On December 12th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in conjunction with the Development and Reform Commission, the Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau, and the Water Resources Bureau, issued guidance on deepening the green development of industries in the Yellow River Basin. The opinion mentioned that the demonstration and leadership role of large enterprise groups in the Yellow River Basin should be given full play, and a number of major projects with outstanding carbon reduction effects and strong driving force should be implemented in major carbon emission industries, as well as renewable energy applications, new energy storage, carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Support the development of rooftop photovoltaics, intelligent photovoltaics, decentralized wind power, diversified energy storage, and heat pumps in areas rich in wind and solar energy such as Qinghai and Ningxia. Carry out the construction of industrial green microgrids in Henan and other provinces and regions, promote the complementary utilization of multiple energy sources, and provide high-quality clean energy for industrial enterprises in the Yellow River Basin.
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Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources on Deepening the Green Development of Industry in the Yellow River Basin
Shanxi Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shandong Province, Henan Province, Sichuan Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Industrial and Information Administration, Development and Reform Commission, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, and Department of Water Resources:
 
1、 Overall requirements
（1） Guiding ideology
  Based on the natural conditions, resource endowments, and industrial advantages of different regions in the Yellow River Basin, in accordance with the requirements of jointly promoting large-scale protection and coordinated governance, we will accelerate the optimization of industrial layout and structural adjustment, strengthen technological innovation and policy support, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries, improve resource and energy utilization efficiency and clean production level, and build a new pattern of sustainable green industrial development in the Yellow River Basin.
（2） Main objectives
By 2025, the green development level of industries in the Yellow River Basin will significantly improve, and the industrial structure and layout will be more reasonable. The relocation and transformation of hazardous chemical production enterprises in densely populated urban areas will be fully completed. The energy consumption, water consumption, and carbon emission intensity of traditional manufacturing industries will significantly decrease. The circular utilization of industrial wastewater, comprehensive utilization of solid waste, clean production level, and industrial digitization level will be further improved, and green and low-carbon technology and equipment will be widely applied, The level of green manufacturing has been comprehensively improved.
2、 Promote the adjustment of industrial structure layout
（1） Promote industrial optimization and upgrading
Resolutely curb the blind development of high pollution, high water consumption, and high energy consumption projects in the Yellow River Basin. For high energy consumption and high water consumption projects that have already saturated the market, the energy efficiency of main product design should be benchmarked against the energy efficiency benchmark or advanced level in key areas, and the water efficiency should be benchmarked against the advanced value or international advanced level of water quota. Strictly implement capacity replacement policies in industries such as steel, cement, flat glass, and electrolytic aluminum. Prohibit the construction of restricted products, processes, or devices in the Catalogue for Guiding Industrial Structure Adjustment. Strengthen constraints on environmental protection, energy consumption, water consumption, and other factors, and promote the withdrawal of outdated production capacity in accordance with laws and regulations. Promote the extension and supplementation of the industrial chain of coal, oil, and mineral resources development in the Yellow River Basin, promote deep processing of industries, and gradually complete the adjustment and upgrading of industrial structure. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（2） Building a layout suitable for aquaculture industry
Implement the requirements of controlling the total amount and intensity of water use, energy consumption, and carbon emission intensity during the 14th Five Year Plan period, promote the intensive and green development of heavy chemical industry, and strictly control the new production capacity of the modern coal chemical industry. Accelerate the concentration of dispersed enterprises in the park, promote the cascade and recycling of energy resources. Steadily promoting the relocation and transformation of large and super large hazardous chemical production enterprises in densely populated urban areas of the Yellow River Basin. Promote the construction of new industrial projects in cities along the Yellow River such as Lanzhou, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Jinan, and counties (cities, districts) along the main stream into compliant parks, and gradually relocate existing enterprises that meet the conditions into compliant parks. Promote the green and low-carbon transformation of important energy bases such as Ningdong in Ningxia, Longdong in Gansu, northern Shaanxi, and Haixi in Qinghai, and promote the clustering, greening, and park oriented development of industries such as chemical industry, coking, casting, and alumina in the Fenwei Plain. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（3） Vigorously developing advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries
