How to build a leading force in green manufacturing? The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a new policy of "cultivating"
Xinhuanet Beijing, January 30th (Reporter Liu Ying) The "green wave" of manufacturing industry has injected new impetus. On January 30th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology formulated and issued the Interim Measures for Gradient Cultivation and Management of Green Factories (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Measures). As an administrative normative document to carry out gradient cultivation and management of green factories in the future, the Interim Measures consists of 6 chapters and 27 articles, which specifically expounds the compilation principles, cultivation requirements, creation procedures, dynamic management, supporting mechanisms and other important contents, which will further lead the green manufacturing benchmark to play a leading role in demonstration and promote the green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading of industries and regions.
At the right time, gradually build a green manufacturing system.
Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made great efforts to promote the construction of green factories, green industrial parks, green supply chains and green products with major projects and projects as the traction. Up to now, 5,095 green factories, 371 green industrial parks, 605 green supply chain management enterprises and nearly 35,000 green products have been cultivated at the national level, which has led to the establishment of more than 6,000 provincial and municipal green factories, nearly 300 green industrial parks and nearly 200 green supply chain management enterprises, and the level of green manufacturing in various industries and regions has been continuously improved. Generally speaking, a green manufacturing system based on green factories, green industrial parks, green supply chain management enterprises and green products is gradually being built, and the green manufacturing system with green factories as the core basic unit has become an important starting point for promoting green manufacturing in various places.
In this context, in order to speed up the construction of green manufacturing and service system, give full play to the basic and guiding role of green factories in the green and low-carbon transformation of manufacturing industry, accelerate the formation of standardized and long-term cultivation mechanism, and create a leading force in green manufacturing, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has formulated these measures according to the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development in People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Long-term Target in 2035, the 14th Five-Year Plan for Industrial Green Development, and the peak carbon dioxide emissions Implementation Plan for Industrial Fields.
Dynamic management, establishing gradient cultivation mechanism in two dimensions
The Interim Measures plans to establish a gradient cultivation mechanism from two dimensions: vertically forming a standardized and unified green factory cultivation mechanism at the national, provincial and municipal levels; Horizontal through the green industrial park, green supply chain management enterprises to drive enterprises in the park, supply chain upstream and downstream to create green factories.
Specifically, the Interim Measures mainly includes six parts, including 27 clauses and 4 annexes.
Firstly, it is the general principle, which expounds the compilation purpose, related definitions of gradient cultivation of green factories, working principles and division of labor, platform construction and so on. It is clearly pointed out that green factory is the core implementation unit of green manufacturing, green industrial park is the platform for gathering green factories and green infrastructure, and green supply chain management enterprises are the key to drive the upstream and downstream factories of supply chain to implement green manufacturing. At the same time, the management platform for industrial energy conservation and green development (https://green.miit.gov.cn/, hereinafter referred to as the management platform) is a unified platform for gradient cultivation and management of green factories, aiming at creating a data platform for information sharing among provinces and cities.
The second part is the cultivation requirements, which mainly puts forward the general requirements for local cultivation, and defines the specific conditions for the cultivation of green factories, green industrial parks and green supply chain management enterprises. It is clearly put forward that the green industrial park should release the park green factory cultivation plan and organize enterprises in the park to create green factories; Green supply chain management enterprises should formulate suppliers’ green factory cultivation plans and promote suppliers to create green factories.
The third part is the creation procedure, which puts forward the working procedure, creation criteria and rejection conditions for applying to be included in the green manufacturing list at all levels. Enterprises and parks that meet the application conditions shall, on a voluntary basis, take the form of self-evaluation or entrust a third-party institution with evaluation ability to carry out evaluation according to relevant standards, and prepare an evaluation report and submit it through the management platform. In principle, green factories at the national level recommended by all localities should be included in the list of green factories at the provincial level. Green industrial parks at the national level should be industrial parks at or above the provincial level with a large number of green factories and a high proportion. Enterprises recommended by green supply chain management enterprises at the national level should be green factories at the national level in principle. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will organize experts to review the recommended list, determine the shortlist according to the principle of selecting the best among the best, demonstrating and leading, publicize it to the public, and release the annual green manufacturing list according to procedures.
The fourth part is dynamic management, which defines the way and process of supervision and management of green manufacturing list units and third-party institutions. By establishing a dynamic management mechanism of "what goes in and what goes out", the local competent departments of industry and information technology strengthen the guidance, supervision and inspection of enterprises or parks included in the green manufacturing list, conduct spot checks and rechecks from time to time, and continuously track and analyze the creation effect. At the same time, supervise and manage the third-party institutions doing business in the region, and report problems in time. Enterprises or parks in the green manufacturing list, if there are any changes, should be explained when filling in the dynamic management form.
The fifth part is the supporting mechanism, which puts forward the relevant responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and its local competent departments, and clarifies the responsibilities of third-party institutions and green manufacturing list units in service, publicity and information disclosure. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will promote the "enterprise green code" that reflects the green development level of green factories, and cooperate with relevant departments to provide support to green manufacturing list units in terms of planning and layout, technological transformation, special fund application, government procurement, pilot demonstration, financial services and brand promotion. Local industrial and information departments should also take the gradient cultivation of green factories as the main starting point to promote the green and high-quality development of regional manufacturing. In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology encourages green factories to prepare green low-carbon development reports, green industrial parks to formulate green factory support policies, and green supply chain management enterprises to increase product procurement for green factories.
Finally, the supplementary provisions clarify the unit of document interpretation and the implementation time. The annexes mainly include the requirements for the third-party evaluation of green manufacturing, the evaluation requirements of green industrial parks and green supply chain management enterprises, and the dynamic management table of green manufacturing list units.
Multi-dimensional efforts to lead the majority of enterprises to practice green manufacturing
The Interim Measures also proposed that the gradient cultivation and management of green factories should follow the principles of enterprise subject, government guidance, standard guidance and comprehensive coverage. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further optimize the external environment for enterprises’ green development, strengthen the supporting role of green manufacturing service system, speed up the formulation and promulgation of green manufacturing standards, promote potential cultivation target enterprises to continuously improve their work according to the requirements of standards, and lead the majority of enterprises to practice green manufacturing through cultivation and creation.
On the one hand, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology guides and promotes the provincial industrial and information authorities to formulate detailed rules for the implementation of gradient cultivation and management of green factories in the region according to the Interim Measures, establish a gradient cultivation mechanism, and carry out the cultivation, management and recommendation of green factories, green industrial parks and green supply chain management enterprises in the region; On the other hand, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to organize the annual green manufacturing list recommendation, cultivate a number of green factories, green industrial parks and green supply chain management enterprises at the national level every year, and strengthen publicity and implementation.
(January 30, 2024)