Important industrial restructuring involving nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides, and other sectors has been announced! The new edition of the “Guidance Catalogue for Industrial Restructuring” has been released.

Release Date:

2024-01-03

　　Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission released the “Guidance Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition),” which will take effect on February 1, 2024. The catalogue is divided into three categories: encouraged, restricted, and phased-out. The encouraged category primarily includes technologies, equipment, and products that play a significant role in promoting economic and social development; the restricted category covers production capacities, processes, technologies, and products that are technologically outdated, fail to meet industry access requirements and relevant regulations, pose risks to workplace safety, or hinder the achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, and thus require mandatory upgrades or are subject to a ban on new construction; the phased-out category comprises obsolete technologies, equipment, and products that violate applicable laws and regulations, cause severe resource waste and environmental pollution, present serious occupational safety hazards, and impede progress toward carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and therefore must be eliminated. Any items not falling under the encouraged, restricted, or phased-out categories, but compliant with relevant national laws, regulations, and policies, are classified as permitted.
　　In the “Catalog (2024 Edition),” the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery sectors comprise 26 items in the encouraged category, 14 in the restricted category, and 9 in the phase-out category.
　　It is worth noting that, in the petrochemical and chemical industries, nitrogen fertilizer processes that use petroleum and natural gas as feedstocks are subject to restrictions, along with certain… Pesticide Product manufacturing equipment, with the following details:
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　　Encouraged Category
　　1. Farmland Development and Conservation Projects: construction of high-standard farmland, development of agricultural water conservancy infrastructure, implementation of efficient water-saving irrigation systems, construction of drainage and leaching facilities to ameliorate soil salinization and alkalization, transformation and comprehensive utilization of rainfed saline–alkali lands, prevention and control of soil erosion, and the development and application of rapid soil, fertilizer, and water testing technologies as well as integrated water–fertilizer management systems.
　　2. Farmland Quality Enhancement: conservation tillage, rapid soil fertility improvement on newly cultivated land, development of a fertile topsoil layer, and farmland maintenance and management.
　　3. Agricultural water‑saving renovation and precision management: upgrading irrigation districts that fail to meet water‑saving standards; promoting rainfed, water‑efficient agriculture in arid regions; developing rainfed farming in areas facing water scarcity or overexploitation; and advancing rainfed, water‑conserving greening practices in arid and semi‑arid zones.
　　4. Conservation and utilization of genetic resources and seed Database Development: Agricultural Products and Crops seed Base construction, conservation and development of crop, forest, grassland, livestock, poultry, and fishery genetic resources, as well as the collection, preservation, identification, utilization, and application of plant, animal, and microbial genetic resources.
　　5. Research and development of advanced agricultural varieties and the industrial application of biotechnology in breeding: selection, propagation, conservation, and utilization of superior plant and animal (including wild) varieties; biological breeding; seed Development and application of technologies for the production, processing, packaging, inspection, and certification of plant and animal genetic resources, as well as related storage and transportation equipment; industrial-scale production of porcine, bovine, and ovine embryos (in vivo) and semen.
　　6. Smart Agriculture and Development of New Agricultural Technologies: Advanced technology development and application in facility-based cultivation of vegetables, melons, fruits, and flowers (including soilless cultivation); development and application of intelligent livestock management systems; development and application of high-quality, high-yield, and highly efficient standardized cultivation techniques; development and application of agricultural biotechnology; digital transformation of agricultural production and the construction of smart agriculture.
　　7. Deep processing of agricultural and forestry products: research, development, and application of technologies for engineered wood panels and composite materials made from wood, bamboo, and grass (including straw and reeds); development, production, and application of “bamboo‑for‑plastic” products; establishment of raw‑material forest bases for the forest‑product chemical industry; advanced processing of forest‑product chemicals; environmentally friendly processing of wood and bamboo materials, along with technologies for their circular and resource‑efficient utilization and energy recovery; construction of specialized bases for bamboo, rattan, flowers, and nursery stock, together with product development and high‑value-added processing; and deep processing, product development, and energy‑conversion of secondary and small‑diameter timber, sand‑dwelling shrubs, and residual biomass.