Carry out a special action for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, and promote the cultivation of competitive advanced manufacturing clusters in the Yellow River Basin. Support the upgrading of national demonstration bases for new industrialization industries in the Yellow River Basin. Promote the cultivation of a group of specialized, refined, and innovative "small giant" enterprises and single champion manufacturing enterprises in the field of industrial green development in the Yellow River Basin. Promote the refinement and strengthening of leading industries in new areas such as Lanzhou New Area and Xixian New Area, as well as the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone. Relying on the core area of Shandong's new and old energy conversion, we will create a cluster of energy conservation and environmental protection industries in Jinan and Qingdao. Create a new engine for industrial development with low energy and resource consumption, low environmental pollution, high added value, and strong market demand, accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries such as new generation information technology, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, green environmental protection, and emerging service industries, and drive the green and low-carbon development of the Yellow River Basin. Focusing on areas with strong industrial foundations in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin, we will establish an industrial cooperation platform that effectively connects supply and demand, coordinates upstream, midstream, and downstream industries, and closely connects the innovation chain and supply chain of the industrial chain, promoting the upgrading of the industrial system and the reconstruction of basic capabilities. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
3、 Promote the intensive utilization of water resources
（1） Promote water efficiency improvement in key industries
Encourage industrial enterprises, parks, and cluster areas in the Yellow River Basin to independently or entrust third-party service institutions to conduct water-saving assessments of production processes and equipment. Based on water resource conditions and actual water use situations, implement industrial water efficiency improvement and transformation, promote integrated optimization of water use systems, and achieve cascade water use, quality based water use, multi use of one water, and cascade utilization. Vigorously promote advanced water-saving processes, technologies, and equipment such as cooling and washing, wastewater recycling, and substitution of high water consumption production processes in the Yellow River Basin, and encourage enterprises in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin and new industrial circulating cooling systems in parks to prioritize the use of air cooling technology. Focusing on key industries such as steel, petrochemicals, and non-ferrous metals, we will promote the creation of a batch of demonstration enterprises and parks for wastewater recycling in various provinces and regions of the Yellow River Basin, and improve the level of water reuse. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（2） Strengthen the demonstration and leadership of industrial water efficiency
Accelerate the formulation and revision of industry standards for water-saving management, water-saving enterprises, water quota, water balance testing, water-saving technology and equipment, encourage provinces and districts in the Yellow River Basin to develop local standards based on actual natural conditions, and encourage enterprises to conduct water audit and water efficiency benchmarking to improve water efficiency. Promote green factories and green industrial parks in the Yellow River Basin to take the lead in meeting standards. Provinces and districts in the Yellow River Basin should rely on key industry water-saving evaluation standards to promote the creation of water-saving enterprises and parks, select water-saving benchmark enterprises and parks, and apply for national water efficiency leading enterprises and parks. By 2025, 60 water-saving benchmark enterprises and 30 water-saving benchmark parks will be established in the Yellow River Basin, and 20 water efficiency leading enterprises and 10 water efficiency leading parks will be selected. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（3） Optimizing the structure of industrial water use
Strictly manage the water quota for high water consumption industries and promote the development and utilization of unconventional water resources. Promote the cooperation between eligible industrial enterprises, parks, and municipal recycled water production and operation units in the Yellow River Basin, improve the recycled water pipeline network, connect the recycled water standards, and use the treated and qualified recycled water for the production of steel, thermal power, and other enterprises, reducing the amount of new water taken by enterprises. Create a batch of innovative pilot projects for industrial urban integration wastewater * recycling, and summarize and promote the industrial urban integration wastewater * recycling model. Encourage the coastal areas in the lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin to directly use seawater as circulating cooling water, and increase the promotion and application of independent technologies and equipment for seawater desalination. Encourage provinces and regions such as Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Shaanxi to adopt suitable brackish water desalination technologies based on the characteristics of local brackish water, and supplement industrial production water according to local conditions. Encourage classified treatment and qualitative utilization of mine water in energy bases such as Longdong, Ningdong, Mengxi, Shaanbei, and Jinxi. Encourage enterprises and parks in the Yellow River Basin to establish and improve facilities for rainwater collection and utilization, rainwater and sewage diversion, effectively utilize rainwater resources, and reduce the amount of new water intake. (Ministry of Water Resources, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
