What does a 2.5% reduction mean for the two sessions?
On March 5, the 2024 government work report was released, which mentioned the expected goal of this year's development, and the energy consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by about 2.5%.
"It's not low, it's challenging. The reporter interviewed Wang Wei, an industry expert who has long been concerned about the carbon market and the energy field. He interpreted this goal and formulated this goal, which reflects the government's firm determination to make the industrial transformation clean, green and low-carbon.
Small numbers, big livelihoods. What does 2.5% mean behind it, and what kind of "ripple effect" will it have on the lives of all walks of life and even the public?
Confidence: The construction of an energy power is moving forward in the direction of green and low-carbon
Before interpreting the data, energy consumption per unit of GDP, this seemingly awkward word, what does it refer to?
Energy consumption per unit of GDP refers to the ratio of total energy consumption to gross domestic product (GDP) in a certain period, which is the main indicator to measure the level of energy consumption and energy conservation and consumption reduction, and usually reflects the changes in economic structure and energy efficiency.
Usually, this string of words is simplified to "energy consumption per unit of GDP" in each report data.
In other words, "energy consumption per unit of GDP" is an important indicator to measure the level of energy consumption and energy conservation and emission reduction, which reflects the degree of energy use in economic activities.
In our production and life, the use of different types of energy, different economic growth modes, and different industrial structures will affect the energy consumption per unit of GDP. The greater the energy consumption per unit of GDP, the higher the dependence of economic development on energy.
It is not difficult to find that since the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", the energy consumption index per unit of GDP has been continuously included in China's "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" and the five-year plan for national economic and social development as one of the binding indicators.
In the 14th Five-Year Plan, the target of "reducing energy consumption per unit of GDP by 13.5%" is a judgment made by comprehensively considering the changing trend of economic growth and energy consumption elasticity, and demonstrates China's determination and attitude to take a green, low-carbon and sustainable development path with more rigid quantitative constraints.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have vigorously promoted the construction of ecological civilization, and the assessment methods, target systems, and index systems that reflect the requirements of ecological civilization construction have been established one after another. As one of the core indicators to measure and reflect the progress of green development and energy revolution, the energy consumption per unit of GDP is playing an increasingly important role.
In the past year, the development of new energy represented by wind power and photovoltaic power generation has made remarkable achievements, driving China's renewable energy power generation to make remarkable achievements. In 2023, renewable energy power generation will account for about one-third of the total electricity consumption of the whole society, and the power generation of wind power and photovoltaic power will exceed the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents in the same period, accounting for more than 15% of the total electricity consumption of the whole society.
Looking back, I still remember that in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, behind the romantic story of "the wind in Zhangbei lights up the lights of Beijing", it is the historic first time that all venues have achieved all green electricity supply;
From January to November 2023, the country's major renewable energy power generation projects have completed an investment of more than 610 billion yuan, accounting for more than 77% of the total investment in power projects. Behind this, there is also an inexhaustible motivation to forge ahead.
At present, the adjustment of China's energy structure and the construction of a new energy system are gradually emerging, and the construction of an energy power is making great strides in the direction of green and low-carbon.
Impact: Closely related to you and me, energy-intensive industries need long-term planning
The seemingly distant issue of energy and energy consumption "is actually closely related to the life of each of us," Wang Wei told reporters in the interview.
"All the products in our lives are actually inseparable from energy consumption in the production process, and the most typical is electricity. In the past few years, there have been cases of power rationing in some areas in order to achieve energy consumption targets, which actually shows that energy consumption is inseparable from each of our lives. ”
In addition to being self-relevant, which sectors will it have an impact on the 2.5% target?
In Wang's view, the impact of the target on energy-intensive industries is "obvious". "For example, steel, cement, papermaking, electrolytic aluminum, coal chemical industry, etc., because these industries are a resistance to China's energy consumption. ”
For these high-energy-consuming industries, under the guidance of the "baton" of the dual carbon goal, the development of enterprises must undoubtedly "take a long-term view".
In this regard, Wang Wei gave his own suggestions. "The first is to focus on the global layout, especially for the upstream primary processing of these industrial ends, it may be more necessary to consider how to plan industrial development from a global perspective. ”
The second is to increase the added value of products, and try to increase the added value of products without increasing or increasing energy consumption as much as possible. Wang Wei further pointed out that the third is to combine the development of the main business of the enterprise with new energy, and under the guidance of policy objectives, the energy consumption of enterprises should be reduced smoothly and effectively.
In addition, in the development process of enterprises, more consideration needs to be given to the recycling, recycling and recycling of the product side. Wang Wei said.
Departure: Continue to strive to promote high-quality development to a new level
Promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is a key part of achieving high-quality development. Focusing on low-carbon development, energy is the out-and-out "main battlefield", which has also become the focus of heated discussions among the representatives and members of the two sessions every year.
The reporter sorted out that at the two sessions this year, Liu Hanyuan, deputy to the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and chairman of the board of directors of Tongwei Group, suggested to speed up the formulation of relevant policies for electric vehicles to participate in grid energy storage; Zhang Tianren, a representative of the National People's Congress, proposed to promote the high-quality development of energy storage and establish an access threshold for high-quality, high-safety, low-carbon and green development; Ma Yongsheng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, secretary of the party group and chairman of Sinopec Corporation, suggested increasing the development and utilization of deep geothermal resources in China.
"At present, the province's power grid clean energy installed capacity, power generation accounted for more than half, in the future we will continue to ease the pressure of new energy consumption, reduce the cost of new energy use. Ruan Qiantu, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd., said.
The reporter flipped through the government work report of this year's local two sessions and saw that in 2024, Liaoning proposed to make every effort to build a strong clean energy province, Hebei will create 100 green factories at the provincial level and above, Jiangxi will strengthen the dual control of carbon emissions, strengthen the development of low-carbon, zero-carbon and other technologies, and Hubei will carry out energy-saving and carbon-reduction transformation for key industries.
All localities have reflected the importance of green, low-carbon and transformational development, and reasonably set targets based on the characteristics of the industrial structure and energy structure of each region.
However, there must also be cold thinking in the surging water.
The mid-term assessment report on the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives for 2035 shows that indicators such as the reduction of energy consumption per unit of GDP in China lag behind expectations.
This also confirms that China's energy development is still facing a series of challenges such as huge demand pressure, supply constraints, and arduous tasks for green and low-carbon transformation.
Anchoring the goal, all regions and industries need to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, further promote the energy revolution, and inject strong new momentum into green and high-quality development.
China's beautiful blueprint for the future will become a reality step by step through the real work of hundreds of millions of people. Let's work together to walk into this bright spring.
