Energy saving medium and long term planning to solve energy crisis

2004, China for electricity, coal, oil and other energy prices and the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, and the shortage of energy to the national economy indirectly caused economic losses are more difficult to use specific numerical measure. Last year, the national development and Reform Commission in the "special plan for energy saving in the long term," particularly stressed that energy conservation is a long-term strategic policy of China's economic and social development.

When the price of coal, electricity and oil rose all the time, and the economic lifeline of China, people finally realized that China is experiencing an unprecedented energy crisis. Only a year in 2004, and the cost of Chinese rose up to tens of billions of dollars for electricity, coal, oil and other energy prices, energy shortages and indirect economic losses to the national economy more difficult to use a specific numerical measure. Last year, the national development and Reform Commission in the "special plan for energy saving in the long term," especially stressed that energy conservation is a long-term strategic policy of China's economic and social development, but also an extremely urgent task at present.

Alarm has sounded

In February 25th, SERC vice president Shao Bingren at the State Council Information Office held a press conference pointed out that the power supply situation since January this year, the national power shortage degree is weakened, but the power range did not reduce this means that short-term power shortage situation of large area may be transformed into long-term power shortage and period of the season.

Last year, a total of 50 million kilowatts of domestic production units, this year will continue to put into operation some new generating units. Overall, due to the rapid growth of the economy and economic restructuring needs a longer process, this year's power supply and demand situation will not be a fundamental change in the near future."

It is understood that the province has been reduced by 19 in 2003 to increase the number of electricity in 2004 to the 24. This winter and the national power shortage situation is worse than last year. The electricity sector forecast, the weather gets warmer before the power gap in 10 million between -1500 kilowatts, the largest gap in East China the most severe power shortage in about 8 million 500 thousand kilowatts, North and northwest and central China will be in the millions of kilowatts.

Due to the lack of power, the manufacturing industry in the region around the country have suffered varying degrees of economic losses, including the Yangtze River Delta as the hardest hit. Hushi electronic company is located in Jiangsu province Kunshan City Economic and Technological Development Zone, specializing in the production of high-level circuit board, is a lot of well-known enterprises at home and abroad supplier. Due to the company's power outage, affecting the normal production of downstream enterprises, nurturing the formation of the supply chain for many years was destroyed.

The company's deputy general manager Li Minggui told reporters that since December 2004, restricted power load, the company's production capacity is decreased by 1/7, many orders can not be delivered on time, the commercial reputation is seriously affected, so that the old customers to contract to Korea. The company suffered direct economic losses of nearly 30 million yuan per month.

Power shortage is one of the focuses of energy shortage. 3 years ago, the energy shortage is the earliest manifestation of lack of power, and then the shortage of coal, oil shortages and other issues have surfaced.

Heavy industry

China known as the vast territory and abundant resources, rich in coal reserves, once the exporter of crude oil, electricity production in the last century in 90s appeared oversupply situation, why now into the energy shortage? In the research process of this problem, many experts focus their attention on the development and changes of China's economic structure in recent years.

Although the heavy industry is the economic development Chinese impassable stage, scholars also launched a fierce debate, but China at present a new round of economic growth period was largely due to the rapid development of heavy chemical industry.

Studies show that since the 90s of last century, China's economic structure, the proportion of heavy industry in the industrial sector, the proportion of industry in the entire national economy has shown an upward trend. Since 2002, a number of new leading industries have surfaced, including homes, cars and infrastructure. The rapid growth of these leading industries directly led to the rapid growth of the economy. Accompanied by the emergence of a number of investment properties of the industry, mainly iron and steel, nonferrous metals, machinery, chemical and other heavy chemical industry.

The State Council Development Research Center expert Yang Tiejun described the situation as follows: "China entered a adapt to the consumption upgrade, based on the market, the technology content and added value increased gradually, the heavy chemical industry sustainable development stage relatively strong."

However, with the acceleration of heavy chemical industry investment, the negative impact of industrial heavy duty has gradually emerged. Because of the heavy chemical industry is a high energy consumption industry, the electricity demand is very large. Therefore, the rapid development of heavy chemical industry has brought about a serious shortage of resources in china.

Statistics show that in 2004 Chinese oil imports 1.2 tons, import dependency is close to 50%; the maximum power gap national Power Grid Corp within the operating area will reach 29 million 830 thousand kilowatts, the annual power shortage due to reduce the GDP growth rate of 0.5 percentage points; although 2004 coal production exceeded 18 tons, but due to transportation, price and other reasons, the average inventory is lower than 15 coal power plant the day of the warning line in quite a long period of time.

Energy saving target determination

One can't make bricks without straw Economic development can not be separated from the support of energy, energy efficiency is also restricting the development of the economy. National Development and Reform Commission officials believe that to solve the problem of energy constraints, on the one hand to open source, increase domestic exploration and development efforts,