Build a new ecology and build a new future together
On August 15, the first main event of the National Ecology Day was held in Huzhou, Zhejiang, where the results of the third anniversary of the major declaration of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, the green and low-carbon development of industry, and the Blue Book of China's Ecological Protection Red Line (2023) were released on the spot. Various activities such as ecological lake tours, environmental protection achievement displays, and low-carbon application scenario licensing have set off an upsurge of ecological civilization publicity and education activities across the country; A change in technological innovation, green environmental protection, and development mode is setting off a new upsurge in the construction of ecological civilization in the petroleum and chemical industry.
Petroleum and chemical industry is a resource-based and energy-based industry, as well as a high-tech intensive industry. It is the producer of "three wastes", and it is also a comprehensive solution provider for pollution control at the source; It is an energy user, and an important supporter of new energy and energy storage; It is the producer of carbon dioxide, the main force of carbon dioxide capture and utilization, and an important provider of solutions to climate change. The petroleum and chemical industry has inherent advantages in practicing the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", and it is the industry's unshirkable mission to become a model practitioner of this concept.
Under the guidance of the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", green development has become an important driving force for the high-quality development of the industry. In terms of green process development at the source, the industry has released 58 petrochemical green and low-carbon processes and 32 applicable technologies for green chemical parks. In terms of energy saving and consumption reduction, the chemical industry has been at the forefront of the country. Statistics in the first half of this year show that the energy intensity of non-ferrous metals, building materials, steel, chemical and other industries continues to decline, and the application level of large-scale equipment such as 10 million tons of oil refining and million tons of ethylene in the petrochemical industry continues to increase. In terms of comprehensive utilization of resources, data provided by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation show that the comprehensive utilization rate of phosphogypsum has reached 50.4%, the comprehensive utilization rate of calcium carbide slag is 100%, mercury consumption has decreased by more than 50%, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions have been reduced by 30%. Among the national green factories announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, enterprises in key industries such as chemical and machinery, building materials, and electronics occupy half of the country.
Under the guidance of the concept of joint protection and not large-scale development, the chemical industry not only breaks the wrist of a strong man, but also scrapes the bones to cure the poison and takes the lead in repairing the ecology. Chemical parks, chemical enterprises and governments at all levels along the Yangtze River Economic Belt have jointly launched the battle for the protection and restoration of the Yangtze River, and have achieved gratifying results - all the backward production capacity within 1 km along the Yangtze River has been cleared, and the former chemical plant areas in many places have become new cultural landmarks for leisure and scenery, visiting and researching, and the "chemical encirclement of the river" has become "a river with clear water and green on both banks". Under the guidance of the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", the great protection has also given birth to the industrial "golden" belt, and the chemical industry along the Yangtze River has once again become one of the most important industries to drive the growth of local industrial profits.
From the source of the three rivers to the shore of the Bohai Sea, the unremitting efforts of chemical enterprises in the Yellow River Basin in pollution prevention and control and optimization of water-saving processes have made the ecological environment of the mother river, the Yellow River, continue to improve, and the level of water conservation and utilization has been steadily improved. The transformation of the chemical industry in the Yellow River Basin has also entered a new stage, and Ningxia is actively building a pilot area for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. The world's largest modern coal chemical project in Shaanxi Province was launched; Shandong's 100-billion-level "zero-carbon" chemical park has begun to take shape...
In all this, in the practice of coordinating economic development and ecological environmental protection, petroleum and chemical industry people are focusing on solving the required questions, doing a good job in self-selection questions, and continuing to make efforts to modernize the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. In this sense, the establishment of National Ecology Day is not only a symbol, but also a motivation.
