national development and reform commission: promoting large-scale equipment upgrades to achieve new progress and new results
2024-09-25
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china news service, september 24 (reporter wang xiaobin) the national development and reform commission held a special press conference on the 24th to introduce the progress, achievements and typical practices of the equipment renewal action. liu dechun, director of the department of resource conservation and environmental protection of the national development and reform commission, said at the meeting that machinery and equipment are an important part of productivity and the "skeleton" of the modern industrial system. my country's machinery and equipment holdings rank first in the world. relevant institutions have estimated that the net asset value of the total social equipment stock is currently about 40 trillion yuan. with the continuous and in-depth advancement of new industrialization and urbanization, the demand for the renewal of various types of equipment is increasing. the party central committee and the state council, with an overall and long-term perspective, have made major decisions and arrangements to promote the "two new" and require the acceleration of the implementation of equipment renewal actions with the improvement of technology, energy consumption, emissions and other standards as the driving force, which is of great significance to promoting industrial upgrading and developing new quality productivity.
the national development and reform commission, together with all regions and relevant departments, conscientiously implements the decisions and arrangements of the cpc central committee and the state council, makes full use of various support policies, and promotes large-scale equipment upgrades to achieve new progress and new results.
first, speed up the establishment of a policy system. in march this year, after the state council issued the "action plan for promoting large-scale equipment updates and consumer goods trade-in", relevant departments immediately issued implementation plans for equipment updates in the fields of industry, construction and municipal administration, transportation, agriculture, education, culture and tourism, and medical care. in july this year, we issued a number of measures to increase support for the "two new" industries, and arranged 150 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special treasury bonds to increase the scale, expand the scope, and lower the threshold to increase support for equipment updates in key areas. recently, relevant departments have successively issued implementation details and supporting policies for equipment updates in the fields of industrial equipment, energy-consuming equipment, environmental infrastructure, operating ships, operating trucks, new energy buses, agricultural machinery, and old elevators. it can be said that through half a year of hard work, we have quickly established a policy system for equipment update actions, clarified the timetable and roadmap for equipment updates in key areas, and laid a solid institutional foundation for the continued promotion of large-scale equipment updates.
second, speed up the issuance of treasury bond funds. in order to deliver tangible policies to enterprises as soon as possible, the national development and reform commission recently organized various regions and relevant departments to issue project application notices, refine the support standards for equipment renewal projects in various fields, and optimize the project application and review process in accordance with the principle of "local review and national review", effectively improve the efficiency of work, and form a list of supported projects. at present, 150 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special treasury bond funds have been allocated to projects in two batches, supporting more than 4,600 projects in the fields of industry, environmental infrastructure, transportation, logistics, education, culture and tourism, medical care, energy-using equipment, energy and electricity, old residential elevators, recycling and reuse. according to preliminary estimates, the total investment in equipment renewal projects supported by treasury bond funds this year is nearly 800 billion yuan, which can drive the renewal of more than 2 million units of various equipment and save about 25 million tons of standard coal per year.
third, speed up the improvement of safeguard measures. to promote large-scale equipment renewal, a combination of policies is needed. first, financial support. the people's bank of china took the lead in creating re-loans for scientific and technological innovation and technological transformation. relevant departments have pushed 3 batches and 13,000 candidate projects to banking institutions, and the cumulative contracted loan amount has reached 230 billion yuan. second, tax incentives. the ministry of finance and the state administration of taxation have improved the corporate income tax policy for digital and intelligent transformation of special equipment for energy conservation, water conservation, environmental protection, and safe production, and increased support for enterprises to implement equipment renewal. third, standard traction. at the beginning of the year, the national development and reform commission revised and issued the "advanced level of energy efficiency, energy saving level and access level of key energy-consuming products and equipment (2024 edition)"; the state administration for market regulation issued mandatory energy efficiency standards for power transformers, as well as mandatory energy consumption limits for coal-to-olefins, coal-to-natural gas and coal-to-oil, and refining industries, providing a strong basis for supporting the best and eliminating the worst, and implementing equipment renewal in a classified and precise manner.
with the joint efforts of all parties, the equipment renewal work in key areas has made positive progress, and its role in stabilizing growth and promoting transformation has continued to emerge, mainly reflected in the following four aspects.
in terms of equipment renewal in the industrial sector. large-scale equipment renewal policies support investment growth. from january to august this year, investment in equipment and tools increased by 16.8% year-on-year, 13.4 percentage points higher than total investment, and contributed 64.2% to total investment growth, 3.5 percentage points higher than from january to july. large-scale equipment renewal policies promote industrial transformation, the pace of transformation and upgrading of traditional industries has accelerated, and investment in technological transformation in the manufacturing industry has continued to grow by double digits. new momentum for the development of the manufacturing industry has been continuously cultivated and strengthened. in august, the added value of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing increased by 6.4% and 8.6% year-on-year, respectively, 1.9 and 4.1 percentage points faster than the added value of all industrial enterprises above designated size.
in terms of equipment renewal in the construction and municipal sector, relevant departments and regions focused on the shortcomings and weak links in the construction and municipal sector, and solidly promoted equipment renewal in areas such as old residential elevators and environmental infrastructure. from january to august this year, the fixed asset investment in the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry and the construction industry increased by 23.5% and 21.6% respectively.
in terms of equipment renewal in the transportation and agricultural fields, from january to august this year, the number of electrified urban buses, old operating trucks and old operating ships increased significantly; the number of scrapped cars recycled nationwide was 4.21 million, a year-on-year increase of 42.4%, reaching more than 90% of the total scrapped vehicles last year. the scrapping and renewal of old agricultural machinery was further promoted, driving a 5.2% year-on-year increase in investment in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery from january to august.
in terms of equipment renewal in the fields of education, culture, tourism, and health, we will continue to promote the upgrading of teaching and research equipment, practical training equipment, tourist transportation equipment, sightseeing equipment, and amusement facilities in colleges and vocational schools, and comprehensively promote the transformation and upgrading of smart culture and tourism, driving the investment in education, culture, sports, and entertainment industries to grow by 3.0% and 2.2% respectively from january to august. public hospitals in many places continue to release medical equipment procurement lists and update and upgrade a batch of color doppler ultrasound machines, ct machines, and other equipment.
liu dechun said that the equipment renewal campaign cannot be separated from the concerted efforts, active responsibility and hard work of all departments and regions. the equipment renewal work of jiangsu province, zhejiang province and hubei province, which attended the press conference together today, has achieved remarkable results. from january to august this year, jiangsu province has completed the renewal of 219,000 sets of equipment in the industrial field, driving the industrial fixed asset investment to grow by 12.6% year-on-year; zhejiang province has completed the renewal of 97,000 sets of equipment in the industrial field, driving the purchase of industrial equipment and tools to grow by 9.5% year-on-year; hubei province's investment in equipment and tools has increased by 22.2% year-on-year, 5.4 percentage points higher than the national growth rate.
in the next step, the national development and reform commission will earnestly implement the decisions and arrangements of the cpc central committee and the state council, and work with relevant parties to make full use of various policies to increase support for the "two new" and various funds such as ultra-long-term special government bonds, so that the policy dividends can benefit more business entities as soon as possible, effectively promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the industry, and accelerate the green transformation of development methods.