4、 Promote low-carbon transformation of energy consumption
（1） Promote energy efficiency improvement in key industries
Promote the upgrading of energy-saving technology and processes in key energy consuming industries, encourage enterprises in industries such as power, steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemical and chemical industries in the Yellow River Basin to carry out energy-saving transformation of main energy consuming links and equipment, orderly promote technological process upgrading, and utilize advanced energy-saving technology and equipment such as heat exchangers and heat pumps to reduce the loss of waste heat resources. Promote the implementation of the Sichuan Short Process Steel Leading Project. Accelerate the promotion of technologies such as internal circulation of sintering flue gas, uniform pressure gas recovery at the top of blast furnace, and one can of molten iron to the bottom. Encourage provinces and regions such as Qinghai and Ningxia to develop heat storage molten salt and supercapacitor technology, and cultivate new types of electric energy storage equipment. Implement the "leader" action in energy efficiency, select and publish a list of "leader" enterprises and energy efficiency indicators, guide enterprises in the Yellow River Basin to benchmark and meet standards, and improve energy efficiency levels. Focusing on industries such as steel, ferroalloy, coking, and modern coal chemical industry in the Yellow River Basin, we will carry out industrial energy-saving supervision, strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of energy-saving laws, regulations, and mandatory energy-saving standards. Organize the implementation of industrial energy-saving diagnostic services, help enterprises and parks in the Yellow River Basin tap into energy-saving potential, and propose energy-saving transformation suggestions. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（2） Implement carbon reduction technology transformation and upgrading
Focusing on key industries such as coal chemical industry, non-ferrous metals, and building materials in the Yellow River Basin, carbon reduction in the production process is achieved through process reduction, process reduction, and raw material substitution. Strengthen the promotion and application of green and low-carbon process technology and equipment, and improve the level of green and intelligent technology and equipment in key industries. Promote the transformation of energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies for existing projects in key industries. Compare energy efficiency benchmarks and benchmark levels in key industries to carry out the formulation, revision, promotion and application of standards in relevant fields. Encourage provinces and regions in the Yellow River Basin to develop green and low-carbon materials, and promote carbon reduction throughout the entire product lifecycle. Explore proactive carbon reduction pathways such as low-cost carbon dioxide capture, resource conversion and utilization, and storage. Give full play to the demonstration and leading role of large enterprise groups in the Yellow River Basin, and implement a number of major projects with outstanding carbon reduction effects and strong driving force in major carbon emission industries, as well as renewable energy applications, new energy storage, carbon capture, utilization, and storage. (The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and provinces and districts along the Yellow River are responsible for their respective responsibilities)
（3） Promote the utilization of clean energy
Encourage the application of alternative energy sources such as hydrogen energy, biofuels, and waste derived fuels in industries such as steel, cement, and chemical engineering. Taking into account the industrial foundation, market space, and other conditions, we will orderly promote green hydrogen production in provinces and regions such as Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Ningxia, accelerate coal reduction and substitution, steadily and orderly layout hydrogen energy industrialization application demonstration projects, and promote the coupling development of renewable energy hydrogen production and modern coal chemical industry in Ningdong. Improve the electrification level of industrial terminal energy use, and accelerate the promotion and application of alternative process technology equipment such as electric kilns, electric boilers, and electric power in industries and regions with conditions in the Yellow River Basin. By 2025, the proportion of electricity in industrial terminal energy consumption will reach around 30%. Support the development of rooftop photovoltaics, intelligent photovoltaics, decentralized wind power, diversified energy storage, and heat pumps in areas rich in wind and solar energy such as Qinghai and Ningxia. Carry out the construction of industrial green microgrids in Henan and other provinces and regions, promote the complementary utilization of multiple energy sources, and provide high-quality clean energy for industrial enterprises in the Yellow River Basin. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
