China's cement industry is accelerating its transformation to digitalization and green manufacturing, keeping pace with the country's drive to achieve carbon reduction goals.
China released a plan on ultra-low emissions in cement production to reduce pollutant emissions in January this year. The plan requires half of cement clinker production capacity in the country's key regions for air pollution control to complete ultra-low emission transformation by the end of 2025, and 80 percent of China's overall cement clinker production capacity to finish the transformation the end of 2028.
It marks the ultra-low emission transformation in another traditional industry after coal-fired power plants and the steel industry in China.
"As of 2023, 274 cement factories and 125 cement mines had been listed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as green manufacturers. In the future, cement enterprises will build more green factories and apply more green mining approaches to contribute to the green and low-carbon development of the cement industry." said Kong Xiangzhong, executive president of the China Cement Association.
China's cement production totalled 2.023 billion tons in 2023, ranking first in the world for 38 consecutive years, according to insiders at the World Cement Association Annual Conference 2024 that opened in Nanjing of east China on Saturday.
China's cement output accounted for more than 50 percent of global cement production and the cement sector discharged over 1.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2023.
China's cement industry accelerates digital, green transformation
New energy vehicles have drawn wide attention at the 22nd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition that opened in south China's Guangdong Province on Friday.
Under the guidance of national policies, an increasing number of affordable new energy vehicles have started to feature higher-level configurations.
"I took a stroll and found many highlights, with a lot of price advantages as well. Moreover, with national policies and various subsidies in place. I feel now is a great time to buy a new energy vehicle," said a consumer.
"Taking advantage of the platform of the automobile exhibition, we launched our latest products and new technologies. By promoting consumption both online and offline, we aim to achieve a spillover effect where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Based on past experience, our sales at the automobile exhibition are typically three to five times higher than usual," said Qiu Liangpin, an exhibitor.
Zhao Yang, vice chairman of the Automotive Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that 10 years ago, new energy vehicles were still in the early stages of development; now, they have become the main focus of the auto show.
"This year, the public finance departments at the national, provincial, and municipal levels have all allocated special subsidy funds to promote trade-in programs. Meanwhile, car manufacturers are launching various incentive activities for vehicle purchase. In addition, financial institutions have introduced exclusive financial services to benefit consumers, continually energizing both supply and demand in the automotive industry. It is expected that the production and sales of new energy vehicles will exceed 12 million units this year," Zhao said.
New energy vehicles draw attention at Guangzhou Int'l Automobile Exhibition
