Inner Mongolia Circular Economy Begins to Appear "Spark"

At the just-concluded "two sessions" of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, circular economy became a hot topic of discussion among deputies and committee members: "How to change the current situation of extensive economic growth mode, low industrial level, and low level of comprehensive utilization of resources?" "How to make enterprises become the backbone of the development of circular economy?" "How far can circular economy go without independent innovation?" ……

According to the reporter's understanding, in fact, Inner Mongolia's circular economy has begun to show a "spark.". However, there is still a long way to go to become a "prairie fire".

In resource-rich and energy-rich Inner Mongolia, the rapid economic development once led to serious environmental pollution and astonishing waste of resources. However, in recent years, reflecting on the huge cost of resources and environment paid by economic development, the concept of circular economy has gradually entered the vision of decision makers, and a number of enterprises committed to circular economy have begun to emerge like a spark.

Mengxi Industrial Park, located in Etuoke Banner of Ordos City, is an early pioneer in the development of circular economy in Inner Mongolia. Since the establishment of the park in 1998, they have adhered to the principle of "five high and three new", providing a reliable mechanism guarantee for the development of circular economy. "Five-high" refers to high starting point, high technology, high industrial chain, high added value and high environmental protection; "Three-new" refers to mechanism innovation, system innovation and technological innovation.

In the "five high and three new", the most eye-catching is the "two high": the high industrial chain, all projects entering the park should be highly related, the products of the upstream industry and the "three wastes" should be the raw materials of the downstream industry as far as possible, and some products should achieve zero emission and zero cost; High degree of environmental protection, all projects entering the park, environmental protection standards, high pollution, difficult to control projects are not allowed to enter the park.

Cui Yongzhong, director of the office of the Management Committee of Mengxi Industrial Park, revealed that at present, the park has formed six industrial systems of high-tech materials, building materials, metallurgy, chemical industry, coal and real estate, and has built a joint fleet led by well-known enterprises such as Mengxi, Shenhua and Northern United Electric Power. Comprehensive utilization of coal gangue, comprehensive utilization of carbon dioxide and coal chemical industry, with a total output value of more than 3 billion yuan. Many enterprises with Mengxi Group as the core have stepped into the fast lane of circular economy characterized by "resources-products-renewable resources", which is characterized by "regional circulation, park circulation and enterprise circulation".

In Yili Energy and Chemical Circular Economy Industrial Base, an integrated circular industrial chain of coal, coal gangue power generation, ionic membrane caustic soda, PVC and industrial waste residue cement has been formed. The waste produced by upstream enterprises has become the raw material of downstream enterprises, and the waste rock, waste residue and waste gas are basically "eaten up".

In 2004, Baotou Aluminum Group Company took the lead in introducing natural gas, a clean energy, into industrial production in the same industry in China, replacing heavy oil, gas and other heavily polluting energy, which can not only save 15000 tons of coal annually, but also consume 18 million cubic meters of waste residue. The emission of harmful gases such as hydrogen sulfide is eliminated.

According to the idea of developing circular economy, Huolinguole Industrial Park in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia has improved the utilization rate of resources through the recycling of inferior coal, drainage water, fly ash and other wastes. The reuse rate of production water in the park has reached 98%, greatly reducing pollutant emissions. "Extra" Benefits

The biggest benefit that the recycling industry chain brings to enterprises is that upstream enterprises save waste treatment investment and downstream enterprises save raw material costs. The pioneer enterprises of circular economy are also looking at the "additional" benefits brought by comprehensive utilization of resources and circular production.

In Mengxi Industrial Park, 300 million cubic meters of coke oven gas produced by the 700,000-ton/year tamping coke project of Shenxi Coal Chemical Company can be used as the fuel of Kaolin Powder Company to produce kaolin powder with high added value, and at the same time, it can be sent to Mengxi Self-owned Power Plant for power generation. The electricity generated by the power plant is used for the production of enterprises in the park at a price lower than market price.

