The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in May, the value added of industries above designated size in China increased by 16.5% year-on-year, down 1.3 percentage points from April. National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun's analysis, in addition to the higher base last year, the reason for the decline will be the six major high-energy-carrying industries. The growth rate of the six high-energy-carrying industries was 15.8% in the month, a decrease of 2.1 percentage points, which drove the industrial growth rate to decrease by 0.6 percentage points year-on-year.
In May, the growth rate of industrial added value above designated size has fallen, indicating that China has achieved positive results in energy conservation and emission reduction, and in suppressing the rapid development of high-load energy industries. In the first quarter of this year, China's six high-energy-carrying industries grew rapidly, and energy consumption per unit of GDP rose instead of falling, rising by 3.2%. The situation of energy conservation and emission reduction was very grim. In response, China has stepped up its energy conservation and emission reduction policies. In terms of energy supply, the preferential electricity prices of high-energy-consuming enterprises have been cancelled. In terms of bank credit, the "two high and one low" projects have been tightened completely. In administrative management, energy conservation and reduction have been implemented. Line up administrative accountability. Looking at the output of major energy-consuming products in May, in addition to the continued acceleration of the output of a few products such as cement and ethylene, the output growth of most products such as thermal power, steel, non-ferrous metals, coke and caustic soda slowed down. From a regional perspective, the growth rate of high-energy-consuming industries in 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in May dropped from that in April. At present, the excessive growth of high energy-consuming industries has been significantly curbed.
Although the energy conservation and emission reduction policy has restrained the growth of industrial added value in the short term, the country continues to promote energy conservation and emission reduction and complete the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" energy conservation and emission reduction target-no determination to reduce energy consumption per unit GDP by 20% in 2010 compared to 2005 Shake in the slightest. Zhang Xiaojing, director of the Macroeconomics Department of the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that ensuring the achievement of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” energy conservation and emission reduction targets is not only China ’s actual response to global climate change, but also an important measure to change the way of economic development and achieve sustainable development. In the short term, energy saving and emission reduction may inhibit the growth rate of industrial added value, but in the long run, it will improve the quality and efficiency of economic operations.
The current situation of energy conservation and emission reduction in China is still not optimistic. First of all, the task is heavy. The completion of the first four years of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" lags behind the time schedule and coupled with the strong rise in energy consumption in the first quarter. In the second half of the year, not only the original task must be completed, but the previous gap must be filled. The task is very arduous. Second, time is tight, only six months from the end of the year. The huge inertia of economic development coupled with the implementation of policies and measures will take some time, making various tasks of energy saving and emission reduction very urgent. Third, although the growth rate of high-energy-consuming industries has fallen, it is still growing at a high level of 15.8%. Fourth, the growth rate of high energy-consuming industries in some regions continued to accelerate, and the growth rate in some regions reached more than 30%.
It is encouraging that the "combination boxing" of energy conservation and emission reduction policies is being played. Beginning June 1, the country will implement a new policy on high differential electricity prices for high-energy-consuming enterprises.
A document issued by the State Council on June 4 pointed out that, in addition to the projects that have been approved to carry out preliminary work, no steel projects that have expanded production capacity will be approved and filed before the end of 2011. In order to curb the excessive growth of steel production capacity and implement energy conservation and emission reduction.
On June 22, the Ministry of Finance issued a notice to cancel the export tax rebates for 406 product numbers starting from July 15, 2010, including some steel, rubber, non-ferrous metal building materials and other "two high and one capital" products.
At the same time, the 83.3 billion yuan of central funds planned by the State Council are being invested in the construction of the top ten key energy-saving projects, the elimination of backward production capacity, the treatment of urban sewage and garbage, and the construction of energy-saving and environmental protection capabilities.
