Sustainable development of China's paper industry focuses on the green commitment

Xinhua Beijing, June 19, "2009 China Paper Sustainable Development Forum" held in Suzhou yesterday.　　Experts from the global development trend and the overall situation of China's opportunities, focusing on the integration of forest pulp and paper and the details of clean production practice, this paper reviews the 60-year course of the development of China's papermaking industry, and probes into how to realize the sustainable development of Chinese papermaking Enterprises and achieve success under the challenge of globalization. From the early years of the founding of the annual production of less than million tons of 80 million tons, from the previous dependence on imports to the world's second largest producer of paper, China's paper industry experienced from scratch, drip accumulation to strive for the process.　　However, under the pressure of the current world economic situation, the shortage of natural resources and the environmental pollution, how can China's paper break out of a sustainable development with Chinese characteristics and become the focus of this forum exchange and discussion.　　The Forum takes the sustainable development of Chinese paper industry as the cut-in point, through the General Assembly and the dialogue form, separately from the macroeconomic, the industry policy development and the environmental protection, and so on, the paper business whether can achieve the environment friendly and the plantation is the forest paper circulation key link and so on open discussion. Fan, chief economist and director of economic forecasting at the National Information Center, introduced the paper industry's impact on people's livelihood is great, is the basic raw materials of industry and life, the relationship between the country's economy, culture, life, national defense and other aspects.　　2008 paper industry gross output value of 457.1 billion yuan, about 1.52% of GDP, the proportion of the school in addition, the paper industry can drive forestry, machinery manufacturing, printing and publishing, chemical, thermoelectric, transportation, environmental protection, electronics and communications equipment manufacturing industries such as the development of the upstream and downstream industries have a huge pull role. In view of the current economic situation under the influence of the financial crisis, Ministry of Industry Information Department of consumer Goods Wang Minyan pointed out that the country's light industry revitalization plan, the short-term goal is to stimulate light industry, including the paper industry, the long-term goal is to eliminate backward production capacity, efforts to promote structural adjustment and industrial upgrading, reduce emissions of major pollutants such as cod　　, adhere to the green ecological cycle of economic development of new light industry road. Faced with the dual challenges of the environment and development of papermaking industry, the Director of Science and Technology standards of the National Ministry of Environmental Protection, Feng Po, stressed that protecting the environment is the direction of each enterprise's efforts, and also the important link of determining the sustainable development route. Starting from May 1 this year, the more stringent pulp and paper production of major pollutant emission standards have been formally implemented.　　The standard not only effectively promote the upgrading of pulping and papermaking equipment, but also can eliminate a group of backward production of pulp enterprises, and those operating large-scale, cleaner production, resource intensive paper enterprises will face new market opportunities. In order to meet the demand of paper raw materials, it is necessary to develop plantation to make the sustainable development of papermaking industry. Xu Daping, director of the Jelin Institute of China's Forestry Academy, pointed out that the scientific development of plantations is a guarantee for the smooth implementation of the National forest-pulp-paper integrated development strategy. Planting plantation scientifically can not only make paper enterprises bearThe responsibility of afforestation, to solve the problem of wood raw materials, but also the development of ecological paper, the formation of paper forest, to promote the paper industry pattern, promoting the sustainable development of paper enterprises and papermaking industry. on how to promote the sustainable development of Chinese Plantation, the Deputy Secretary-General of China Forestry Industry Association said in his report that in view of the current global, especially China's forest resources and ecological environment problems, the Chinese government in recent years to strengthen the protection of forest resources,　　A number of positive measures have been taken to promote sustainable forest management and utilization, including the establishment of national forest certification systems and participation in the establishment of international systems, the international market share of forest products and the voice and decision-making power of certification systems, and further safeguarding national interests. Dr Huhai, from the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy Research at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, pointed out that the traditional papermaking industry is high in wastewater and cod emissions, mainly because: in the pulp structure, straw pulp, reed pulp and other non wood pulp accounted for higher. The pulp structure of papermaking industry in developed countries is 62.6%, pulp 34%, non wood pulp (straw pulp, reed pulp, etc.) 3.4%. But in China, straw pulp, reed pulp and other non wood pulp accounted for up to 22%. Secondly, the concentration of paper industry is low, small paper factory is more. Moreover, the production technology is backward and the comprehensive utilization level is low. In fact, these high energy consumption, high water consumption of straw pulp paper-oriented small paper factory is an important source of pollution in the paper industry. Therefore, the paper industry to achieve emission reduction and environmental friendliness, the key lies in the industry's internal restructuring, the State should make more perfect regulations and incentive measures.　　At the same time, enterprises should take the initiative to assume social and environmental responsibility, the clean production, recycling economy, the use of two resources and renewable energy, producer responsibility and so on to implement. Li Yimin, deputy dean of China Pulp and Paper Research Institute, said: "If any enterprise wants to achieve sustainable development, it must take social responsibility as its duty, only in this way can we choose the right direction of development so as to achieve more long-term development". In addition, he pointed out: "The development of circular economy promotion law is to promote circular economy, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, protect and improve the environment." Under the guidance of circular economy, China's paper industry must be environmentally friendly and sustainable. "This forum is organized by China Pulp and Paper Research Institute, China Forest Industry Association Forest Paper Branch and China Paper magazine." The relevant national ministries, research institutions, academic groups and enterprises represent nearly 200 participants. (Sheshuna)