5、 Promoting the Greenization of Traditional Manufacturing Industry
（1） Promote the construction of a green manufacturing system
Continuously promote the construction of green products, green factories, green industrial parks, and green supply chain management enterprises around key industries and important fields in the Yellow River Basin, and encourage provinces and districts in the Yellow River Basin to create a list of green manufacturing benchmark enterprises in their respective regions. Promote leading enterprises in industries such as automobiles, machinery, electronics, and communication in the Yellow River Basin, integrate green and low-carbon concepts into the entire process of product design, raw material procurement, production, transportation, storage, use, and recycling, and promote the green and low-carbon development of the entire supply chain. Encourage the innovation and integrated application of green manufacturing technology in the Yellow River Basin, fully rely on existing platforms, improve the level of online green manufacturing public services such as information exchange and transmission, demonstration case promotion, and cultivate a group of green manufacturing service suppliers. Provide enterprises and parks with systematic solutions such as product green design and manufacturing integration, factory digital green improvement, and service to other industries for greening. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, responsible for the division of responsibilities in provinces and districts along the Yellow River)
（2） Strengthen the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste and other resources
Promote the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste such as tailings, fly ash, coal gangue, smelting slag, red mud, and chemical slag in the Yellow River Basin, promote the construction of demonstration bases and backbone enterprises for the comprehensive utilization of bulk solid waste, and expand channels for the comprehensive utilization of solid waste. Explore the establishment of a development model for the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste based on regional characteristics, and build a number of industrial resource comprehensive utilization bases. Vigorously promote the disposal of industrial solid waste in remote industrial parks in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin, focus on improving the comprehensive utilization rate of bulk industrial solid waste in provinces and regions such as Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, promote the research and development of large-scale utilization technologies for complex and difficult to use industrial solid waste in downstream areas, and encourage multiple measures to simultaneously improve the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste. Encourage the construction of high-value industrial parks for the utilization of renewable resources, and promote the clustering of enterprises, resource recycling, and high-end development of industries. Promote the implementation of the extended producer responsibility system in provinces and regions such as Shanxi, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, strengthen the traceability management of new energy vehicle power batteries, and actively promote the construction of waste power battery recycling projects. Advance the comprehensive utilization of emerging solid waste such as retired photovoltaic and wind power generation devices. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（3） Improve the supply capacity of environmental protection equipment
Implement the action plan for high-quality development of environmental protection equipment manufacturing industry, cultivate a number of key environmental protection equipment enterprises in the Yellow River basin, and increase the supply of environmental protection technology and equipment products. Encourage leading enterprises in environmental protection equipment to form innovative alliances with joint participation of industry, academia, research, and application based on environmental governance needs and typical application scenarios, and focus on solving hot and difficult environmental governance issues in the Yellow River Basin. We will carry out clean production transformation in key industries, with a focus on provinces and regions such as Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai. We will guide enterprises in key industries such as steel, petrochemical, and non-ferrous metals to promote the application of clean production technology and advanced and applicable environmental protection governance equipment. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)

6、 Promote the digital upgrading of industries
（1） Strengthen the construction of new infrastructure
Promote the green upgrading of new information infrastructure in the Yellow River Basin, and reduce the power consumption of data centers and mobile base stations. Relying on the national "East to West Computing" project, we will carry out green construction and transformation of large and medium-sized data centers, communication network base stations, and computer rooms in the central and upper reaches of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, and Chengdu Chongqing computing power network national hub areas. By 2025, the efficiency of electricity utilization in the operation of newly built large and ultra large data centers will be reduced to below 1.3, and efforts will be made to create a national green data center. Establish a green and low-carbon basic data platform for the entire lifecycle of the Yellow River Basin by industry, coordinate green and low-carbon basic data and industrial big data resources, establish a data sharing mechanism, and promote data aggregation, sharing, and application. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, responsible for the division of responsibilities in provinces and districts along the Yellow River)
