Hunan has introduced 16 measures to support the high-quality development of the modern petrochemical industry
Recently, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hunan Province and 14 other departments jointly issued the "Several Policy Measures on Supporting the High-Quality Development of the Modern Petrochemical Industry in the Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"). The Measures put forward 16 policy measures from five aspects: standardizing the project approval process, strengthening the guarantee of project elements, enhancing the management of chemical industrial parks, fostering and expanding business entities, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading.
In terms of standardizing the project approval process, the Measures propose to optimize the project safety review process and steadily advance the delegation of safety review and other authorities for hazardous chemicals construction projects in accordance with the law. Treat enterprises of all ownerships equally and optimize the approval processes for chemical project filing, safety assessment, etc. Do a good job in the review of environmental impact assessment for park planning and the approval service of project environmental impact assessment, strengthen the linkage between planning environmental impact assessment and construction project environmental impact assessment, and improve the efficiency of project environmental impact assessment approval.
The Measures require strengthening the guarantee of project elements. For major petrochemical projects that are uniformly planned and laid out by the state, energy consumption and coal consumption indicators shall be coordinated throughout the province. Encourage eligible enterprises to make good use of preferential policies and new technologies to effectively reduce their electricity costs. Ensure the environmental capacity guarantee for key projects, and encourage the provision of total indicators for key construction projects through measures such as shutting down polluting enterprises, technological and process transformation, and end-of-pipe emission treatment. For projects included in the provincial list of major modern petrochemical industry projects, priority will be given to providing land use index support. Rationally plan the land for chemical industrial parks, and in accordance with relevant regulations, do a good job in adjusting and expanding the areas as well as expanding the zones of chemical industrial parks to reserve space for the development of the chemical industry. Give full play to the linkage advantages, leverage effects and market-oriented operation capabilities of the relevant sub-funds in the Hunan Province Golden Furong Industry Guidance Fund that support the modern petrochemical industry, and actively support the construction of key projects in the modern petrochemical industry such as the 1 million tons of ethylene refining and chemical integration project. Increase the support of special funds for the construction of provincial advanced manufacturing highlands and innovative provinces for key enterprises and projects in the modern petrochemical industry.
The Measures also require that the establishment of new chemical industrial parks be strictly controlled, and the review work for the establishment of new chemical industrial parks be carried out actively, steadily and prudently. Support chemical industrial parks with high industrial correlation, complete safety and environmental protection infrastructure, and good comprehensive management levels to carry out expansion work in accordance with laws and regulations. Support key monitoring point enterprises in the chemical industry to build new or expand chemical projects without adding new land supply or increasing the total discharge of major pollutants.
To cultivate and expand business entities, the Measures propose to promote the construction of major projects such as the 1 million-ton ethylene refining and chemical integration project and the Hengyang Green and low-carbon salt-alkali Industrial Park project. Support leading enterprises in the modern petrochemical industry to build enterprises with assets of over 100 billion yuan and 50 billion yuan. Modern petrochemical industry projects that conform to industrial orientation, possess independent intellectual property rights and have an investment of over 500 million yuan will be given priority to be included in the provincial key construction projects. Support the development of the synthetic biology industry in Changde, and promote the coordinated development of key modern petrochemical industries such as petrochemical synthetic materials in Yueyang, salt and brine chemical industry in Hengyang, and fluorine chemical industry in Chenzhou and Xiangxiang among cities and prefectures.
In addition, the Measures also propose to promote the transformation and upgrading of the modern petrochemical industry, moving towards high-end upgrading, green development and intelligent transformation.