Summary: 2012 is the crucial year for implementing the "12th Five-Year Plan," serving as a connecting link between the preceding and the following. At the beginning of the new year,
In the 2012 Beijing Municipal Government Work Report, energy conservation and emission reduction work remains one of the key priorities. In summarizing this work for 2011, the report pointed out that the city took the lead in implementing a dual control mechanism for energy consumption intensity and total energy consumption, closing 45 high energy-consuming, high water-consuming, and high-pollution enterprises. Energy consumption per unit of GDP, water consumption, and major pollutant emissions continued to decline comprehensively. Ecological and environmental quality continued to improve.
The energy conservation and emission reduction indicators among Beijing's main expected goals for economic and social development in 2012 are: energy consumption per unit of GDP and carbon dioxide emissions to decrease by 2.5% and 3% respectively; sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, chemical oxygen demand, and ammonia nitrogen emissions to be reduced by 2%, 3%, 2%, and 2% respectively.
The energy industry has become one of the main drivers of Beijing's work in 2012. The report emphasizes promoting in-depth adjustment of industrial structure, focusing on cultivating new economic growth points, vigorously developing the real economy, and accelerating the capital's economy onto a track of high-end leadership, innovation-driven, and green development. Comprehensively implement policies and measures to promote the development of strategic emerging industries, increase core technology research and development efforts, focus on a number of scientific and technological innovation projects and key project construction, strengthen demonstration applications and market development, and quickly cultivate new pillar industries. Solidly promote the construction of bases such as the Yanqing New Energy Industrial Park.
Beijing will further promote energy conservation, emission reduction, and consumption reduction. Earnestly implement the targets and tasks issued by the state for the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, focusing on internal potential-driven reduction, improving incentive and constraint mechanisms, strengthening assessment and accountability, effectively carrying out energy conservation and emission reduction in key areas such as industry and residential life, and ensuring the completion of annual tasks. Comprehensively promote cleaner production and strive to achieve source and full-process control. Explore and promote typical circular economy models, focus on the construction of national eco-industrial demonstration parks, vigorously develop new energy and energy-saving service industries, and accelerate the industrialization of resource recycling and utilization. Vigorously promote green buildings.
PM2.5 became a hot topic at this year's Beijing Two Sessions and was written into the government work report. The report emphasizes strengthening the prevention and control of key pollutants such as PM2.5 and ozone, promptly establishing and improving monitoring networks, releasing monitoring information in real-time, and achieving continued improvement in air quality with greater determination, more effective measures, and higher standards.
This year, Beijing will complete the clean energy renovation of 1,200 steam tons of coal-fired boilers, carry out coal-to-clean-energy conversion for 10,000 households in non-cultural heritage protection areas within the core district, and ensure that major pollutant concentrations all decrease by 2%. Implement the national action plan for energy conservation and emission reduction, promote and apply new energy-saving and water-saving technologies and products, and widely mobilize all sectors of society to participate in energy conservation and emission reduction. Continuously improve ecological and environmental quality.
The report emphasizes continuously improving resource and energy security levels. Actively promote clean energy projects. Comprehensively implement the "People's Beijing, Technological Beijing, Green Beijing" strategy.
