Liu Hanyuan: Urgent Need for Energy Structure Adjustment

In the upcoming 2014, the private economy that has surpassed half the country's total economic output in Sichuan province has become a “multi-point, multi-polar” layout of the important growth points for the Sichuan economy in 2014. The thinking of the "three major development strategies" put forward by the Economic Work and Urbanization Work Conference of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, how should the private economy change its concepts, fully release the driving force for reform, and seek effective business opportunities? To develop the private economy, most of our private entrepreneurs hope that the government will release the “policy dividends”... After the closing of the Sichuan Provincial Economic Work and Urbanization Work Conference, which was concerned by netizens, many netizens continued to ask questions. In response to the hot issues that are generally concerned by netizens, Ben Wang reporters today interviewed the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tongwei Group Liu Hanyuan.

Netizens “smell”: How will private enterprises find their positioning and opportunities in Sichuan's economic development next year?

Liu Hanyuan: I feel much benefit from attending the provincial economic work and urbanization work conference. I believe that the private economy must play a half-day role and become an important growth force for Sichuan's economy next year. In the more than 30 years of reform and opening up, with the continuous improvement of laws, policies, and market conditions, the private economy has started from scratch. At the same time of gaining its own development, it has created even greater social material wealth and spiritual wealth for China and Sichuan Province. Economic construction and social development have made important contributions. The conference pointed out that relaxing market access, breaking the institutional barriers that hinder the development of the private economy, ensuring that the private economy is fair to participate in market competition, and being equally protected by the law; the government should take the initiative to do a good job of services and help solve the problems of financing, land use, energy use, etc. Support private enterprises to become bigger and stronger. The private economy has surpassed the “half of the country’s economy” in Sichuan Province and is an important growth point for Sichuan's economy. It must unwaveringly encourage, support and guide the private economy to accelerate development. The positive signals sent to the private enterprises released by the meeting made Sichuan private entrepreneurs like me very encouraged and very excited.

Netizens “smell”: What new signals have been received from representatives of private entrepreneurs attending the conference?

Liu Hanyuan: The "three major development strategies" are related to the overall situation and long-term development. The implementation of the multi-point and multi-polar support development strategy is in line with the laws of economic development, in line with the characteristics of Sichuan Province, in line with the province's catch-up development requirements, to optimize the province's major industries and township layout, to stimulate local development in all directions, and to shape the regional development of the new version The map has significant and far-reaching significance; it implements the "two-systems" interaction, the strategy for the coordinated development of both urban and rural areas, and forms a new trend of "four modernizations"; the implementation of innovation drives the development strategy, enhances the transformation and development, and leapfrogs new impetus. In my opinion, the private economy must become an important growth point for multi-point and multi-polar support. The meeting pointed out that Sichuan's industrial structure needs to be adjusted, development methods need to be changed, emerging industries need to be cultivated, and more needs to be addressed in incremental development. My personal understanding is that we must form a consensus, promote escalation in development, and pay attention to incremental and intermediate structural adjustment. Emphasis should be placed on the increase in new industrial projects, but also on the investment in industrial technological reforms. If we must pay close attention to the cultivation of high-tech industries, we must also pay close attention to the transformation of traditional industries; we must pay attention to large enterprises, large groups, and indomitable development, but also to grasp the growth of SMEs .

In transforming development methods and nurturing new industries, energy structure adjustment is even more urgent. In the past 30 years, with the rapid development of China's economy, energy consumption has maintained an average annual growth rate of 5.5%, and reached 9% in the past ten years. In 2012, China’s net coal imports reached 280 million tons, an increase of 34.5% year-on-year. The country’s energy consumption has exceeded 3.6 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for more than 20% of the total global energy consumption. In the next 15-20 years, if China's GDP is quadrupled, no matter how much emphasis is placed on energy conservation and emission reduction, it will also consume nearly three times the amount of coal equivalent today, which is close to 10 billion tons. As the fastest growing oil in the energy structure, accounting for nearly 20%, the total consumption in 2012 was close to 500 million tons, of which 270 million tons were imported, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%, and the degree of import dependence had surpassed that of the United States, reaching 56%. In addition to the problem of limited energy, large amounts of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and dust emissions brought about by large-scale and long-term stone energy consumption have caused serious threats to the ecological environment in China. Taking PM2.5 as an example, the long-time and large-scale haze weather that has spread to 17 provinces across the country has affected as many as 600 million people and polluted the environment. It has become the main pressure and challenge that affect the sustainable development of the society and economy. If no feasible energy demand solution is available, future economic development will be unsustainable.

Under the influence of multiple factors such as the slowdown in the growth rate of global PV market demand, increasing domestic product export resistance, and uncoordinated industrial development, China's photovoltaic industry enterprises are generally facing difficulties in development. However, the photovoltaic industry has become an important development direction for global clean energy technologies and industries. It is a sunrise industry with great potential for development and can promote sustainable human development. It is also a strategic emerging industry with international competitive advantages. The current problems and difficulties encountered in China's photovoltaic industry are both a challenge to the development of the industry and an opportunity to promote industrial adjustment and upgrading. As the Group's second largest industry, we have become an active member of China's and even the global photovoltaic new energy industry. As a participant and an important driving force, we will make due efforts for the development of the photovoltaic industry in Sichuan, China, and even the world. In particular, we will collaborate with high-quality companies in the photovoltaic industry chain in the province to work together and develop together to help develop the photovoltaic industry in Sichuan. The industry has truly become a strategic emerging industry with the highest level of comprehensive technology, the best industrial production model, the highest degree of energy cleanliness, the best ecological environment protection, and the best social and economic benefits.