The \"Guidance Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition)\) lists 12 items that are encouraged, 13 items that are subject to restrictions, and 17 items that should be phased out

There are 12 major categories of items that are encouraged in the petrochemical industry. In the list of such encouraged items, the new version has organized them into 12 categories, namely mineral resource development, inorganic salts, pesticides, coatings and dyes, resins, rubbers, specialty chemicals, silicon materials, fluorine materials, tires, bio-based materials, and green and efficient technologies, making it more systematic and practical. 1. Mineral resource development: Exploration, development, and comprehensive utilization of scarce chemical mineral resources such as sulfur, potassium, boron, lithium, and bromine; comprehensive utilization of low-grade phosphate and fluorite ores, ore processing tailings, and associated resources. 2. Inorganic salts: comprehensive utilization technologies such as the production of chlorine from waste hydrochloric acid, the development and application of new processes for the clean production of chromium salts; production processes for yellow phosphorus that involve fully enclosed high-pressure water quenching of slag and treatment of phosphorus sludge without secondary pollution; production processes for phosphoric acid using the nitric acid method and the hemihydrate-dihydrate methods; development and application of technologies for the comprehensive utilization of phosphogypsum; production of high-quality potassium fertilizers and new types of fertilizers. 3. Pesticides: Development and production of new varieties and formulations of pesticides that are efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly, as well as specialized intermediates and additives; production of chiral and stereospecific pesticides using targeted synthesis methods; development and production of new products and technologies related to biological pesticides. 4. Coatings and Dyes: Environmentally friendly, resource-saving coatings with low VOC content; high-performance coatings as well as associated resins for use in key sectors such as large aircraft, high-speed trains, large ships, new energy technologies, and electronics. Additionally, research and development and production of new dyes, pigments, printing auxiliaries, and intermediates for applications in areas such as photodiagnosis, photoresists, liquid crystal displays, photovoltaic cells, bulk coloration, digital inkjet printing, and the dyeing of functional chemical fibers. 5. Resins: Electrically heated steam cracking technology used for producing products such as ethylene; high-performance barrier resins such as ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resins; development and production of special polyolefins such as polyisobutylene, ethylene-octene copolymers, and metallocene polyethylene, as well as high-carbon α-olefins; production of special engineering plastics such as aromatic copolymers, polyaryletheretherketones, liquid crystal polymers suitable for 5G applications, and electronic-grade polyimides; development and application of blending modification and alloying technologies; development and production of biodegradable polymers; development and production of new types of polyamides such as those with long carbon chains and high-temperature resistant nylons. 6. Rubber: Development and production of liquid butyl rubber in ten-thousand-ton quantities, functionalized solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, high-vinyl polybutadiene rubber (HVBR), integrated rubber (SIBR), butyl acrylate rubber, and isoprene latex; development and application of technologies for the chemical modification of synthetic rubbers; wet (liquid-phase) and low-temperature continuous rubber mixing technologies; development and production of thermoplastic elastomer materials such as thermoplastic polyester elastomers (TPEE) and hydrogenated styrene-isoprene thermoplastic elastomers (SEPS); development and application of new types of natural rubber. 7. Specialized chemicals: development and production of adhesives with low VOC content, environmentally friendly water treatment agents, new types of efficient and eco-friendly catalysts and additives, functional membrane materials, ultra-pure reagents, photoresists, electronic gases, as well as electronic chemicals and key raw materials such as those used in new display technologies and advanced packaging processes. 8. Silicon materials: development and production of new silicone monomers such as phenylchlorosilane and vinylchlorosilane, as well as phenyl silicone rubber, phenyl silicone resins, and hybrid materials. 