waste city" collaborative model of pollution and carbon reduction.

On this basis, it is necessary to innovate the path of coordinated carbon reduction in environmental governance, and promote pollution and carbon reduction from three aspects: air pollution control, water environment control, and soil pollution control, innovate the collaborative management mechanism for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, including compiling an integrated inventory of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, explore the establishment of a budget management model for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and promote the intelligent management of urban pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and innovate the collaborative policy system for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, including promoting the linkage of project energy assessment, environmental impact assessment, and carbon emission assessment. Explore the establishment of a coordination evaluation system at the city and county levels.

Invest 14.9 billion yuan to promote the implementation of a number of projects

In order to promote the smooth implementation of the pilot work, Baiyin City has set up a leading group for the pilot work of synergy and innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, coordinated the deployment of innovative pilot construction, coordinated and solved major problems in the pilot work, issued a number of laws and regulations and policy documents related to pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and established and improved relevant working mechanisms.

At the same time, it has strengthened and deepened industry-university-research cooperation, and has built a total of 10 professional research institutes and 9 technological innovation strategic alliances in the city, and won a number of scientific and technological progress awards. In terms of capacity building, we have gradually improved, completed the "2021 Baiyin City Greenhouse Gas Inventory", and built a greenhouse gas emission management system for counties, districts and key enterprises.

In addition, establish a diversified fund investment mechanism and strive for relevant special fund support at the central and provincial levels. The total investment in pollution prevention, comprehensive treatment of solid waste, and ecological restoration is about 14.9 billion yuan, focusing on promoting the implementation of a number of projects for pollution control, energy conservation and emission reduction.

In the next step, Baiyin City will make every effort to promote the pilot construction of collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, compile and complete the integrated inventory of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, promote the intelligent management of urban pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and explore the establishment of a budget management model for pollution reduction and carbon reduction. By 2025, the construction of pilot cities for collaborative innovation in pollution reduction and carbon reduction will achieve initial results, and Baiyin City will conduct a comprehensive evaluation and summary of the overall situation, main practices and results, existing problems and suggestions of the pilot, review the effects, refine the pilot experience, form a number of practical cases that can be replicated and promoted, and create a "silver model" for pollution reduction and carbon reduction.