Letter on the reply to Proposal No. 112 of the First Session of the 12th CPPCC Autonomous Region

Ningxia District Committee of the Peasants' and Workers' Party:

The proposal put forward by your unit on promoting the resource utilization of industrial tail gas has been received, and the reply is as follows:

The production of ethanol from industrial tail gas is a specific manifestation of the efficient utilization of tail gas resources, which is of positive significance for the green development of metallurgical and calcium carbide industries, the added value of the whole industrial chain, and the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. In recent years, the metallurgical and calcium carbide industry in our district has made great progress in energy saving, pollution reduction and carbon reduction through technological transformation and upgrading, industrial structure adjustment and circular economy development, and the industry exhaust waste heat power generation coverage rate has reached more than 90%, and the level of enterprise technology and equipment is in the leading position in the same industry in the country, and the circular economy operation mode has become the world's first ferroalloy.

1. Continue to encourage green, low-carbon and circular development of enterprises. The "Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration on the <> of the Implementation Plan for Supporting Ningxia's Energy Transformation and Development" (Fagai Energy [2021] No. 1438) requires that Ningxia increase energy-saving policies and financial support, actively use existing funding channels, and support enterprises to use energy-saving, environmentally friendly and low-carbon new technologies, processes and equipment to upgrade and reduce energy consumption, pollutant emissions and carbon emissions; The notice of the General Office of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region on forwarding the implementation plan of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region on the implementation of the "four major transformations" to promote industrial transformation and development (Ning Zheng Ban Fa [2021] No. 3) emphasizes that in three years, we will focus on the implementation of the "four major transformations" of structural transformation, green transformation, technological transformation and intelligent transformation in key industrial areas, and clearly point out that in terms of emerging industries, we will focus on supporting the integrated development of submerged furnace tail gas to bioethanol. At present, the ferroalloy enterprises in our district have basically formed a silicon-manganese, calcium silica and special ferroalloy production base based on Pingluo Industrial Park (12) and Shizuishan Economic Development Zone (16) and a ferrosilicon production base based on Zhongwei Industrial Park (15), which has created a prerequisite for the park to coordinate the industrial exhaust gas treatment of various enterprises, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions, and enhance the added value of products. Actively explore new modes of centralized exhaust gas treatment to improve the efficiency of comprehensive utilization of exhaust gas.

2. Continue to stimulate the internal motivation of enterprise innovation and development. The "Implementation Plan for Carbon Peaking in the Industrial Sector of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region" (Ninggong Xin Energy Saving Fa [2022] No. 99) was issued to further implement the "eight major projects" such as the industrial structure adjustment project, the energy conservation and carbon reduction project, and the digital carbon reduction project; Implement the "Key Points of Carbon Peaking in the Industrial Sector of the Autonomous Region in 2023" (Ning Gong Letter [2023] No. 53), and make every effort to promote the construction of 100 key technological transformation projects. Guide the metallurgical industry to comply with the implementation of the "dual control" of energy consumption, achieve the general trend of "double carbon" goal development, and encourage enterprises to win new opportunities in project innovation and development while better enjoying the government's incentives and subsidies for enterprises in accordance with the principle of "equipment efficiency, process modernization, product quality, process intensification, resource recycling, and green ecology". In the past two years alone, ferroalloy enterprises have received a total of more than 2,600 yuan in corporate loan discounts. Ningxia Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., Shizuishan BMW Xingqing Special Alloy Co., Ltd., Ningxia Yingfluorine Jinhe Technology Co., Ltd., Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co., Ltd. and other enterprises were awarded the 2021 and 2022 autonomous region-level enterprise technology centers; Ningxia Sanyuan Zhongtai Metallurgical Co., Ltd., Ningxia Jianlong Special Steel Co., Ltd., Wanshun Metallurgical Chemical Co., Ltd. and other enterprises have been recognized as the Autonomous Region Robot Application Demonstration Project, the Autonomous Region Digital Workshop, and the Autonomous Region Green Factory; Ningxia Shoulang Jiyuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Ningxia Shengyan Industrial Group Energy Circular Economy Co., Ltd. and other enterprises were awarded the unveiling of key tasks of industrial innovation in the autonomous region, and the above enterprises have enjoyed a one-time reward of 100-3 million yuan or annual financial support of 30-500,000 yuan from the autonomous region government. Through continuous financial incentives, we will further promote enterprise technological innovation, model innovation, and management innovation, and continuously stimulate new vitality for enterprise innovation and development.

