Supreme Leader： ＂Double Control Action＂ is a hard measure.

　　During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, a series of hard measures must be taken to promote the construction of ecological civilization and solve the problems of tight resource constraints, serious environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation, and only by doing real work can it be effective. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in the explanation of the planning proposal of the Fifth Plenary Session: "It is a hard measure to implement the action of controlling the total amount and intensity of energy and water resources consumption and construction land. That is to say, it is necessary to control both the total amount and the energy consumption, water consumption and the intensity of construction land per unit of GDP. If this work is done well, it will not only save energy and water and soil resources, reduce pollutant emissions from the source, but also force the transformation of economic development mode and improve the green level of China’s economic development. " The Outline of the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China adopted at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress well embodies this idea, and puts forward the action of "controlling the total amount and intensity of energy and water resources consumption and construction land". Please learn with "Learn China".

Pictured: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing from October 26 to 29, 2015. The General Secretary of the Central Committee and the Supreme Leader made an important speech.

First, dual control of energy consumption

　　Energy is the source of power for modern economic growth and an important material basis for the sustainable development and security of national economy. With the rapid development of China’s economy and the continuous expansion of its economic aggregate, the process of industrialization and urbanization is also accelerating, energy consumption is increasing rapidly, and environmental degradation is also increasing. Under the constraint of energy and environment, to maintain the rapid and sustainable development of economy, we must build a safe, stable and environmentally friendly modern energy consumption system. At the meeting of the Central Leading Group for Finance and Economics held on June 14th, 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Resolutely control the total energy consumption, effectively implement the priority policy of energy conservation, make energy conservation run through the whole process of economic and social development and all fields, firmly adjust the industrial structure, attach great importance to energy conservation in urbanization, establish the concept of diligence and thrift, and accelerate the formation of an energy-saving society."

　　Implementing total energy consumption control is an important strategy in China. In the past few decades, large-scale energy consumption has provided upward momentum for economic growth. During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, China’s total energy consumption increased from 2.36 billion tons of standard coal in 2005 to 3.25 billion tons in 2010, with an average annual growth rate of 6.6%. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, although energy consumption was controlled, it still showed an overall growth trend. According to the statistical bulletin on national economic and social development in 2015 issued by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total energy consumption in 2015 was 4.3 billion tons of standard coal, up by 0.9% over the previous year. At present, China is changing from ensuring supply to controlling energy consumption, and open energy production and consumption will be restricted. In particular, high energy-consuming industries and surplus industries are subject to strong constraints on total energy consumption control, and other industries are subject to strong constraints according to advanced energy efficiency standards. From the perspective of national policy, the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" and medium-and long-term total control will continue. According to the National Energy Strategic Action Plan (2014-2020), by 2020, the total primary energy consumption will be controlled at about 4.8 billion tons of standard coal and the total coal consumption will be controlled at about 4.2 billion tons. The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" outlines: "The total energy consumption should be controlled within 5 billion tons of standard coal." Controlling the total energy consumption is actually the total consumption of coal and oil,Especially to reduce the proportion of coal consumption. In particular, strictly control the energy consumption of steel, cement, thermal power and other high energy-consuming industries and surplus industries, so that the total energy consumption of these industries will only decrease rather than increase.

　　The index to measure the efficiency of regional energy utilization is mainly the intensity of energy consumption, that is, the energy consumption per unit of GDP. The higher the intensity of energy consumption, the lower the efficiency of energy utilization, otherwise, the higher the efficiency of energy utilization. The change of energy consumption intensity reflects the change of energy consumption structure on the one hand; On the other hand, it also reflects the change of industrial structure. Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in his 2016 government work report that during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, "the energy consumption per unit of GDP decreased by 18.2%, and the discharge of major pollutants decreased by more than 12%." The goal of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period is to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 15%.

　　Dual control of total energy consumption and energy intensity is an inevitable choice under the current economic restructuring, industrial upgrading and transformation, and air pollution control. We can’t wait for the peak of energy consumption to come naturally, so we have to take the initiative to regulate and break our wrists. From the perspective of energy management itself, to implement the goal of dual control, we must first change the demand-oriented energy production mode and turn to two-way management of demand side and supply side, improve energy utilization efficiency, ensure rational use of energy, encourage energy conservation, control excessive use of energy and limit extensive use of energy. In macroeconomic management, we should continue to increase the adjustment of industrial structure, speed up the development of modern service industry and cultivate and develop strategic emerging industries while transforming and upgrading traditional manufacturing industries. According to relevant research, if the secondary industry is reduced by one percentage point and the tertiary industry is increased by one percentage point, the energy consumption per unit GDP can be reduced by one percentage point. Obviously, the adjustment of industrial structure is the most effective measure to control the total energy and improve energy efficiency. The Outline of the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan puts forward: "Deepen the energy revolution, focus on promoting the transformation of energy production and utilization, optimize the energy supply structure, improve energy utilization efficiency, and build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient modern energy system."