Zhongwei City Plan for the High-Quality Development of the New Materials Industry (2024–2030) Accelerating the cultivation and development of the new materials industry is of great significance for promoting the upgrading of our city’s industrial foundation and the modernization of industrial chains, advancing ecological conservation and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and achieving socialist modernization in step with the nation and the autonomous region. This plan has been formulated to thoroughly implement the autonomous region’s “Six New, Six Special, Six Excellent + N” industrial development strategy, and to actively promote the high-quality development of our city’s new materials industry.The planning period for this plan is from 2024 to 2030.
I. Current Development Status and Challenges
(I) Background and Current Status. 1. Development of the new materials industry globally, nationally, and across the autonomous region. The global new materials industry comprises three major categories: advanced basic materials, key strategic materials, and cutting-edge new materials, with an industrial scale ratio of approximately 50:35:15. In 2023, the global new materials industry market reached 7.2 trillion U.S. dollars.China possesses the world’s most comprehensive and largest materials industry system. It ranks first globally in the production of over 100 types of materials, including rare earth metals, chemical fibers, advanced energy storage materials, and photovoltaic materials. Supported by a robust industrial foundation and driven by market demand, China’s new materials industry has developed rapidly, with a market size exceeding 7.7 trillion yuan in 2023. The region’s new materials industry primarily covers five sectors: high-performance metal materials, chemical new materials, advanced inorganic non-metallic materials, battery materials, and electronic information materials. Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the output value of the region’s new materials industry has achieved rapid growth of over 30% for three consecutive years, reaching 167 billion yuan in 2023. 2. Current Status of Our City’s New Materials Industry. In recent years, the scale of our city’s new materials industry has continued to expand, its industrial chains have been extended, and its innovation capabilities have been strengthened, making it a driving force the city’s industrial transformation and upgrading as well as high-quality economic development. An industrial landscape has preliminarily taken shape featuring the coordinated development of five major sectors: high-performance metal materials, high-performance fiber materials, polymer chemical materials, crystalline silicon materials, and battery and energy storage materials. The sector has attracted 23 leading enterprises, including Tianyuan Manganese Industry, Ningxin New Materials, Ruitai Technology, and Lianlong, which collectively achieved an industrial output value of 34.5 billion yuan, of which 18 key enterprises included in the autonomous region’s new materials database achieved an output value of 15.85 billion yuan, accounting for 9.5% of the region’s total. From January to November 2024, the new materials industry achieved an output value of 36.46 billion yuan, accounting for 44.8% of the city’s total industrial output value of enterprises above designated size, representing a year-on-year increase of 11.8%. A total of three autonomous region-level engineering technology centers have been established, along with centers. Two enterprises, including Lianlong, were recognized as national-level “Specialized, Refined, Unique, and Innovative” (“Little Giant”) enterprises; Ningxin New Materials was designated as the “chain leader” enterprise for the autonomous region’s high-performance metal industry chain; four enterprises, including Sinochem Lithium Battery, were certified as autonomous region-level “Specialized, Refined, Unique, and Innovative” enterprises; four enterprises, including Mingdao Aluminum, were recognized as autonomous region-level green factories; and four enterprises, including Zhongsheng New Technology, were recognized as autonomous region-level digital workshops; Lianlong Company was recognized as an autonomous region-level smart factory; and Ruitaitech was designated as an industry-leading demonstration enterprise.