3. Continue to strengthen the role of demonstration and leading transformation. In view of the future high-quality development of the metallurgical industry, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region has carefully sorted out the successful application experience of advanced technology for the comprehensive utilization of industrial exhaust gas, and the 410 million yuan invested by Ningxia Shoulang Jiyuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. with an annual output of 45,000 tons of fuel ethanol project has opened a new model of green cycle development of industrial exhaust gas, and the relevant mature experience and practices have been included in the "14th Five-Year Plan for the High-quality Development of Ningxia Metallurgical and Nonferrous Metals Industry", and at the same time, it has recently been written into the research report of "Ningxia Raw Material Industry Foundation Recycling Project". Strive to obtain greater support from the autonomous region's financial, talent, and technological policies. Increase publicity and promotion, and hold a promotion meeting on efficient and clean utilization of industrial exhaust gas in the region in 2022; In July 2023, we will jointly hold the on-site promotion meeting for the digital transformation of the Ningxia ferroalloy industry with the competent departments of industry and information technology of the three cities, the Ningxia Metallurgical Industry Association, the Ningxia Industrial Internet Industry Alliance and dozens of ferroalloy enterprises, organize industry enterprises to visit the Shoulang Jiyuan resource comprehensive utilization project, and promote the technology of submerged furnace tail gas recovery to fuel ethanol and feed protein, so that entrepreneurs can intuitively see the new opportunities, new kinetic energy and new results brought by the transformation. In June 2023, the Ningxia Binze fuel ethanol project with an annual output of 60,000 tons will be completed and put into operation, which is the second enterprise in our district to carry out comprehensive utilization of tail gas after Shoulang Jiyuan.

Fourth, continue to do a good job in the promotion and assistance of policies to help enterprises. Increase the policy publicity of the "Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Energy Consumption Dual Control Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalogue (Trial)" (Ningfa Gai Huan Zi [2021] No. 809), encourage and guide enterprises to accelerate the elimination of blast furnaces for ferroalloy production of 200 cubic meters and below in ferroalloy smelting (of which ferromanganese blast furnaces are less than 100 cubic meters). Focusing on the "14th Five-Year Plan for Energy Conservation and Consumption Reduction and Circular Economy Development of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region" (Ningfa Gai Huan Zi [2021] No. 710), focusing on special alloy high-performance metal materials is one of the key developments of the emerging material industry in our region in the future, focusing on the dual control of energy consumption, highlighting the promotion of the standardized development of the industry, and effectively doing a good job in the structural adjustment, transformation and upgrading of the ferroalloy industry. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Special Ferroalloy Enterprise Identification Management Measures (Trial) and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ferroalloy Industry Capacity Replacement Implementation Measures (Trial) two "Measures", to further provide policy support for enterprises to identify special ferroalloys, plan transformation and development layout, and improve quality of end products. Up to now, Shizuishan City, Wuzhong City, and Zhongwei City have successively completed the certification of special ferroalloy enterprises, which has effectively and effectively promoted the adjustment of the industry's product structure, and promoted high value-added products in a miniaturized, batch, and customized mode.

In the next step, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region will continue to focus on the four aspects of "removing rough and refined, green and low-carbon, intelligent transformation and digital transformation, and relaxation", focus on product structure adjustment, production mode transformation, comprehensive system management, and policy service guarantee, and further promote the "five batches" project and transform and upgrade a batch. Increase investment in scientific and technological research and development, improve the level of equipment and technology, fully implement the comprehensive utilization of submerged furnace exhaust gas, waste heat and pressure, and solid waste, expand the production scale of silicon-manganese slag to mineral wool and microcrystalline, increase the proportion of ethanol, natural gas, synthetic ammonia and other chemical products prepared from tail gas, and increase the added value of comprehensive utilization products. Adjust and optimize a batch. Improve the guiding mechanism for expanding the scale of special alloys, encourage enterprises to diversify and differentiate their development, support the development of high-purity ferrosilicon, high-silicon, silicon-silicon-manganese, silicon-calcium-barium-aluminum, rare earth alloys and other special alloy charges, and strive to make the output value of special alloys in the ferroalloy industry account for more than 40% in three years. Merger and reorganization of a batch. Support backbone enterprises to obtain production capacity through mergers, acquisitions, joint reorganization, etc., form large-scale ferroalloy enterprise groups, promote the development of the industry in the direction of centralization, large-scale and base, and improve the competitiveness and anti-risk ability of the industry. Transform and convert a batch of production. Thoroughly implement the autonomous region's plan to implement a new industrial strong zone, expand and strengthen the decision-making and deployment of the "six new" industries, encourage the ferroalloy industry to integrate into the development of the new material industry, and learn from the case of Jiangsu Runyang's acquisition of Shizuishan Huiyi Metallurgical Company to transform and convert industrial silicon, and guide the transformation and development of ferroalloy enterprises. Knock out a batch. Strictly implement the "Guiding Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment" of the state and autonomous regions, and carry out mandatory elimination of enterprises that are included in the elimination category of environmental protection facilities, energy consumption levels and safety management; A certain policy subsidy will be given to the production capacity that is included in the restricted category of the catalogue and actively eliminated by enterprises, and the ordinary ferroalloy submerged arc furnace below 25,000KVA will be eliminated by the end of 2023 to make room for energy consumption for advanced production capacity and high-quality projects.

Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region

August 22, 2023