9. Fluorine materials: special fluorine-containing monomers such as perfluoroalkyl ethers, high-quality fluororesins like polyperfluoroethylenepropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytrifluorochloroethylene, and ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymers; high-performance fluororubbers including fluoroelastomers, fluorosilicone rubbers, perfluoropropylene rubbers, and 246 fluororubbers with a high fluorine content; fluorine-containing lubricants; substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) that have an ozone depletion potential (ODP) of zero and a low global warming potential (GWP); as well as the development and application of alternatives and substitute technologies for perfluorooctanesulfonyl compounds (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and their salts, as well as related compounds. 10. Tires: High-performance radial tires manufactured using green manufacturing processes (series 55 and below, with a rolling resistance coefficient of ≤9.0 N/kN and a relative grip coefficient on wet surfaces of ≥1.25); as well as aircraft tires, large-scale engineering radial tires (49 inches and above), agricultural radial tires, along with the specialized materials and equipment required for their production. 11. Bio-based materials: Development and production of polymer materials, reagents, chips, interferons, sensors, and cellulose biochemical products using non-food biomass as raw materials. 12. Green and efficient technologies: Development and application of new technologies for the efficient utilization of carbon dioxide (including carbon dioxide-methane reforming, the use of carbon dioxide in hydrogenation to produce chemicals, and the use of carbon dioxide to manufacture polymers such as polycarbonates and biodegradable plastics), clean utilization technologies such as hydrogen production from renewable energy sources and the use of by-product hydrogen to replace hydrogen produced from coal, comprehensive utilization of by-products such as carbon tetrachloride, silicon tetrachloride, methyltrichlorosilane, trimethylchlorosilane, and trifluoromethane, as well as the development and application of microchannel reaction technologies and equipment.

1. Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units with a capacity of less than 10 million tons per year, catalytic cracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year, continuous reforming units with a capacity of less than 1 million tons per year, hydrocracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year, as well as open-type delayed coking processes. Production facilities for ethylene via naphtha cracking with a capacity of 28,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year or less, purified terephthalic acid with a capacity of 1 million tons per year or less, ethylene glycol with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, styrene (excluding the process for producing ethylbenzene from dry gas) with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, caprolactam with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acetic acid produced by the ethylene method, acetic acid produced by the carbonylation method with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year or less, methanol produced from natural gas (excluding natural gas with a carbon dioxide content of 20% or more), coal-based methanol production facilities with a capacity of 1 million tons per year or less, methyl methacrylate produced by the propiononitrile method (excluding the case where hydrogen cyanide is generated as a by-product of acrylonitrile production), propylene/butylene produced from grains, production facilities for propylene oxide and chloropropylene oxide produced by the chlorohydrin method, and soapstock (including hydrolysis products) production facilities with a capacity of 300 tons per year or less. Production facilities with a capacity of 37,000 tons per year or less for polypropylene, 200,000 tons per year or less for polyethylene, (poly)vinyl chloride produced by the acetylene method, polyvinyl chloride manufactured via the ethylene oxychlorination process with an initial capacity of less than 300,000 tons per year, polystyrene with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, and conventional synthetic latex – carboxybutyl styrene rubber (including styrene latex) with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less; as well as facilities for producing nitrile latex with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less. Additionally, there are production facilities for solvent-based general adhesives in the categories of neoprene, styrene-butadiene thermoplastic rubber, polyurethanes, and polyacrylates. Sulfur-based sulfuric acid production with a capacity of less than 43,000 tons per year (except for electronic-grade sulfuric acid in which the concentration of individual metal ions is ≤100 ppb), sulfuric acid production from pyrite with a capacity of less than 200,000 tons per year, nitric acid produced by atmospheric-pressure or integrated processes, calcium carbide (except when replaced by equivalent amounts using advanced large-scale processing equipment), and potassium hydroxide production facilities with a single-line capacity of less than 50,000 tons per year. 5. Soda ash (excluding that produced through in-situ circulation processes and