(II) Issues and Shortcomings. Overall: First, the industry scale is small and market competitiveness is weak. The new materials industry started late, remains small in scale, lacks sufficient brand development, has limited market influence, and lacks distinctive competitive advantages. Second, the industrial chains are short and the technological content is low.The existing industrial chains for new chemical materials, high-performance metal materials, and crystalline silicon materials are relatively short. Industrial clusters are in their infancy, with low levels of industrial aggregation and few supporting enterprises upstream and downstream. Consequently, products have low technological content and added value. Third, innovation-driven capabilities are insufficient. Original innovation capacity is lacking; enterprises, as the primary innovators, engage in R&D sparingly while frequently engaging in production-based imitation. Capabilities for independent innovation and R&D are weak, with low self-sufficiency rates for key technologies, few invention patents, and dependence on others for certain core materials and technologies are subject to external constraints. Fourth, there is a severe shortage of talent. There is a critical shortage of high-level management and R&D personnel, with serious challenges in “recruiting and retaining” talent. There is a lack of companies and personnel dedicated to the commercialization of research outcomes, and a disconnect exists between basic research on new materials and industrialization, which significantly constrains the industrialization of new processes, technologies, and products. Looking at specific sectors: The high-performance metal industry chain has not been sufficiently extended, and the manganese-based industry faces difficulties and issues accumulated over many years over the years are difficult to resolve in the short term, and manganese-based new materials are still in their infancy. The aluminum-based industrial chain is short, with insufficient supply of molten aluminum at the source and inadequate capacity utilization, which has hindered the extension and development of the industrial chain. In the high-performance fiber sector, after Ruite Technology’s nylon 66 broke the international market monopoly, it faced international pressure, leading to a decline in product prices and affecting the industry’s subsequent capacity expansion and development.Polymer chemical products are limited in variety, with only four products from three companies—Ruitai, Lianlong, and Zhongsheng New Technology—leaving little room for growth. The industry chain lacks resilience, making it increasingly difficult to attract chemical projects aimed at extending, supplementing, and strengthening the chain. Investment projects face challenges in conversion and few are successfully implemented. The crystalline silicon materials sector has few leading enterprises, a small industrial scale, an incomplete industry chain, lagging equipment and technology upgrades, insufficient core competitiveness, and weak resilience against market risks.Furthermore, overheated investment in the new energy sector has intensified price competition, leading to widespread production halts among enterprises. The battery and energy storage materials sector started late; the Sinochem lithium battery cathode material project has yielded poor returns, while projects such as Haiyuan CRRC’s energy storage equipment and Weilide’s all-vanadium flow battery are highly susceptible to market order fluctuations. Expansion scaling up. Projects such as Linyuan’s all-vanadium flow battery and Tianyuan Manganese Industry’s manganese-based lithium battery materials have not yet been completed, and the sector as a whole has not yet truly achieved scale.
(3) Current Situation and Challenges. Internationally, against the backdrop of a new round of technological and industrial revolution, high-end materials, core technologies, and critical materials have become the focal point of competition among major and powerful nations. Domestically , the new materials industry still faces issues such as insufficient innovation capacity in the R&D and production of advanced high-end materials, as well as incomplete innovation, industrial, and supply chain systems. In areas such as semiconductor materials, carbon fiber materials, and aerospace materials—specifically regarding the R&D of upstream key materials and equipment— there remain numerous “bottleneck” issues, creating an urgent need for domestic substitution. From a regional perspective, the new era is witnessing the convergence of major strategies and policy initiatives, including advancing the Western Development Strategy to form a new pattern, jointly building the “Belt and Road,” ecological protection and high-quality development, the “Dual Carbon” goals, the “East Data, West Computing” initiative, and the reception of industrial transfers from the eastern regions are being implemented in tandem. The development prospects for the new materials industry in our region are vast, with immense potential. From our city’s perspective, after years of accumulation, we have established a solid industrial foundation in high-performance metals, new chemical materials, crystalline silicon, and energy storage materials. The next five years will be a critical period for structural adjustment, a breakthrough phase for transformation and upgrading, and a window of opportunity to narrow the gap, and a window of opportunity to capitalize on the momentum. We must seize the opportunities for the development of the new materials industry, strengthen our strengths, address our weaknesses, consolidate our foundations, and reinforce our vulnerabilities; integrate upstream and downstream industrial chains; promote the cluster-based development of high-end, intelligent, and green new materials industries with distinctive characteristics and core competitiveness; and drive the coordinated and innovative development of new materials alongside strategic emerging industries such as new energy and new infrastructure.
II. General Approach
(1) Guiding Principles. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its subsequent plenary sessions, as well as the important speeches, instructions, and directives issued by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Ningxia. We will fully implement the decisions and arrangements of the 13th Party Congress of the Autonomous Region, with high-quality development as the theme, supply-side structural reform as the main focus, and the construction of a pilot zone for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin as our mission. We will seize the new opportunities presented by the , and build a new materials industry system centered on enterprises and promoted through the coordinated efforts of government, industry, academia, research, and application. We will eliminate bottlenecks across the innovation chain, industrial chain, supply chain, and ecological chain, focus on enhancing core competitiveness, and foster a number of new materials industrial clusters with distinct characteristics and advantages. We will establish the new materials industry as a key sector driving the transformation and upgrading of our city’s industry and achieving high-quality development in manufacturing, thereby making Zhongwei’s contribution to the comprehensive construction of a beautiful, modern socialist Ningxia.
