Petroleum and Chemical Association Forms Coal Chemical Coordination Agency

The first industry coordination agency of China's coal chemical industry -- China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association's "New Coal Chemical Coordination Work Committee" was established in Beijing on July 18. The establishment of the “Coal and Chemical Industry Committee” will play a role in guiding the coal chemical industry to implement the national industrial policy and promote the more orderly development of the coal chemical industry.
In the past 30 years of reform and opening up, China has been adhering to the common development of coal chemical industry and petrochemical industry, and coal chemical industry has made great progress. At present, the output of coke, calcium carbide, coal-based chemical fertilizers, and coal-to-methanol production rank among the top in the world. Especially in recent years, the development of new coal chemical industry has been very rapid. In 2000, China’s methanol production was less than 2 million tons, and it reached 10.764 million tons in 2007. It is expected that the capacity will reach 26 million to 30 million tons by the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”; in 2002, the production capacity of dimethyl ether in China will be less than 30,000 tons, and by the end of 2007, it will have reached 220 10,000 tons, it is expected that the capacity of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” will reach 7.7 million to 11 million tons; the methanol-to-olefins industry has completed industrial trials, a large number of new coal chemical projects are under construction; Shenhua Group 1 million tons of coal directly liquefaction oil The project is expected to be put into trial operation this year. Several coal indirect liquefaction and oil production projects are under construction and are expected to be put into operation in the next two years.
The vigorous development of the new coal chemical industry has achieved indirect and direct replacement of some of the oil and eased the contradiction between supply and demand for oil and natural gas in China. However, there are some worrying issues in the rapid development of the coal chemical industry, such as some occupying coal resources under the pretext of building coal chemical projects; others ignore the carrying capacity of resources, ecology, and the environment, and repeat low levels. The construction has witnessed the development of blind development; some blindly pursued foreign technology in technology selection and repeated introduction; some lacked standardized management of foreign investment in attracting investment, and urgently needed industry organizations to guide the relevant government departments and national industrial policies. Under the coordination.