How To Break Through The 14Th Five Year Plan Of Petrochemical Industry?

On June 3, 2021 China Chemical Industry Park and Industrial Development Forum was held in Yantai. Li Shousheng, President of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, made an inventory of the achievements made in the 13th Five Year Plan period and the development direction during the 14th Five Year Plan period.

The "13th five year plan" economic indicators of petrochemical industry have been basically completed

Petrochemical industry is China's pillar industry, mainly processing and selling crude oil and natural gas. Its products cover refined oil, asphalt, paraffin, plastics, rubber, fiber and various chemicals.

At present, China is the second largest petrochemical country and the largest chemical power in the world, and its contribution rate to the world petrochemical market is stable at about 40%.

In 2020, under the impact of the global spread of new crown pneumonia, the revenue and profit of Sinopec industry will decline significantly, which is extremely rare in the development history of China's petrochemical industry. In 2020, the revenue of Sinopec industry will be 11.08 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year decrease of 8.7%; The total profit was 515.55 billion yuan, down 13.5% year on year.

Li Shousheng pointed out that during the 13th Five Year Plan period, in the face of epidemic situation, trade friction and unprecedented pressure on safety and environmental protection, the domestic petrochemical industry still basically completed the main economic indicators, and the chemical industry park played an important role in promoting the structural reform of the industry supply side, accelerating high-end development and green development.

During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the standardization level of chemical industry park has been improved rapidly, which has become the main battlefield of supply side structural reform; At the same time, relying on the chemical industry park, the national petrochemical industry layout "great reconstruction" and the effect of cluster development are beginning to show.

According to the data provided by the Federation of petrochemicals, by the end of 2020, 1084 small and medium-sized enterprises and large-scale enterprises with major risks and hidden dangers, 39 other large-scale enterprises and super large enterprises have completed the relocation and transformation, and the relocation of hazardous chemical production enterprises has achieved phased results.

By the end of 2020, there are 616 national key chemical parks or industrial parks with petrochemical industry as the leading industry, including 48 national chemical parks; The number of super large parks with output value over 100 billion increased from 8 at the end of the 12th Five Year Plan to 17, and 35 large parks with 50 billion to 100 billion. The output value of super large and large parks accounted for more than 50% of the total output value of chemical industry parks.

During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the standardization construction system of China's chemical industry parks has gradually taken shape, and the level of safety, green and intelligence has been continuously improved. The demonstration role of green parks and smart parks is remarkable.

Prominent structural contradictions in petrochemical industry

According to the data provided by the Federation of petrochemicals, in 2020, the sales revenue of China's chemical industry accounted for nearly 40% of the global total, more than the sum of the United States, the European Union and Japan. However, China's enterprises have invested too much in energy and resources per unit product, and their output efficiency is low, and their ability of international competition and risk prevention is weak.

Compared with foreign advanced counterparts, China's chemical enterprises as a whole still present the characteristics of "big but not strong". Most of the products are in the middle and low end of the global value chain division system, and the basic chemical products with low added value account for a large proportion.

Li Shousheng pointed out that at present, the structural contradiction is still the most prominent overall contradiction in the chemical industry. The low level of industrial structure, identical product structure and prominent resource contradiction constraints have become the fundamental constraints of high-quality development.

However, in the high-end manufacturing industry, strategic emerging industries, new chemical materials and special chemicals supporting aerospace, national defense and military industries, the supply has been insufficient for a long time, and some even rely heavily on imports. The task of optimizing product structure, eliminating backward production capacity and reducing excess energy is still arduous.

In 2020, the consumption of new chemical materials in China will reach 38 million tons, and the domestic production will be only 27 million tons, and the self-sufficiency rate of new chemical materials will be only 71%; There is a significant gap in high-end fine chemicals such as pesticides, fuels, coatings, surfactants, biochemistry and catalysts.

In terms of energy consumption and pollution reduction, the petrochemical industry is also facing great transformation pressure.

According to the data provided by the Federation of petrochemical industry, since the 13th five year plan, the total energy consumption of the petroleum and chemical industry has continued to grow, with the total energy consumption exceeding 600 million tons for the first time in 2019, and the average energy efficiency level of key products such as synthetic ammonia, methanol, ethylene still lags behind the international advanced level; The management problems of hazardous waste in the industry are prominent, with large amount, various types, complex components and difficult treatment and disposal.

In addition, the petrochemical industry water system is complex, water consumption is large, wastewater treatment has become a bottleneck for the development of the industry for a long time.

How to break through in the 14th five year plan

Li Shousheng pointed out that during the "14th five year plan" period, the petrochemical industry should not only keep the petrochemical industrial structure complete and reasonable, but also upgrade and optimize the industrial structure, greatly improve the level and proportion of the high-end manufacturing industry and strategic emerging industries, including new chemical materials, high-end fine chemicals, modern coal chemical industry, etc Energy saving and environmental protection industry and biochemical industry and other high-end fields occupy an important position and leading level.

In addition, the petroleum and chemical industry has unique technical advantages and proprietary governance technology, so it is duty bound to take the initiative to take the lead in tackling key problems.

Li Shousheng said that during the "14th five year plan" period, it is necessary to clarify the strategic positioning, build a chemical park with reasonable layout and distinctive characteristics, give full play to the natural innovation advantages of the chemical park in strategy, organization and system, explore a new path of low-carbon green cycle development, accelerate digital transformation, comprehensively improve the management level and operation efficiency of the park, and improve the system and mechanism, Build a world-class chemical industry park.

The guidelines for the development of the petroleum and chemical industry during the "14th five year plan" issued in January this year pointed out that during the period of the "14th five year plan", the industry will accelerate the construction of a modern petroleum and chemical industry system, build a number of internationally competitive enterprise groups and industrial clusters, create a number of well-known brands with international influence, and promote China's transformation from a big petrochemical country to a powerful Petrochemical country, Some industries took the lead in entering the ranks of powerful countries.

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