natural soda ash), caustic soda (excluding that produced by ion-exchange membrane caustic soda plants using industrial waste salts at a concentration of 40% or higher), yellow phosphorus, ammonium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentasulfide, calcium hydrogen phosphate, calcium carbonate (excluding that with a particle size of 100 nanometers or less), anhydrous sodium sulfate (excluding that produced as a by-product of salt production), barium carbonate, barium sulfate, barium hydroxide, barium chloride, barium nitrate, strontium carbonate, silica gel (excluding that produced by vapor-phase methods or through carbon dioxide acidification processes), and facilities for producing choline chloride (excluding relocation projects that do not result in an increase in production capacity under this category). 6. Facilities with an initial capacity of less than 30,000 tons per year, and a single-line production capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year for sodium cyanide (on a 100% basis); facilities with a single-line production capacity of less than 5,000 tons per year for lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide (excluding those involved in recycling); facilities using a low-calcium roasting process for sodium dichromate; as well as facilities for the production of anhydrous aluminum fluoride and cryolite with a medium to low molecular weight ratio. 7. Nitrogen fertilizers made from petroleum and natural gas, using fixed-bed batch gasification technology for ammonia synthesis, as well as a copper washing process for purifying the raw gas used in ammonia synthesis. 8. Production facilities for highly toxic and persistent pesticides, as well as those that have a significant impact on the environment or the quality and safety of agricultural products [including oxalyl chloride, terbuthyl phosphide, chlorpyrifos, bromomethane, methomyl, aldicarb, carbofuran, sodium azide, anticoagulant rodenticides, warfarin, bromadiolone, brodifacoum, botulinum toxin, bisulfotin, aluminum phosphide; organochlorine and organotin insecticides; thiophanate-methyl fungicides; sodium (potassium) nitrophenolate, mesotrione, phosmet, dimethoate, fipronil, boscalid, flubendiamide, cypermethrin, acephate, carbendazim, butylhydrazide, etc.]. 9. Production equipment for glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, triazophos, paraquat, chlorothalonil, abamectin, imidacloprid, acetochlor, chloropicrin, metolachlor, 2,4-D, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam, atrazine, butachlor, dichlorophenyltrichloroethane, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, pretilachlor, glufosinate, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, mancozeb, trichlorfon, triazolol, propiconazole, iprodione, paclobutrazol, and lime sulfur. 10. Titanium dioxide produced by the sulfuric acid method (except those using a co-production process), lead chromate yellow, iron oxide-based pigments with an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons or less, solvent-based coatings (except those that are encouraged for use and those using certain production processes), powder coatings containing triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) (except those produced in closed systems), and coating production facilities using nitrocellulose with a VOC content of over 75%. 11. Production facilities for non-new-type, functional, environment-friendly dyes, pigments, printing and dyeing auxiliaries, and intermediates. 12. Hydrogen fluoride (HF, for internal use in downstream processing by enterprises, except for those used in electronic applications and in the production of wet phosphoric acid) production facilities with an initial capacity of less than 200,000 tons per year, as well as methylchlorosilane monomer production facilities with a capacity of less than 100,000 tons per unit; methane chloride production facilities with a capacity of less than 100,000 tons per year (except for those used in silicone production), and those with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or more but without facilities for dealing with the by-product carbon tetrachloride; dichlorofluoromethane production facilities without facilities for dealing with the by-product trifluoromethane; sulfur hexafluoride (SF6, except for high-purity grades) production facilities for acceptable uses; and production facilities for hydrofluorocarbons such as HFC-32, HFC-134a, HFC-125, HFC-143a, and HFC-245fa, which are used as refrigerants or blowing agents in controlled applications (without facilities for handling by-products). 13. Production facilities for bias tires, bicycle tires (including those for hand carts), nylon cords, steel cord with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons or less, recycled rubber (except those produced using normal-pressure continuous environmental-friendly desulfurization processes), the rubber plasticizer penta-chlorothiophenol, and the rubber accelerator tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD).

