**Guideline: Limit PP to below 70,000 tons and PE to below 200,000 tons; encourage the use of POE, mPE, and PIB
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The \"Guidelines for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2019 version, draft for comments)\」set clear requirements regarding the scale of construction for projects involving basic chemical raw materials. For example, the production of methanol from coal at a scale of 1 million tons per year or less is restricted (with exceptions for the comprehensive utilization of waste gases); the construction of new facilities for producing ethylene via naphtha cracking at a scale of 800,000 tons per year or less is restricted; the construction of new facilities for producing polypropylene at a scale of 70,000 tons per year or less is restricted; and the construction of new facilities for producing polyethylene at a scale of 200,000 tons per year or less is also restricted.
For industries subject to restrictions, new production facilities are limited to those with a capacity of 800,000 tons per year or less for ethylene production via naphtha cracking, 130,000 tons per year or less for acrylonitrile, 1 million tons per year or less for purified terephthalic acid, 200,000 tons per year or less for ethylene glycol, 200,000 tons per year or less for styrene (except in processes using dry gas to produce ethylbenzene), 100,000 tons per year or less for caprolactam, 300,000 tons per year or less for acetic acid produced by the carbonylation method (except in cases where waste gases are utilized comprehensively), methanol production from natural gas (except for natural gas with a CO2 content of over 20%), and 1 million tons per year or less for coal-based methanol production facilities (except in cases where waste gases are utilized comprehensively). Additionally, restrictions apply to facilities for producing methyl methacrylate via the cyanohydrin method (except when by-product hydrogen cyanide is utilized), propylene/crotonol production from grains, propylene oxide production via the chlorohydrin method, and epichlorohydrin production via high-temperature chlorination of propylene, as well as to facilities for producing saponin in quantities of 300 tons per year or less (including hydrolysis products, except in cases of comprehensive utilization). New production facilities with a capacity of 70,000 tons per year or less for polypropylene, 200,000 tons per year or less for polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride produced by the acetylene method, polyvinyl chloride produced by the ethylene oxychlorination method 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 copolymers (ABS), excluding those produced by the bulk continuous process, with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, and conventional synthetic latex – carboxybutyl styrene latex (including styrene latex) with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year or less will be established. Additionally, new production facilities for general-purpose adhesives such as solvent-based neoprene, styrene-butadiene thermoplastic rubber, polyurethanes, and polyacrylates will be built or expanded. China is shifting from its role as a global manufacturing hub to that of the most important market in the world. The demand in the Chinese market for various goods and services is rising rapidly, and there is an increasing emphasis on the quality of such goods and services. These changes are reflected in the \"Guidelines for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2019 version, draft for comments)\", and these industries are being listed as those that should be encouraged for development.
Encourage the development and production of high-performance barrier resins such as ethylene-vinyl alcohol resin (EVOH) and polyvinylidene chloride for industries that are eligible for support; special polyolefins like polyisobutylene (PIB), polyolefin oxide (POE), and metallocene polyethylene; as well as key raw materials such as high-carbon α-olefins. Promote the production of engineering plastics such as liquid crystal polymers (LCP), polyphenylene sulfides (PPS), polyphenoxymethylenes, aromatic copolymers, and polyaryletherethernitriles, as well as the development and application of techniques for blending and alloying these materials. Support the development and production of superabsorbent resins, conductive resins, and biodegradable polymers. Encourage the development and production of new types of polyamides such as those with long carbon chains and high-temperature resistance. Foster the development and production of brominated butyl rubber, solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, rare-earth cis-butadiene rubber, acrylate rubber, as well as styrene-butadiene latex and isoprene latex with a solid content of over 60%. Promote the development and application of techniques for chemically modifying synthetic rubbers. Encourage the development and production of thermoplastic elastomer materials such as polypropylene thermoplastic elastomers (PTPE), thermoplastic polyester elastomers (TPEE), hydrogenated styrene/isoprene thermoplastic elastomers (SEPS), dynamically fully vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers (TPV), and silicone-modified thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers
Saying that market development is insufficient and the utilization rate is low is also an exaggeration. If an application is made for 1 million tons per year but only 300,000 tons are actually produced, is there still any scale benefit as you mentioned? That’s a waste!
Restrictions should have been imposed long ago; refining and polyolefins might well be the next steel and coal industries
For the production of olefins from naphtha in quantities of less than 800,000 tons, are there no requirements regarding the type of furnace? How was the figure of 800,000 obtained? Please explain.