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“During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China’s phosphate fertilizer industry focused on both ensuring a stable supply of phosphate fertilizers and advancing industrial upgrading. Through optimized layout, structural adjustments, technological innovation, and green transformation, it achieved a significant boost in its industrial competitiveness. By 2025, the capacity, production, and apparent consumption of the phosphate fertilizer industry are expected to increase by 4%, 7%, and 1% respectively compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, with the capacity utilization rate remaining stable within a reasonable range of around 80% ； The market share of compound fertilizers increased from 36% to 42%, with significant improvements in industry concentration and development quality, thereby laying a solid foundation for ensuring food security and expanding the phosphorus chemical industry chain. Layout optimization: increased concentration and balanced regional development. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the phosphate fertilizer industry pursued continuous optimization of its industrial layout through supply-side structural reforms and targeted measures for the management of phosphorus-related substances, thereby achieving an efficient allocation of resources. The reporter learned that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the concentration of the phosphate fertilizer industry continued to increase steadily. By the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the production of phosphate fertilizers in the four provinces rich in phosphorus resources—Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hubei—is expected to increase by about 6% compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The production of the top 10 companies in this industry is expected to rise by 10% as well. Meanwhile, the number of phosphate fertilizer manufacturers that meet certain size criteria nationwide is expected to decrease by 35% compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, showing a clear trend of concentration of resources in areas with advantages and among key enterprises. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the concentration and regional distribution of the compound fertilizer industry will become more rational. Leading enterprises in the industry that possess advantages in terms of resources, capital, and technology have accelerated their market expansion and establishment of factories in other locations in order to enhance their competitiveness, reduce transportation costs, and improve their ability to respond to market demands. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the share of the compound fertilizer market increased from 36% at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period to around 42% by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period. At the same time, the compound fertilizer industry has developed industrial clusters centered around resource-producing areas and major agricultural regions. By achieving a balanced regional distribution, the pressure associated with cross-regional transportation is reduced, the efficiency of resource allocation is improved, and transportation costs are significantly lowered, resulting in a more rational regional layout. Structural adjustment: diversification of raw materials and upgrading of products. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, driven by policies and market forces, the raw material structure, product structure, and organizational structure of the phosphate fertilizer industry underwent comprehensive upgrades, resulting in a significant enhancement in industrial synergies. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, significant progress was made in adjusting the raw material structure of the phosphate fertilizer industry. The raw material sector is showing a trend toward diversification: the economic mining grade for medium- and low-grade phosphate rocks has dropped to 14%~16%, while imports of phosphate rocks are increasing steadily ； The external dependence on sulfur resources remains stable ； The supply capacity for coal-based ammonia synthesis has increased, and green ammonia is now produced on a large scale. Meanwhile, the raw materials used in the production of low-concentration phosphate fertilizers have become more diversified; they no longer rely solely on medium- and low-grade phosphate ores, but also include by-products such as those resulting from phosphate ore processing, phosphoric acid purification, the harmless treatment of phosphogypsum, as well as residual acids, sludge acids, and phosphorus slag. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the structural imbalances in phosphate fertilizer products continued to ease, with the production of new types of high-efficiency fertilizers such as agricultural ammonium polyphosphate and water-soluble monoammonium phosphate increasing ； The production volume of phosphorus-fluorine-based chemical products is growing rapidly; specifically, the capacity for wet-process purification of phosphoric acid, the recovery of fluorine from wet-process phosphoric acid to produce anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, and the production of ferric phosphate has increased by 3 times, 2.8 times, and 13 times respectively compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Leading phosphorus fertilizer companies have also pursued cross-industry integration, forging close ties with sectors such as fluorine chemistry and new materials; as a result, comprehensive large-scale enterprises have emerged, leading to a significant improvement in their overall competitiveness. Furthermore, in the area of compound fertilizers, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, new types of compound fertilizers such as slow/controlled-release fertilizers, stable fertilizers, and water-soluble fertilizers will evolve toward greater efficiency, specialization, and functional capabilities, resulting in a significant increase in their added value. According to statistics from the China Phosphorus Fertilizer Industry Association, by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the sales volume of new types of fertilizers in China will exceed 28 million tons, with their market share rising from 38% at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period to around 47% by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period. Green transformation: Combining environmental protection with resource recycling. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the phosphate fertilizer industry integrated the concept of green development throughout its production processes, achieving significant results in terms of environmental protection and resource recycling. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the harmless treatment of phosphogypsum in China became more widespread, and the scale of its comprehensive utilization increased steadily; its utilization rate rose by nearly 16 percentage points compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The recovery rate of fluorine resources associated with phosphate ores has increased significantly, with the recovery rate in some facilities exceeding 60%. The overall energy consumption of phosphate fertilizer manufacturers continues to decline. By adopting technologies such as phosphate purification and steam mechanical recompression concentration, as well as using intelligent energy management platforms, energy efficiency has been improved; the average benchmark energy consumption for phosphatic ammonium fertilizers has dropped by more than 3% compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Phosphatic fertilizer enterprises above a certain scale have basically achieved zero wastewater discharge, with a significant increase in the reuse rate of recycled water. Many phosphate compound fertilizer manufacturers in the industry meet the emission standards; some of them achieve ultra-low emissions, and several have been awarded the title of “Green Factory” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the compound fertilizer industry made active efforts to establish green factories, with around 30 such companies being awarded the title of “Green Factory”. Some leading enterprises in the compound fertilizer industry have taken the lead in exploring an integrated model of \"green factory certification + green product certification + carbon footprint certification\" in order to enhance their sustainable competitiveness through green management across the entire supply chain. In the field of energy conservation, the compound fertilizer industry promotes waste heat recovery systems to achieve hierarchical utilization of energy ； A photovoltaic complementary power supply mode is introduced to replace part of the traditional electrical energy consumption. In the field of environmental protection, the compound fertilizer industry has significantly reduced exhaust gas emissions through upgrades to end-of-pipe treatment technologies ； Establish a wastewater recycling system to achieve the reuse of production wastewater. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the phosphate compound fertilizer industry achieved a transition from scale expansion to quality and efficiency through multi-dimensional, systematic upgrades. In the future, with the continued development of the phosphorus-based new materials industry and the widespread application of green and low-carbon technologies, this sector will further extend its industrial chain and enhance its value chain, thereby making greater contributions to ensuring **food security and promoting the high-quality development of the chemical industry.