Xie Zhenhua said at the 4th China-Japan Comprehensive Forum on Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection that the energy conservation and environmental protection industry is a strategic emerging industry and a new economic growth point with broad development prospects.
after the financial crisis broke out, many countries around the world took energy conservation, environmental protection and new energy industries as new measures to solve economic difficulties and new engines to promote economic development.
Xie Zhenhua pointed out that with the profound transformation of the world economic structure and the readjustment of the international industrial division of labor, the competitive advantages of all countries will face new challenges, and it is "more important and urgent than ever" to speed up the cultivation of energy-saving and environmental protection industries.
He said that China * * has taken energy conservation and environmental protection industry as an important support for developing green economy, low-carbon economy and circular economy.
In the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" (26-21), China put forward the binding targets of reducing energy consumption per unit GDP by about 2% and reducing the total discharge of major pollutants by 1%.
in order to cope with the financial crisis, in the economic package, the government regards energy conservation and environmental protection as the key investment direction to expand domestic demand.
in 29, the central government of China allocated 58.1 billion yuan to support the construction of ten key energy-saving projects, circular economy, urban sewage treatment facilities and sewage pipe networks, and the treatment of key industrial pollution sources.
the government also implemented the "project of benefiting people with energy-saving products", promoting 5 million energy-saving air conditioners and 12 million high-efficiency lighting products.
favorable policies and financial support bring development opportunities for energy conservation and environmental protection industries.
Li Ganjie, Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, revealed at the same forum that the environmental protection industry in China is growing at an annual rate of 15%.
Xie Zhenhua said that in the future, the government will further increase capital investment and accelerate key energy-saving and environmental protection projects.
this will form the most direct and effective demand pull for energy conservation and environmental protection industries.
in order to encourage the development of this new industry, the government will also improve the tax preferential policies for energy conservation and environmental protection and comprehensive utilization of resources and the compulsory purchase of energy-saving and environmental protection equipment.
Xie Zhenhua said that the government supports qualified energy-saving and environmental protection enterprises to issue corporate bonds and encourages qualified energy-saving and environmental protection enterprises to go public for financing.
from 26 to 28, the energy consumption per unit GDP in China decreased by 1.1%, and the total emissions of sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand decreased by 8.95% and 6.61% respectively.