The Strategy to Promote the “Win–Win” Development of Economy …
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the transition period defined by the government to gradually change the structure of
raw materials and products, and finally “changed their way of life.” Some enterprises
took the option of mergers and acquisitions with advanced companies. A decade
later, the absolute number of wheat-straw pulping and papermaking enterprises in
the province has been cut by more than 90% to a dozen from 220 in 2002, but the scale,
profits and taxes of the industry have increased significantly. In 2013, the provincial
output of machine-made paper and paperboard reached 20.53 million tons, more
than doubled than 2002; profits and taxes increased by nearly four times to hit RMB
21.11 billion, ranking first in China; and COD emissions were reduced to 24000 tons,
down by 88.2%. At present, all paper-making enterprises in the province have set
up “bioindicator pool” at the sewage outlets and met the pollution control standard
to only discharge water that’s qualified for “stable growth of common fishes.” The
production mode of the paper industry in Shandong Province has undergone a fundamental change, about five years ahead of the industry in other provinces. Today, the
papermaking enterprises funded by national capital that are active in the stock market
are mostly in Shandong Province.
Following the approach of tightening standards in a progressive manner, Shandong
Province has successively issued 38 local environmental standards and put in place a
local environmental standard system covering the entire province, yielding significant
results in the prevention and control of water pollution in the river basin. Since 2003,
amid medium and high-speed economic growth, Shandong has achieved continuous
improvement of water environment quality for 15 consecutive years and successfully
established a long-term mechanism for the improvement of water environment. In
2010, all 59 key rivers in Shandong Province have seen restoration of fish growth. In
the national evaluations of pollution control in key river basins, Shandong Province
won the top place among Huaihe river basins for 9 times and among Haihe river
basins for 7 times. Shandong has fundamentally changed its economic development
mode at the cost of water environment.
3 Revelations
1. There’s no backward industry, but merely backward concepts, standards,
technology and management
We should not easily label an industry as “backward” or specify the threshold of
designate size below which the companies shall be shut down. Why not promote
industrial restructuring by means of standards for energy conservation and environmental protection, quality and safety as well as law-based administration? Despite
the size, all companies that could live up to the standards should be allowed to
operate normally. Likewise, the companies falling short of the standards won’t be
allowed for operation no matter how large they are. It’s up to the market to decide
whether a company can survive. The author doesn’t approve of the so-called practice of “cutting one’s arm to save one’s body.” After all, there are only two arms in
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the transition period defined by the government to gradually change the structure of
raw materials and products, and finally “changed their way of life.” Some enterprises
took the option of mergers and acquisitions with advanced companies. A decade
later, the absolute number of wheat-straw pulping and papermaking enterprises in
the province has been cut by more than 90% to a dozen from 220 in 2002, but the scale,
profits and taxes of the industry have increased significantly. In 2013, the provincial
output of machine-made paper and paperboard reached 20.53 million tons, more
than doubled than 2002; profits and taxes increased by nearly four times to hit RMB
21.11 billion, ranking first in China; and COD emissions were reduced to 24000 tons,
down by 88.2%. At present, all paper-making enterprises in the province have set
up “bioindicator pool” at the sewage outlets and met the pollution control standard
to only discharge water that’s qualified for “stable growth of common fishes.” The
production mode of the paper industry in Shandong Province has undergone a fundamental change, about five years ahead of the industry in other provinces. Today, the
papermaking enterprises funded by national capital that are active in the stock market
are mostly in Shandong Province.
Following the approach of tightening standards in a progressive manner, Shandong
Province has successively issued 38 local environmental standards and put in place a
local environmental standard system covering the entire province, yielding significant
results in the prevention and control of water pollution in the river basin. Since 2003,
amid medium and high-speed economic growth, Shandong has achieved continuous
improvement of water environment quality for 15 consecutive years and successfully
established a long-term mechanism for the improvement of water environment. In
2010, all 59 key rivers in Shandong Province have seen restoration of fish growth. In
the national evaluations of pollution control in key river basins, Shandong Province
won the top place among Huaihe river basins for 9 times and among Haihe river
basins for 7 times. Shandong has fundamentally changed its economic development
mode at the cost of water environment.
3 Revelations
1. There’s no backward industry, but merely backward concepts, standards,
technology and management
We should not easily label an industry as “backward” or specify the threshold of
designate size below which the companies shall be shut down. Why not promote
industrial restructuring by means of standards for energy conservation and environmental protection, quality and safety as well as law-based administration? Despite
the size, all companies that could live up to the standards should be allowed to
operate normally. Likewise, the companies falling short of the standards won’t be
allowed for operation no matter how large they are. It’s up to the market to decide
whether a company can survive. The author doesn’t approve of the so-called practice of “cutting one’s arm to save one’s body.” After all, there are only two arms in