(2) Basic Principles. — Adhere to innovation-driven development. Treat innovation as the primary driving force, continuously strengthen independent innovation capabilities, and coordinate enterprise innovation, regional innovation, and collaborative innovation. Establish a technological innovation system centered on enterprises, market-oriented, and featuring deep integration of government, industry, academia, research, and application. Focus on enhancing comprehensive capabilities in original innovation, integrated innovation, and the introduction, digestion, absorption, and re-innovation of technologies. Form an industrial system and development model where innovation serves as the primary driver and strategic support, thereby enhancing the industry’s . — Adhere to intensive and clustered development. Further optimize industrial layout, designate industrial parks (development zones) as the primary vehicles for the development of new materials industrial clusters, thoroughly implement the industrial ecosystem cultivation plan, foster a group of leading enterprises with “chain-leader” status, specialized enterprises producing supporting product sets, and platform enterprises with public service functions; accelerate the formation of a new cluster development model characterized by “industry + supporting services, platform + ecosystem, and technology + empowerment” to drive the cluster-based development of the industry. ——Adhere to digital empowerment. Accelerate the digital transformation of the industry, promote the application of digital technologies in more scenarios and fields for new materials, and significantly enhance the efficiency and coordination of R&D design, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, and sales services through digital means, driving the deep integration of the new materials industry with technologies such as 5G, the Industrial Internet, and artificial intelligence, and accelerate the industry’s digital, networked, and intelligent transformation. — Commit to green development. Closely align with the “dual carbon” strategic goals, prioritize the R&D and promotion of advanced green and low-carbon technologies, promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, greening, and quality improvement throughout the entire lifecycle of new materials production, promote green process technologies and equipment, develop green materials, equipment equipment, and products; promote green industrial upgrades; build an efficient, clean, and circular green manufacturing system; and elevate the industry’s level of green, low-carbon, and circular economic development. —Adhere to open cooperation. Fully implement the national “Belt and Road” and Western Development strategies; make full use of domestic and international industrial resources; strengthen cooperation with renowned domestic and international enterprises; vigorously implement targeted investment promotion; actively attract innovative resources from the advantageous new materials industries in eastern and central regions in Zhongwei, and establish an industrial spatial layout characterized by clear division of labor, integrated support systems, and complementary advantages, thereby enhancing the level and capacity of the new materials industry to participate in domestic and international division of labor and resource allocation.
(3) Development Goals. By 2030, the scale and strength, cluster effects, innovation capabilities, and development quality of the city’s new materials industry will be significantly enhanced.The number of new materials enterprises above designated size will reach 35, with the output value of the new materials industry reaching 80 billion yuan, growing at an average annual rate of over 10%; the five major specialty clusters—high-performance metals, high-performance fibers, polymer chemicals, crystalline silicon, and battery and energy storage materials—will be fully established; more than 10 enterprise technology centers, more than 10 high-tech enterprises, and and innovation centers; innovation capabilities will be significantly enhanced; we will strive to foster at least 2 national-level “single-champion” manufacturing enterprises (products) and national-level “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” “little giant” enterprises, as well as at least 5 autonomous region-level industry-leading demonstration enterprises and autonomous region-level “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” “little giant” enterprises, thereby significantly improving the quality of development.
III. Main Tasks
(1) Optimize Industrial Layout. Fully leverage the advantages of different regions across our city’s counties (districts) and industrial parks (development zones) and industrial foundations of various counties (districts) and industrial parks (development zones) in our city. Following the “parks-within-parks” and “specialized parks” models, implement a differentiated and specialized cluster development strategy, supporting 1–2 leading enterprises with prominent core businesses and strong leverage effects in each park. Guide these enterprises to adopt various methods to attract the clustering of small and medium-sized enterprises upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, accelerating the development of the high-performance metal materials industrial cluster in the Zhongning Industrial Park, the fine chemical materials industrial cluster in the Zhongwei Industrial Park, and the new energy manufacturing industrial cluster in the Haixing Development Zone.