（2） Promote the integration of digital, intelligent, and green technologies
Adopting new generation information technologies such as industrial internet, big data, and 5G to enhance the management level of energy, resources, and environment in the Yellow River Basin, deepen the digital application of production and manufacturing processes, and empower green manufacturing. Encourage enterprises and parks in the Yellow River Basin to carry out information management and control of energy resources, online monitoring of pollutant emissions, and detection of underground pipeline leakage systems, in order to achieve dynamic monitoring, precise control, and optimized management. Strengthen the intelligent collection, management, and application of data throughout the entire lifecycle of renewable resources. Promote the digital transformation of major energy consuming equipment, processes, and other related technologies, as well as their use in the cloud. Support the use of Internet of Things, big data and other information means to carry out information collection, data analysis, flow direction monitoring, financial management, and promote new models such as "industrial Internet plus+water efficiency management", "industrial Internet plus+energy efficiency management", and "industrial Internet plus+renewable resources recycling". (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Water Resources, provinces and districts along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
7、 Safeguard measures
（1） Strengthen organizational leadership
All relevant departments of the country should strengthen guidance, scheduling, and evaluation of green industrial development in the Yellow River Basin, and provide accumulated support in major policy formulation, project arrangement, and institutional innovation. The industrial and information management departments of the nine provinces and districts along the Yellow River should fully understand the importance of deepening the green development of industry in the Yellow River Basin, take enterprises as the main body, implement work responsibilities, further strengthen collaborative cooperation among various departments, regions, and fields, refine work plans, and implement them item by item. (Each relevant department, province and district along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（2） Strengthen standards and technical support
We will play a leading role in water consumption, energy consumption, carbon emissions, environmental protection, quality, safety, as well as standards for green products, green factories, green industrial parks, green supply chains, and green evaluation and services. We will encourage all regions to promote the construction of relevant standards for industrial green development based on actual conditions. Increase innovation in green and low-carbon technology equipment and products, promote the industrial application and promotion of advanced and mature technologies, and support the green development of industry in the Yellow River Basin. (Each relevant department, province and district along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（3） Implement fiscal, tax, and financial policies
Fully utilize existing funding channels to support the development of green environmental protection industries, energy utilization, resource recycling, and comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste in the Yellow River Basin. Implement preferential policies such as enterprise income tax and value-added tax related to energy conservation, water conservation, environmental protection, comprehensive utilization of resources, contract energy management, and third-party treatment of environmental pollution by the state. Implement the special policy of promoting industrial green development through industry finance cooperation, leverage the role of the national industry finance cooperation platform, and guide financial institutions to provide specialized financial products and financing services for enterprises in the Yellow River Basin. Carry out industrial green and low-carbon upgrading and transformation actions, guide financial institutions to prioritize green credit support for industrial green development and transformation projects in the Yellow River Basin. Promote the continued implementation of water resource tax reform measures in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Sichuan. (Each relevant department, province and district along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
（4） Innovative talent cultivation and cooperation mechanism
Relying on the existing talent projects in 9 provinces and districts along the Yellow River, we will improve talent attraction policies and market-oriented and socialized talent management service systems, and increase the training of professional and technical talents and business management talents. We will deepen green "the Belt and Road" cooperation, expand cooperation in technology, equipment and services in areas such as energy conservation and water conservation, clean energy, and cleaner production, encourage overseas investment, project contracting, technical cooperation, and equipment export, and promote green manufacturing and green services to take the lead in "going global". (Each relevant department, province and district along the Yellow River shall be responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
National Development and Reform Commission
Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development
Ministry of Water Resources
December 12, 2022