There are 10 categories of outdated production processes and equipment to be phased out in the petrochemical industry: 1. Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units with a capacity of 2 million tons per year or less (with the exception of those located in Golmud, Qinghai, and those that meet relevant criteria); batch distillation units that use open flames and high temperatures for oil production; traditional methods for processing used rubber and plastics into oil; and processes for producing asphalt via the intermittent tar method. 2. Single-unit crude (light) benzene refining units with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less; and single-unit coal tar processing units with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less. Phosphoric ammonium salts with an annual production capacity of 21,000 tons or less (excluding industrial-grade ones) (as of December 31, 2025); sulfuric acid production from pyrite and sulfur with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons or less (except in remote areas); potassium permanganate produced by the open-hearth oxidation method; caustic soda production plants using the diaphragm process (such plants can be retained as part of comprehensive waste salt utilization); processes for producing sodium sulfide using the open-hearth method and the large-pond evaporation method; processes for producing sodium silicate (sodium metasilicate) using the mirabilite method; and processes for producing carbon disulfide using the batch coke method. 3. The saponification process using the chlorohydrin method for propylene oxide and epichlorohydrin, as well as the calcium-based method (with the exception that by December 31, 2025, the amount of fresh water used per ton of product shall not exceed 15 tons and the amount of waste generated shall not exceed 100 kilograms); phosphorus yellow production facilities with an annual capacity of less than 5,000 tons per unit; facilities for calcining chromium compounds using calcium; facilities for producing ordinary-grade barium sulfate, barium hydroxide, barium chloride, and barium nitrate with a single-line capacity of less than 3,000 tons per year; sodium chlorate production facilities with a capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year; calcium carbide furnaces with a capacity of less than 12.5 megavolts-amps each, including open-type and internal-combustion calcium carbide furnaces; facilities for producing (poly)vinyl chloride using the acetylene method with high-mercury catalysts (containing more than 6.5% mercury chloride); facilities for producing sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide, potassium ethoxide, polyurethanes, acetaldehyde, caustic soda, biological pesticides, and topical antimicrobials using mercury or mercury compounds; as well as the sodium amide method and the cyanide melt process using sodium cyanide. 4. Production facilities with a single-line capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year for sodium tripolyphosphate, less than 5,000 tons per year for sodium hexametaphosphate, less than 5,000 tons per year for phosphorus trichloride, less than 30,000 tons per year for calcium hydrogen phosphate used in feed production, and less than 5,000 tons per year for hydrofluoric acid – which features outdated technology and causes severe pollution – as well as for wet-process aluminum fluoride and open-type crystalline fluoride products. 5. Production facilities with a single-line capacity of less than 0.3 million tons per year for sodium cyanide (100% sodium cyanide), less than 1 million tons per year for potassium hydroxide, less than 15,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade silica, less than 20,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade calcium carbonate, less than 100,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade anhydrous sodium sulfate (excluding that produced as a by-product of salt manufacturing), less than 0.3 million tons per year for lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide (excluding that obtained from the recycling of used lithium batteries), less than 20,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade barium carbonate, and less than 15,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade strontium carbonate. 6. Liquid-phase desulfurization of semi-water gas using ammonia water, synthesis of ammonia through atmospheric-pressure batch conversion of natural gas, atmospheric-pressure shift and full medium-temperature shift (high-temperature shift) processes, wet desulfurization processes without accompanying sulfur recovery units; fixed-bed batch gasification units without associated equipment for recovering the waste heat from the purge gas or for comprehensively utilizing the gasification furnace slag; urea production facilities lacking devices for hydrolyzing and decomposing process condensates; and process technologies in which high-temperature gas washing water is cooled by direct contact with air in open cooling towers. 7. Sodium-based paraquat production process, alkaline method for chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos production, manual packaging (filling) processes and equipment for pesticide products in small packages (1 kilogram and below), production of pesticide powders using Raymond mills, and facilities for producing pentachlorophenol (sodium) using hexachlorobenzene as a raw material. 8. Production processes for chlorinated rubber using resin directly heated by fire and carbon tetrachloride as a solvent; production facilities for saponin (including hydrolyzed products) with an annual capacity of 100 tons or less; production processes for saponin using hydrochloric acid for hydrolysis; as well as production facilities for saponin that fail to meet the required standards regarding pollutant emissions. The iron powder reduction process [for the three products namely 4,4-diaminostyrene-disulfonic acid (DSD acid), 2-amino-4-methyl-5-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid (CLT acid), and 1-amino-8-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid (H acid)] is subject to suspension at this time. Production facilities for 95,000 units per year or less of bias tires, as well as tires with natural cotton cord as their reinforcement; dry-pelletized carbon black (with the exception of special carbon blacks and semi-reinforcing carbon blacks); 300 million condoms per year or less made from natural latex; rubber vulcanization accelerators such as N-oxydicy(1,2-ethylenedioxy)-2-benzothiazolylsulfenamide (NOBS); and rubber anti-aging agents D. 10. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used for controlled applications such as refrigeration, foaming, and cleaning; hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), except those used as raw materials for downstream chemical products; 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) used for cleaning; products primarily produced from carbon tetrachloride (CTC) and all products that use CTC as a processing aid; fluoropolymer production processes that utilize PFOA as a processing aid; coatings containing DDT; and production facilities for chlorpyrifos that use DDT as a raw material in non-enclosed processes (to be phased out in accordance with the requirements of the **overall plan for implementing international conventions**).

