"The cement industry is more and more clearly aware that the digital and intelligent track will once again contribute to the competitive differences of cement enterprises." Ji Youhong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Resources Cement, delivered an important speech at the "Top 50 Forum of Cement Industry in 2023 and the Fifth Council Meeting of the Eighth Session of China Cement Association".
He said that in the case of a depressed cement market and serious overcapacity, promoting cement enterprises to enter the national carbon market steadily and orderly, adopting a "double-control" system for carbon emissions is conducive to resolving the industry's overcapacity, encouraging enterprises to form a green low-carbon awareness of "carbon emission costs, carbon reduction benefits", and forcing enterprises to carry out energy conservation. To achieve green, low-carbon and high-quality development, so as to achieve the long-term healthy development of the industry.
The following is the full text of Ji Youhong's speech:
Distinguished leaders:
The global low-carbon transformation and the determination of China's "double carbon" goal have put forward the requirements of green and low-carbon development for the industry, and the rapid development of the digital economy has provided new ideas and new methods for supporting and enabling the green transformation. The cement industry is also more and more clearly aware that the digital and intelligent track will once again contribute to the competitive differences of cement enterprises.
In this context, in order to cope with the current difficulties and problems faced by the cement industry, we must continue to use new ideas and new methods, according to the 20th National Congress and the second meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Deepening Reform, we should base ourselves on the fact that the construction of ecological civilization in China has entered a critical period with carbon reduction as the key strategic direction, and improve the total energy consumption and intensity control. Gradually turn to the dual control system of total carbon emissions and intensity.
Carbon market is one of the core policy tools to promote the realization of the double carbon target. The national carbon market has been running smoothly and orderly for more than two years, and is planned to be expanded to cement and other industries; 171 cement enterprises have participated in the pilot carbon market work, accumulating carbon trading experience and foundation; In the case of a depressed cement market and serious overcapacity, promoting cement enterprises to enter the national carbon market steadily and orderly, adopting a "double-control" system for carbon emissions is conducive to resolving the overcapacity of the industry, encouraging enterprises to form a green low-carbon awareness of "carbon emission cost, carbon reduction benefit", and forcing enterprises to carry out energy-saving and carbon-reducing transformation. So as to achieve the long-term healthy development of the industry.
In recent years, China Resources Cement has earnestly implemented the national "double carbon" policy and put forward the "3C" energy saving and carbon reduction system, which focuses on the three aspects of "low carbon at the source, carbon reduction in the process and carbon removal at the end", and comprehensively explores and applies technological innovation, energy saving and environmental protection, and digital transformation. At present, 17 enterprises of China Resources Cement have participated in the pilot work of the local carbon market in Guangdong and Fujian, with a performance rate of 100%.
Huarun Cement will continue to play the leading role of the central enterprises, take the lead in implementing the "double carbon" strategy and the requirements of high-end transformation of manufacturing industry, implement the new development concept completely, accurately and comprehensively, adhere to the "3C" energy-saving and carbon-reducing system of Huarun Cement, promote the deep integration of digital technology and traditional manufacturing, and enable green manufacturing. To achieve the whole process of carbon reduction from the source to the terminal, and accelerate the company's green, low-carbon and high-quality development. At the same time, it will actively participate in promoting the cement industry into the national carbon market construction, actively fulfill its own emission control obligations, and accelerate the green development of the industry in a market-oriented way.
Finally, I hope to join hands with all the participants to jointly promote the dual-carbon work of the cement industry and help the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of the industry!
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