　　8. Agricultural Product Storage and Transportation: Storage, transportation, preservation, processing, and comprehensive utilization of agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery products.
　　9. Grain Storage Technologies and Equipment: energy-efficient grain and oil drying equipment; green biotechnologies for household grain storage; rodent‑control technologies; innovative household grain storage facilities (including color‑steel‑plate modular silos, steel‑frame rectangular silos, steel‑mesh drying silos, hot‑dip galvanized steel silos, etc.); and the promotion and application of safe, environmentally friendly grain storage technologies and equipment.
　　10. Animal health and crop pest and disease management: prevention and control of major pests and diseases, invasive alien species, animal epidemics, and zoonotic diseases; development and application of novel diagnostic reagents, vaccines, and low‑toxicity, low‑residue veterinary medicines (including veterinary biologics) using new processes and technologies; establishment of cultivation, domestication, and breeding bases for wild flora and fauna, as well as systems for monitoring and early warning of disease sources and outbreaks; and development and application of automated technologies for monitoring pest populations in crops and forest trees.
　　11. Agricultural Meteorological Services: Development and application of weather modification systems, technologies, and equipment for artificial precipitation enhancement (or suppression) and hail prevention; meteorological satellite programs (including satellite development and manufacturing, associated software systems, ground receiving and processing equipment, and satellite remote-sensing application technologies); and meteorological information services.
　　12. Ecological Agriculture: Ecological Crop Production, Ecological Animal husbandry Technological development and application in the fields of agriculture and ecological grassland management
　　13. Green Agriculture: Demonstration and application of fully biodegradable mulch films and high-strength, easily recyclable mulch films in agricultural fields; risk management and remediation of contaminated farmland; feed, feed additives, and fertilizers that meet green, low-carbon, and circular‑economy standards; Pesticide Development of high-quality, safe, and environmentally friendly agricultural inputs such as veterinary drugs, as well as food additives permitted for use in the production of green foods; development and application of technologies for monitoring agricultural products and their production‑area environments; and development and application of technologies for the harmless treatment and value‑added utilization of organic waste, along with the industrialization of organic fertilizers.
　　14. Modern Animal husbandry industry and Aquaculture Ecological and Healthy Aquaculture: Development and application of standardized, large-scale farming technologies for livestock and poultry; development and application of green production technologies for agricultural, pastoral, and fishery products; treatment and resource utilization of livestock and poultry farming waste (including the fertilizer, energy, substrate, and bedding‑material conversion of manure and other byproducts, as well as the harmless disposal of dead or diseased animals); demonstration and application of offshore fisheries, artificial reefs, fisheries administration and port engineering, and eco‑friendly, functional fishing gear; new‑energy‑powered fishing vessels; healthy aquaculture in both freshwater and marine environments, coupled with advanced product processing; enhancement and conservation of freshwater and marine fishery resources; and marine ranching.
　　15. Forestry and Fruit Industry: construction of national reserve forests, development of specialty economic forests, establishment of carbon‑sequestration forests, afforestation and grassland‑planting projects, forest and grassland seedling‑production programs, development of woody grain and oilseed production bases for camellia oleifera, walnuts, olive, apricot kernels, hazelnuts, oil palm, and other species, targeted cultivation and industrialization of biomass energy forests and timber‑producing forests, and forest resource management (including fast‑growing, high‑yield timber plantations and large‑diameter timber stands).
　　16. Cultivation and Husbandry of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials: ecological cultivation, wild‑harvesting management, and semi‑wild cultivation of TCM herbs; breeding and husbandry of rare and endangered animal and plant medicinal resources; cultivation and production of natural rubber and eucommia; development and application of under‑forest cultivation and husbandry technologies.