(2) Cultivating Leading and Key Enterprises. Focusing on advantageous sectors such as aluminum-magnesium alloy materials, high-performance fibers, specialty fine chemicals, photovoltaic materials, lithium-ion battery materials, and energy storage equipment materials, we will actively guide a group of enterprises possessing core intellectual property and strong market competitiveness to become leading enterprises with robust innovation capabilities and international influence through equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances. By intensifying investment promotion efforts, accelerating project construction progress, and improving incentives for high-tech enterprises, we will promote the implementation of cultivation plans for large-scale industrial enterprises in the new materials sector, high-tech enterprises, and “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” (SED) enterprises. We will gradually integrate into international and domestic supply chains, industrial chains, and value chains to form a supporting enterprise cluster characterized by complementary production and effective division of labor, with leading new materials enterprises at the core and “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” SMEs as a supporting force. By 2030, we aim to cultivate approximately 15 key new materials enterprises, including 2 with an output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, at least 3 exceeding 5 billion yuan, and at least 10 exceeding 1 billion yuan. We will also foster 35 new materials industrial enterprises above designated size, 10 high-tech enterprises in the new materials sector, and 15 "Specialized, Refined, Unique, and Innovative" demonstration enterprises.
(3) Cultivating and Expanding Industrial Clusters. Focusing on existing industries and future development directions, we will introduce a batch of projects aimed at expanding scale and improving quality, fill gaps in key links of the industrial chain, enhance core supply capabilities for key products, and boost innovation-driven development capacity, thereby forming high-quality industrial clusters with distinct characteristics and advantages, well-developed upstream and downstream support systems, and close cooperation among enterprises. 1. High-Performance Metal Materials Cluster. Leveraging the aluminum- and manganese-based industrial chains in the Zhongning Industrial Park, we will focus on key products such as high-purity aluminum ingots, high-performance aluminum alloy sheets, high-performance deformable lightweight alloys and cast lightweight alloy materials, automotive wheels, aluminum body panels and forgings, and aluminum-based copper-clad laminates. We will promote the relocation and technological upgrading of Tianyuan Manganese Industry’s 80,000-ton metallic manganese production line, the intelligent transformation of the 600,000-ton electrolytic metallic manganese production line, the 1 million-ton electrolytic manganese slag harmless treatment and comprehensive resource utilization project, Ningchuang’s 400,000-ton integrated electrolytic aluminum and deep processing expansion and value chain extension project, Yu’an New Materials’ 500,000-ton comprehensive utilization project for electrolytic aluminum solid waste, and Ningxia Huaxiang’s 150,000-ton multi-metal composite materials project, to promote the high-quality development of the high-performance metal industry chain, and to establish a national-level strategic reserve base for metallic manganese and a development and production base for manganese-based new materials, as well as a demonstration base for aluminum-based new materials production and supporting industrial chain extension. By 2030, the industrial output value of the high-performance metal materials cluster will reach 50 billion yuan. 2. High-Performance Fiber Materials Cluster. Relying on Ruitaikeji’s industrial foundation in nylon 66, we will implement the strategic cooperation agreement between the autonomous region and Sinochem, accelerate the construction of the Sinochem Circular Economy Industrial Park, and introduce and build high-end nylon, spandex, aramid, and high-end isocyanate materials. Accelerate the advancement of Ruitai Technology’s 80,000-ton nylon 66 expansion and the 500-ton/year PPDI and NDI projects. Actively assist Ningxia Weitian Carbon Materials Co., Ltd. in accelerating the pilot testing of its coal-based asphalt carbon fiber project, and prompt the commercialization of research outcomes, and facilitate the implementation of the 6,000-ton carbon fiber materials project. Further coordinate with Zhongcheng Xingfu Industrial Cooperation and Development Co., Ltd. regarding its basalt fiber composite materials production project, strive to sign a cooperation agreement as soon as possible, and expand the scale of high-performance fiber materials, with the industrial output value of the high-performance fiber materials cluster reaching 5 billion yuan by 2030.3. Polymer Chemical Materials Cluster. Building on the foundation of UV absorbers and antioxidants produced by Lianlong (Zhongwei) New Materials Co., Ltd. and 2-amino-4-acetamidoanisole (reduced form) produced by Ningxia Zhongsheng New Technology Co., Ltd., efforts will focus on expanding scale and improving efficiency, diversifying product ranges, and enhancing the industrial chain. Priority will be given to the development of UV absorbers, antioxidants, polymer additives, catalysts, engineering