Three ultimate problems of Chinese paper industry and sustainable development

Why is the paper industry a sustainable development industry?

1, paper technology is one of the four great inventions in China, has a history of nearly 2000 years. Paper has provided the material and technical basis for the prosperity and inheritance of Chinese civilization, and has become the most powerful tool for spreading human culture and civilization. The external dissemination of paper making has promoted the exchange of world culture and affected the development process of world civilization, which is a great contribution made by the Chinese nation in the development history of human cultural communication and civilization.

2, per capita consumption of paper is an important indicator to measure the comprehensive economic strength of a country. The level of paper consumption is an important sign to measure the degree of a country's economy and civilization. Paper consumption demand has a direct relationship with a country's economic aggregate and economic structure. Directly and indirectly affect the whole society in all fields. A strong country has a strong paper industry.

3, paper industry is an important basic raw material industry closely related to the national economy and social development. It not only provides functional basic raw materials for industry and agriculture, science and technology, and national defense, but also provides consumer materials for people's culture and life, and is an indispensable and important part of the social and economic chain.

The paper industry chain is long and involves a wide range. The sustained and stable growth of the paper industry has driven the development of upstream industries such as agriculture, forestry, chemical industry, energy and electricity, machinery manufacturing, electronic instruments, environmental protection, logistics, etc., and has also promoted the application of paper products in downstream industries such as cultural communication, printing and publishing, living, health care, business office, logistics and transportation, education and training, product packaging, decoration, industry and agriculture, and national defense.

4, the modern paper industry is a natural green attributes and circular economy characteristics of the industry. Papermaking raw materials are mainly made from natural or recycled plant fibers and other renewable resources, and pulping raw materials use a large number of forestry harvesting residues, board processing residues, discarded agricultural stalks, sugar industry waste bagasse and recycled waste paper. At present, 77% of the main raw materials in China's paper industry come from all kinds of solid waste, about 20% of the energy comes from solid waste, and about 90% of the pulping chemicals come from solid waste generated by the process. At present, the raw materials used in papermaking and the solid, gaseous and liquid wastes emitted from the production process are basically recyclable and recycled, and a complete green industrial system with recyclable resources, low energy consumption, low emissions and natural carbon recycling has been basically formed.

What is the paper industry doing in sustainable development?

1, in the 70 years of development of the founding of New China, especially in the 40 years of China's reform and opening up, China's paper industry has created an unprecedented development miracle. Paper production from the early days of the founding of New China, less than four million tons in the early days of reform and opening up, increased to the current more than 100 million tons, and in 2008 to achieve the total production and consumption of the basic balance, completely bid farewell to the long-term reliance on paper "foreign paper" era. At present, the number of paper varieties produced in China has reached hundreds, which can basically meet the demand of the domestic market. Due to the obvious performance, cost and environmental protection advantages of paper, all kinds of paper have been widely used in industry, agriculture, culture and education, publishing, military and other fields as well as People's Daily work and life. The development of the paper industry guarantees the needs of economic development and the growth of people's better life.

2, in the past ten years, the paper industry has eliminated more than 40 million tons of backward production capacity, the paper industry through technological progress, the application of advanced equipment and the elimination of backward production capacity, the improvement of industrial concentration, for the improvement of resource utilization and environmental governance to provide an effective guarantee, the international advanced papermaking technology and equipment gathered in China, At present, the technology and equipment level of more than 70% of the industry's production capacity has reached the international advanced or even leading level.

3, in order to remove the industry "high energy consumption, high pollution" hat, energy conservation and emission reduction is an important work in the paper industry. At present, the emission indicators of the industry have basically reached the international advanced level.