Promoting advanced, diversified and low-carbon development of the coal chemical industry is key to realizing China's goal of peaking carbon dioxide emission by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060, according to a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).
According to this year's government work report delivered at the opening meeting of the fifth session of the 13th NPC, promoting energy revolution and guaranteeing energy supply to push forward low-carbon energy transformation will be critical in 2022.
Jia Run'an, chairman of China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy)'s Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., said that as a pioneering modern coal chemical enterprise, China Energy will speed up research and development of core technologies, expand industrial chain projects of coal-based new materials and produce high added-value products.
Meanwhile, the company will accelerate transformation to diversified product system covering oil, chemical and new material and develop coal-based biodegradable and high-level carbon materials.
Jia Run'an, deputy to the 13th NPC and chairman of China Energy's Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., suggests that promoting advanced, diversified and low-carbon development of the coal chemical industry is a key to realizing China's goal of peaking carbon dioxide emission by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Last but not least, China Energy will also explore large-scale carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization based on coupling development of new energy and the modern coal chemical industries.
Jia said that China Energy's carbon capture and storage demonstration project in Ordos in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has accumulatively stored 302,600 metric tons of carbon dioxide underground.
During the annual sessions of the nation's top legislative and advisory bodies, Jia suggested that government departments should set calculating standards and statistical specifications of energy consumption volume and intensity as well as clear assessment modes to promote clean and highly-efficient use of coal resources.
(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)