materials, and membrane materials. We will accelerate the advancement of the Lianlong Western Technology Center and the intelligent upgrade of the 2,500-ton UV absorber facility, as well as the 5,500-ton antioxidant project; Ruitai’s 100,000-ton annual HDI production; Huayu Chemical’s poly(sulfone) (PAS/PES) series of engineering materials; and Damoyao’s 200-ton/year anti-aging additive intermediates, Lanfeng Chemical’s series of photoinitiators, and Ziguang’s methionine dimethyl sulfoxide projects, gradually improving the industrial chain for new chemical materials and building a new chemical materials industry cluster. By 2030, the output value of the polymer chemical new materials cluster will reach 10 billion yuan. 4. Crystalline Silicon Materials Cluster. Relying on leading enterprises such as GCL, LONGi, Heguang, and Zhongjing Semiconductor , we will focus on key upstream and downstream products such as polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon ingots/wafers, photovoltaic modules, inverters, photovoltaic power plants, square silicon cores, and electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid. We will accelerate the advancement of projects including Beisheng Green Energy’s Phase II of the 5GW high-efficiency photovoltaic module facility, Heguang New Materials’ square silicon core production line upgrade, Zhongjing’s 200-ton high-end semiconductor discrete device facility, and Beixing Precision Engineering’s annual production of 3 projects, such as Beisheng Green Energy’s 5GW high-efficiency PV module Phase II, He Guang New Materials’ square silicon core production line upgrade, Zhongjing’s 200-ton high-end semiconductor discrete device project, and Beixing Precision Engineering’s annual 30,000-ton silicon carbide composite ceramic project, to enhance the integrity of the industrial chain and boost the competitiveness of crystalline silicon material enterprises. Accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, plan and advance projects such as He Guang’s annual 2GW monocrystalline silicon ingot and 200GW square silicon core production, as well as Shenzhen Bincheng Electronics’ semiconductor chip project, to drive the crystalline silicon materials industry chain to extend into high-end application fields, diversify product types, and increase product value-added. By 2030, the output value of the crystalline silicon materials cluster will reach 10 billion yuan. 5. Battery and Energy Storage Materials Cluster. Building on the foundation of Sinochem Lithium Battery’s 10,000-ton NCM cathode material production and Haiyuan CRRC’s 1GW energy storage equipment manufacturing, accelerate the construction of Wanning Company’s manganese lithium battery material industrial chain and Zhongning Weilide’s all-vanadium flow battery equipment manufacturing, as well as Lin Yuan’s all-vanadium flow battery equipment manufacturing in Shapotou District. Seizing the strategic opportunity presented by the autonomous region’s vigorous development of new energy and energy storage industries, we will focus on developing ternary cathode materials, high-nickel, low-cobalt ternary materials , lithium manganese oxide and other novel lithium-ion battery precursors, carbon-silicon composite and other anode materials, and battery separators, to build a battery and energy storage materials industrial chain. By 2030, the output value of the battery and energy storage materials cluster will reach 5 billion yuan.
(4) Promote Major Project Construction. Following the principle of “planning a batch, attracting a batch, constructing a batch, and putting a batch into production,” we will focus on building, extending, supplementing, and strengthening industrial chains by scientifically and precisely planning a series of major projects that benefit the long-term, lay a solid foundation, and address weaknesses. We will closely target key regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, implementing “business-to-business investment promotion, alliance platform investment promotion, industrial chain investment promotion, and equity investment promotion,” and actively organize investment promotion activities at major trade fairs, as well as “online investment matching” and “live project promotion” events—both online and offline—to strengthen the supply of key resources such as land, electricity, energy, water, and capital. We will accelerate the implementation of high-quality projects with significant driving force, long industrial chains, and notable demonstration effects, thereby addressing weaknesses in the industrial chain.We will accelerate the implementation and commissioning of major projects with strong industrial driving force, significant agglomeration effects, and the capacity to support economic development, including the restoration of Ningxin New Materials’ 110,000-ton electrolytic aluminum production capacity, Chenguang New Materials’ 300,000-ton silicon-based and aerogel new materials project, Wanning Company’s manganese-based lithium battery materials industrial chain, and Ruitai’s 80,000-ton nylon 66 expansion project, thereby enhancing the industrial foundation’s capabilities, supporting infrastructure, product quality, and added value.By 2030, we will continue to organize and implement more than 30 key new materials industry projects, striving to achieve fixed-asset investment of over 10 billion yuan and generate approximately 20 billion yuan in new industrial output value.