　　17. Comprehensive Utilization of Renewable Resources: Comprehensive utilization of crop straw (including the establishment of a straw collection, storage, and transportation system; fertilizer‑based utilization; feed‑based utilization; energy‑based utilization; substrate‑based utilization; and raw‑material‑based utilization); rural renewable resource comprehensive utilization projects (biogas projects; biomethane projects; integrated renewable resource utilization; biogas power generation; clean biomass heating; straw gasification for clean energy; utilization of spent mushroom substrates; and solar energy applications).
　　18. Rural tourism’s distinctive industries: high-quality initiatives in leisure agriculture and rural tourism, as well as forest-based health and wellness, nature education, and eco‑tourism.
　　19. Rural Digital Transformation: Building Digital Villages and the “Village Digital+” Initiative to Bring Agricultural and Forestry Products from Villages into Urban Markets
　　20. Rural Waste Management: Integrated, synergistic treatment of rural domestic wastewater, municipal solid waste, human and animal excreta, livestock and poultry manure, agricultural residues, and non-point source pollution from farmland, with a focus on resource recovery.
　　21. Rural Water System Remediation: Construction of Ecologically Clean Small Watersheds and Prevention and Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution
　　22. Rural Living Environment Governance: Development and Application of Environmental Protection and Management Technologies for Agriculture and Rural Areas
　　23. Conservation and Restoration of Key Ecosystems: comprehensive management projects for grassland and forest disasters; vegetation restoration projects for natural grasslands; artificial cultivation and processing of high-quality, high-yield forage crops; construction of nature reserves and ecological demonstration projects; resource enhancement and conservation projects for large inland lake basins; integrated governance of mountain–water–forest–farmland–lake–grass–sand systems; protection and restoration of natural forests; afforestation projects, including the establishment of shelterbelts, rehabilitation of degraded forests, and forest tending.
　　24. Soil and Water Conservation: Comprehensive soil and water conservation projects; prevention and control of desertification and stony desertification, along with sand-control initiatives; production of new materials for sand fixation, water conservation, and soil improvement; cultivation of salt-tolerant and drought-resistant plants.
　　25. Biodiversity Conservation: Conservation Project for Rare and Endangered Wild Animals and Plants, and Ancient and Notable Trees
　　26. Agricultural Socialized Services: Single‑stage, multi‑stage, and full‑process production management services provided by various entities, including agricultural service companies, rural collective economic organizations, and grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives.
　　Encouraged Petrochemical and Chemical Industry, Item 2: Inorganic Salts: technologies for the comprehensive utilization of waste hydrochloric acid to produce chlorine gas; development and application of new clean production processes for chromium salts; a fully enclosed high-pressure water-quenching slag‑processing technology and a yellow phosphorus production process that eliminates secondary pollution; nitric acid‑based and hemihydrate–dihydrate phosphoric acid production processes; development and application of technologies for the comprehensive utilization of phosphogypsum; and the production of high‑quality potash fertilizers and novel fertilizer formulations.
　　Encouraged Category of Petrochemicals, Item 3: Pesticide : Efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly Pesticide Development and production of new varieties, new dosage forms, specialized intermediates, and auxiliaries; chiral and stereoscopic structure synthesis via directed synthesis. Pesticide Production, biology Pesticide Development and production of new products and new technologies
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　　Restricted category
　　1. Overgrazing of natural grasslands
　　2. Production facilities for ordinary particleboard and high‑density fiberboard with a single‑line capacity of less than 50,000 m³/year.
　　3. Rosin production projects with an annual capacity of less than 1,000 tons, and crude rosin processing projects
　　4. Veterinary powder, granule, and premix production line project (excluding products holding new veterinary drug certificates or those employing automated, closed‑system, high‑efficiency blending processes)
　　5. Production line project for veterinary cell‑based vaccines using shake‑flask cultivation (excluding products holding new veterinary drug certificates and those employing new technologies)
　　6. Wood and bamboo processing projects that exhibit low comprehensive utilization rates, including the production and use of single-use wooden products and wooden packaging made from high-quality timber.