The experts in the park calculated a detailed account: coke oven gas is calculated at 0.07 yuan/cubic meter (far lower than market price), which can create a value of 21 million yuan for Shenxi Coal Chemical Company every year; Mengxi Self-owned Power Plant and Kaolin Powder Company have also reduced the production cost. The cost per ton of kaolin powder can be reduced by 400 yuan, and the annual capital can be saved by 5.4 million yuan. The cost per kilowatt hour can be reduced by 0.02 yuan, and the annual capital can be saved by 6 million yuan.

Yili Energy and Chemical Recycling Economy Industrial Base also has an "extra" benefit account: the self-provided power plant with coal gangue can "eat" 2.5 million tons of coal gangue every year; the cement production project can eat 1.5 million tons of fly ash and industrial waste residue every year; The centralized treatment and recycling of sewage can save 3.5 million tons of water every year. Compared with the single construction of each project, the total investment of the recycling industry chain is saved by more than 20%.

The development of circular economy by Baotou Aluminum Group through technological transformation has also produced considerable economic benefits. The energy consumption per ten thousand yuan of output value has been greatly reduced compared with that before the transformation. The power consumption per ton of aluminum has been reduced by 750 kWh, and the enterprise can save 180 million kWh annually. The road is long

Although the circular economy in Inner Mongolia is now a spark, it is still difficult to become a prairie fire. Most enterprises and regions are still struggling on the road of traditional industrial development that wastes resources and pollutes the environment. Industry insiders believe that the hope of circular economy becoming a prairie fire lies in the self-innovation and transformation of enterprises, and the guiding role of the government is also indispensable.

a research group of the Central Party School investigated the circular economy project in Ordos City, and summarized the main measures for the development of circular economy in the city as "focusing on big and small, concentrating on development, and controlling as a whole".

According to the introduction, the decision-makers of Ordos City realized that the reason why the economic benefits were not high and the ecological economy deteriorated in the past few years was the existence of many small enterprises such as small coal mines and small coking.

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However, the process of "closing down" is quite difficult, and the resistance is unprecedented. More importantly, "closing down" has greatly reduced government revenue. Taking Etuoke Banner as an example, the leading industry of the banner at that time was coal enterprises, most of which belonged to small enterprises. The closure of these small enterprises has reduced the flag tax revenue by more than 90 million yuan annually.

By the end of 2006, Ordos had banned and closed 337 illegal sewage enterprises that caused serious pollution and did not conform to the national industrial policy, and the number of local coal mines had been consolidated from more than 1,300 to 276. Through "closing small", Ordos has eliminated a number of backward production capacity and improved the industrial development environment, thus introducing and cultivating a number of large enterprises and cultivating a number of large industrial clusters.

It can be seen that in Ordos, the government has become an important driving force and leader in the development of circular economy.

In addition, the weak independent innovation capability and low technological level of enterprises restrict the leap from resource advantages to industrial advantages in Inner Mongolia, which is a major obstacle in the implementation of the industrial chain of circular economy.

Lu Lin, Party Secretary and Chairman of Baotou Aluminum Group, believes that the extension of the industrial chain needs technical support. For example, the aluminium industry, from ordinary aluminium ingots to electrolytic aluminium and aluminium alloys, has played a key role in the content and level of science and technology. In order to make full use of resources, enterprises themselves must improve their ability of independent innovation, increase the added value of products through high and new technology, and extend the industrial chain.

Jiang Yuezhong, a researcher of Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences, believes that many enterprises in Inner Mongolia are not enthusiastic about developing circular economy, which is an important reason for the low level of comprehensive utilization of resources. Due to the imperfect energy mechanism in some parts of the region and the inadequate implementation of the national environmental compensation policy, some enterprises have a high investment cost and a long recovery cycle in developing circular economy.

Inner Mongolia's GDP growth rate has ranked first in the country for five consecutive years, and the task of achieving a win-win situation between economy and environmental protection is very arduous. It is undoubtedly an inevitable choice to develop circular economy and take the road of new industrialization. However, the road is still very long.

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