(5) Enhance Scientific and Technological Innovation Capabilities. Strengthen the leading role of enterprises in innovation, promote the aggregation of various innovation factors within enterprises, achieve the organic integration of technological R&D, technology transfer, and industrialization, and drive the industrial chain to a higher and build a seven-in-one new materials industry science and technology innovation system integrating government, industry, academia, research, finance, application, and service. Relying on key enterprises, universities, and technology innovation alliances, we will independently or jointly establish a number of enterprise science and technology innovation platforms and new R&D institutions. We will support the construction of the Ruitaike Technology-Xi’an Jiaotong University New Materials Research Center and the Lianlong Western Technology Center, strengthen industry-academia-research cooperation with local university research parks and the Helan Mountain Laboratory, organize internships and practical training, and encourage new materials enterprises to participate in the construction of the Ningxia New Materials Excellence Engineer Collaborative Innovation Practice Base. Deepen the “Challenge-Based” R&D initiative to break through a number of key core industrial technologies and transfer and commercialize a batch of advanced scientific and technological achievements, thereby promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain and the industrial chain. Support new materials enterprises in recruiting talent from both domestic and international sources, strengthen the cultivation of new materials talent and the building of innovation teams, and attract industry talent through multiple channels.Establish at least 5 engineering technology research centers and technology innovation centers for the new materials industry, as well as at least 10 enterprise technology centers.
(6) Focus on Enhancing Quality and Efficiency. Support enterprises in implementing structural, green, intelligent, and technological transformation initiatives, promote the replacement of equipment components, automation, production line upgrades, and product upgrades, extend the industrial chain, elevate the industry’s level, expand its scale, and enhance product competitiveness and market influence. Comprehensively implement the “Internet Plus Advanced Manufacturing” model, explore new business models and formats such as large-scale personalized customization and networked collaborative manufacturing in the new materials sector, support services including product testing data analysis, performance evaluation, and inspection and testing, encourage enterprises to adopt cloud and platform solutions, promote intelligent industrial upgrading and digital empowerment, and achieve a fundamental transformation of the new materials industry. By 2030, the new materials industry will have established 15 green factories, smart factories, and digital workshops, implemented 5 demonstration projects for the application and promotion of robots, and created 5 industrial internet platforms.
(VII) Focus on Enhancing the Level of Green Development. Fully implement the strategic deployment of the national “Dual Carbon” development goals, earnestly implement the “Implementation Plan for Key Tasks to Accelerate the Construction of a Dual Carbon Emission Control System in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region”(Ning Zhengban Fa [2024] No. 51). Focusing on improving energy and water efficiency, comprehensive resource utilization, and green manufacturing demonstrations, we will promote the low-carbon and green development of the new materials industry. We will concentrate on renewable energy substitution, increase the utilization rate of clean energy, and use “green energy” such as solar and wind power to produce “green hydrogen and green materials,” achieving multi-energy complementarity. We will research, develop, and promote advanced, applicable energy-saving and low-carbon technologies, accelerate the construction of energy management centers and carbon emission information management platforms, and further utilize digital and intelligent technologies to implement energy-saving and emission-reduction controls for production equipment; with reduction, resource recovery, and reuse as the primary directions, reduce the volume of solid waste, enhance the level and scale of solid waste recycling and utilization, and increase product value-added. Thoroughly implement the "Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Plan for the Construction of Green Power Industrial Parks for Distinctive and Competitive Industries (2024–2027)"(Ning New Energy [2024] No. 2), strive to secure greater allocations of renewable energy for new materials enterprises and projects, and effectively reduce energy costs. By 2030, key indicators for the new materials industry—including energy consumption, water consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial value added—will reach the advanced levels of the region’s manufacturing sector.
(8) Uphold the bottom line of safe development. Firmly establish the concept of safe development, strengthen bottom-line thinking and awareness of red lines, reinforce enterprises’ primary responsibility for production safety, improve the responsibility system for source governance, and strengthen the implementation of responsibilities to “eliminate accident hazards at their root,” comprehensively preventing and curbing major and particularly serious accidents in the new materials industry. Strengthen the team and capacity building of production safety supervisors in enterprises and industrial parks, promote the professionalization, simplification, and card-based format of enterprise emergency response plans, and strictly implement the “three in place” principles of plan management, emergency drills and safety training, and effectively enhance enterprises’ emergency response capabilities. Accelerate the construction and application of “Industrial Internet + Safety” in industrial parks, implement technological upgrades to enhance the modernization of technical safety measures in new materials enterprises, thoroughly implement the three-year campaign to tackle the root causes of workplace safety issues, focus on improving the inherent safety level of the chemical new materials industry, and promote the safe and sustainable development of the new materials industry.
