To this end, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently jointly formulated work plans for the steady growth of four key raw material industries, including petrochemicals, steel, non-ferrous metals and building materials, to consolidate the achievements of reducing production capacity, expand effective supply, accelerate technological transformation, and promote green and intelligent transformation.

For example, in response to the difficulties faced by the steel industry such as insufficient recovery of traditional market demand, increased supply and demand contradictions, and declining profitability of the industry, the “Iron and Steel Industry steady Growth Work Plan” from both ends of the supply and demand to implement technological innovation and transformation, upgrading steel consumption, improving supply capacity, and cultivating leading enterprises “four actions”. “We will encourage steel companies to implement mergers and restructuring. For steel enterprises that have completed substantive mergers and reorganizations, we will study and give greater support to capacity replacement policies. Research and formulate measures for the classification and classification management of steel standardized enterprises, and guide the development of factor resources to high-quality enterprises.” Chang Guowu said.

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“Changes in the external situation will cause fluctuations in industry growth, but it also provides an important window and opportunity for the industrial upgrading of the steel industry.” Cao Chuanzhen, deputy director of the Industry Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the next step will actively promote the production of projects under construction, capacity expansion of projects in production, and construction of new projects to accelerate the release of domestic resource development potential; Accelerate the pace of mergers and acquisitions in the steel industry, and create a number of professional leading enterprises with obvious product advantages and strong self-development ability; Focus on key links in the steel industry, guide enterprises to speed up the upgrading of advanced energy-saving technology and equipment, and further improve the level of green manufacturing in the steel industry.

Non-ferrous metals are not only the basic materials supporting the development of construction, machinery, home appliances and other industries, but also the key materials to enhance the competitiveness of emerging industries such as new energy and new generation information technology. From January to July this year, the industrial added value of the non-ferrous metals industry increased by 5.9% year-on-year, but there are also problems such as insufficient growth momentum in traditional consumption areas, reduced exports, and high external dependence on some strategic minerals and high-end materials.

Chang Guowu said that it will strengthen the supply of important resources, support the research and development and application of key materials, increase technological transformation efforts, and actively expand downstream markets. Specifically, the implementation plan will be formulated to promote the development of lithium and other resource industries, and guide key regions to develop resource industry planning and resource development project lists; In key areas such as aerospace, rail transit, and medical equipment, we will support research on high-end materials, promote the application of new materials and new processes, and strengthen the layout of research and development of cutting-edge materials.

“The Ministry of Commerce, together with various localities and departments, is taking multiple measures to promote the stability and quality of foreign trade in non-ferrous metals and other industries.” Xiao Lu, deputy director of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that it will help enterprises in the non-ferrous metals industry to expand the market and stabilize orders from four aspects: “adhere to the problem orientation and strengthen policy empowerment”, “give play to overseas advantages and provide service guarantee”, “expand channel platforms, promote supply and mining docking”, “strengthen capacity building and facilitate cross-border exchanges”.

At the same time, in response to the current problems of weak demand and tightening factors in the petrochemical industry, the “Work Plan for stable Growth of the Petrochemical and Chemical Industry” systematically plans two-year measures for stable growth, and puts forward 11 specific measures from five aspects: promoting investment, optimizing supply, stabilizing foreign trade, ensuring production, and strengthening enterprises. “Building materials industry steady growth work plan” from the investment, supply, consumption, international cooperation and other four aspects of 10 specific measures, which are particularly clear, in-depth green building materials to the countryside activities, expand the promotion and application of urban green building materials, promote the coordinated development of green building materials and green buildings… A number of targeted, combined, and coordinated policies and measures have been steadily implemented.

Not only in the field of raw materials, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other three departments jointly issued the Work Plan for the steady growth of Light Industry (2023-2024), which clarified a series of measures for the steady growth of light industry. The reporter was informed that the relevant departments will also introduce the steady growth of machinery, automobiles, electronic equipment and electronic information manufacturing work plan.

Experts from the China Electronics and Information Industry Development Institute said that the relevant measures have an in-depth understanding of the new situation and new problems, and the implementation of precise and powerful policies for the pillar industries of the industrial economy will further expand effective demand, boost confidence, stabilize expectations, and promote the continued recovery of the industrial economy.