　　7.1 Plywood and wood-based panel production lines with an annual capacity of less than 10,000 cubic meters
　　8. The root-carving industry for rare plants and ancient trees
　　9. Processing of precious and endangered wild flora and fauna using wild resources as raw materials
　　10. Cage culture with feed in lakes and reservoirs that do not meet ecological aquaculture standards
　　11. Land‑clearing agricultural development projects that are detrimental to ecological and environmental protection
　　12. Construction of pulpwood plantation bases in water-scarce regions and ecologically fragile areas of the country
　　13. Grain-to-ethanol and edible vegetable oil feedstock-to-biofuel projects that do not comply with national planning and industrial policies.
　　14. Development projects that damage forest land, wetlands, grasslands, and deserts
　　Restriction Category for Petrochemicals, Item 7: Nitrogen fertilizers produced from petroleum and natural gas, employing fixed-bed intermittent gasification technology for ammonia synthesis, and utilizing the copper‑wash process for purifying the feed gas used in ammonia synthesis.
　　Restricted petrochemical and chemical category, item 9: Production facilities for glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, triazophos, paraquat, chlorothalonil, avermectin, imidacloprid, acetochlor, chloropicrin, alachlor, 2,4‑D, acetamiprid, thiamethoxam, atrazine, butachlor, dichlorprop‑P, metolachlor, dicamba, diquat, glufosinate, fenoxaprop‑P‑ethyl, mancozeb, trichlorfon, triadimefon, propiconazole, iprodione, paclobutrazol, and lime sulfur.
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　　Phase-out category
　　1. Wet-Process Fiberboard Production Process
　　2. Rosin Production Process Using the Drip Method
　　3. Traditional rural stoves and heated brick beds
　　4. Traditional methods of producing activated carbon and charcoal, using wood and tree stumps as the primary raw materials.
　　5. Tourism activities and the harvesting of forest products such as medicinal herbs that exceed ecological carrying capacity
　　6. Establishing irrigation‑based paper‑making raw material forest bases in areas with severe water shortages.
　　7. Soil Fumigation with Methyl Bromide Prior to Planting
　　8. Workshop-Style Plywood Production
　　9. Roller ginning machines with a roller length of 1,000 mm or less, saw‑tooth ginning machines with fewer than 80 saw blades, and cotton bale presses with a pressing capacity of 400 tons or less (excluding 160‑ton and 200‑ton short‑fiber models). Cotton Baler)
　　Outdated production processes and equipment subject to phase-out—Petroleum and chemical industry, item 7: sodium‑process paraquat production; trichlorfon‑alkali‑process dichlorvos production; small‑packaging (1 kg or less). Pesticide Handcrafted packaging (filling) processes and equipment for products, manufactured using the Raymond mill method. Pesticide Powder formulation, a facility for producing pentachlorophenol (sodium) using hexachlorobenzene as the raw material.
　　Outdated products subject to phase-out, Petrochemicals, Item 5: Highly toxic substances Pesticide Products: BHC, dibromoethane, daminozide, diquat, chlorophenoxy herbicides, chlordimeform, tetramine, fluoroacetamide, sodium fluoroacetate, dibromochloropropane, trichlorfon (Suhua 203), phosmet, glyflox, silico‑rat poison, methamidophos, parathion, methyl parathion, monocrotophos, thiocyclam (ethyl thiocyclam), cacodylic acid, cacodylate, and all arsenic‑based formulations, mercury‑based formulations, lead‑based formulations, aqueous solutions of glyphosate with a concentration of 30% or less, thiocyclam, calcium phosphide, zinc phosphide, fenamiphos, demeton‑s‑methyl, magnesium phosphide, thiophosphates, fly‑killing phosphates, trichlorfon, terbufos, phorate, 2,4‑D butyl ester, methyl isofenphos, amidosulfuron, nematocide, nonylphenol ( Pesticide Adjuvant, dicofol, chlorosulfonyl, amidosulfuron.