V. Support Measures (1) Strengthen Organizational Leadership. Strengthen organizational leadership over the development of the new materials industry, carry out top-level policy design and planning coordination, enhance the coordination and integration of new materials industry policies, development plans, and policies related to science and technology, finance and taxation, finance, and talent, strengthen communication and coordination regarding special funds and major projects, enhance interdepartmental communication and information sharing, and drive the resolution of major issues in the development of the new materials industry. Strengthen monitoring and analysis of the new materials sector, timely track industry development trends, release policy information on the new materials industry, and guide and promote the standardized and orderly development of the new materials industry. (2) Strengthen Policy Guidance. Thoroughly implement the spirit of the 13th Party Congress of the Autonomous Region, and make every effort to build the “Six New, Six Special, Six Excellent + N” industrial layout. Target policies precisely, coordinate the use of fiscal funds at all levels and of various types, and increase investment, concentrate efforts on key challenges, and work together to achieve breakthroughs in new materials R&D, technology commercialization and application demonstration projects, and the construction of innovation and service platforms, to increase investment, concentrate efforts on key challenges, and achieve breakthroughs through collaborative efforts. Actively implement the “Zhongwei City Policy Measures for Promoting High-Quality Development of the New Materials Industry,” encourage and guide various forms of social investment to increase investment in the new materials industry, support the construction of new materials research centers, technology innovation centers, product R&D centers, testing and evaluation platforms, incubators, think tanks, and other platforms, foster the growth of new materials enterprises, and guide the healthy development of the new materials industry. (3) Strengthen Talent Development. Relying on the autonomous region’s talent recruitment program, we will focus on attracting and cultivating a group of top-tier domestic and international talents, strategic scientific and technological talents, leading scientific and technological figures, innovation and entrepreneurship teams, outstanding young talents, and highly skilled professionals who possess independent intellectual property rights and master core technologies. We will guide and encourage enterprises to establish expert work (research) stations for the new materials industry, and through incentives such as equity, stock options, and profit sharing, mobilize the innovation and creativity through incentives such as equity, stock options, and profit sharing; provide preferential support for entrepreneurship; and build a pool of composite new materials industry talent—including scientific and technical personnel, skilled workers, key personnel, and specialized teams—characterized by a reasonable age structure, excellent professional skills, proficiency in digital applications, and expertise in green and low-carbon technologies. (4) Strengthen financial support. Leverage the important role of financial support in driving technological innovation and industrial development, encourage financial institutions to innovate financial products and services such as intellectual property pledge loans, broaden channels for industry-finance collaboration, and provide enterprises with more and more preferential financial support. We will fully implement relevant policies, such as the autonomous region’s insurance compensation and product subsidies for the first-batch application demonstration of key new materials, to provide quality and safety liability risk protection for the promotion and application of new materials. We will actively promote key enterprises and major projects in the city’s new materials industry to financial institutions, guide financial institutions to provide credit support to new materials enterprises, encourage social funds and private capital to increase investment in the new materials industry, and support eligible new materials enterprises in raising capital through IPOs, bond issuances, or mergers and acquisitions. (5) Optimize the Development Environment. Fully leverage the “concierge” spirit of the industry and information technology departments and industrial parks (development zones) to provide “nanny-style” services, proactively assisting new materials enterprises in timely resolving issues arising during production, operations, and project construction. Ensure the supply of resource elements such as land, electricity, energy, and water for new materials enterprises and key projects. Encourage financial institutions to support the development of new materials enterprises by increasing credit limits, extending loan terms, and reducing financing costs . Increase publicity efforts regarding exemplary cases of new materials industry development, as well as leading enterprises and pioneering talents, to foster a favorable environment for the high-quality development of our city’s new materials industry. (6) Strengthen Planning Evaluation. Enhance the implementation and execution of new materials industry development plans, improve the evaluation mechanism for such plans, and conduct monitoring, evaluation, and dynamic adjustments of plan implementation. Strengthen dynamic tracking of new situations and issues arising during implementation, and coordinate to resolve them in a timely manner.Strengthen monitoring and analysis of the new materials industry to gain a timely, comprehensive, and accurate understanding of industrial development and enterprise operations. Explore the establishment of a social oversight mechanism for plan implementation, inviting and encouraging public participation in supervising the implementation of plans. Actively publish information on new materials industry policies to guide and promote the standardized and orderly development of the new materials industry.