There are 7 categories of obsolete products to be phased out in the petrochemical and chemical industry: 1. Modified starches, modified fibers; multi-colored interior wall coatings (O/W type coatings with nitrocellulose as the resin and xylene as the solvent); vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer emulsion-based exterior wall coatings; tar-based polyurethane waterproofing materials; water-based polyvinyl chloride-tar waterproofing materials; polyvinyl alcohol and its acetals for interior and exterior walls (such as 106, 107 coatings); and polyvinyl acetate emulsion-based exterior wall coatings (including emulsions of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers). 2. Interior wall coatings, solvent-based wood products, toys, automobiles, and exterior wall coatings with levels of harmful substances exceeding the standards; coatings containing hazardous substances such as bis(p-dichlorophenyl)trichloroethane, tributyl tin, perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, and red lead. 3. Azo dyes that decompose under reducing conditions to produce 24 harmful aromatic amines (use in non-textile applications is suspended) and nine carcinogenic dyes (use in applications where there is no direct contact with the human body is suspended). 4. Paint removers containing benzene, phenol, benzaldehyde, and dichloromethane/trichloromethane; lithopone; PVC waterproof joint sealing materials for construction (tar-type); 107 glue (polyvinyl alcohol formaldehyde adhesive); clenbuterol; polychlorinated biphenyls (transformer oil). 5. Highly toxic pesticide products: BHC, dibromoethane, butyraldehyde hydrazide, dicofol, oxaflor, insecticide amine, warfarin, fluoroacetamide, sodium fluoroacetate, dibromochloropropane, phoxim (Suhua 203), phosphamidone, glyfothate, rodenticide silicone, methamidophos, parathion, methyl parathion, chlorpyrifos, thiocyclam (ethyl thiocyclam), arsenic acid esters, mercury compounds, lead compounds, aqueous solutions with a glyphosate content of less than 30%, methyl thiocyclam, calcium phosphide, zinc phosphide, phenylphosphine, diazinon, magnesium phosphide, phosmet, fenitrothion, terbutyl thionephos, carbaryl, 2,4-D butyl ester, methyl isobutyl phosphate, aqua methoxyphos, aldicarb, nonylphenol (pesticide additive), dicofol, clorsulfuron, bispyribac-sodium. 6. Products to be phased out in accordance with the requirements of the **Overall Plan for Implementing International Conventions: chlordane, heptachlor, bromomethane, DDT, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, lindane, **phenol, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, endosulfan, fluvalinate, decachloro, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, hexachlorobutadiene, polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorobenzene, hexabromobiphenyls, tetrabromodiphenyl ethers and pentabromodiphenyl ethers, hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and its salts and perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride, perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds, decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, polynuclear aromatics hydrocarbons (with exempted uses being subject to restrictions). 7. Bicycle tires with soft-edge structures, ordinary conveyor belts using cotton cord as the reinforcing material and ordinary V-belts using nylon cord as the reinforcing material, as well as manual engraving and vulcanization molds for tires, bicycle tires, and motorcycle tires.