This plan is formulated to accelerate the realization of the functional positioning of a national advanced manufacturing and R&D base, to further promote high-quality development in the manufacturing sector, and to foster the sustained and healthy development of the petrochemical and chemical industries.
I. General Requirements
(1) Guiding Principles
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly carry out General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important requirements of “focusing on three key areas” regarding Tianjin’s work and the spirit of his series of important instructions and directives, resolutely uphold the “Two Establishments,” and firmly ensure the “Two Upholds.”Based on the new stage of development, we will fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, build a new development paradigm, balance development and security, adhere to market-driven principles, optimize industrial layout, deepen openness and cooperation, accelerate structural adjustment, elevate the level of the city’s petrochemical and chemical industries, comprehensively advance digital transformation, improve inherent safety and clean production standards, and strive to build a modern petrochemical and chemical industrial system characterized by high-end, international, green, and intelligent features, thereby providing strong support for the implementation of the high-quality development initiative in manufacturing.
(2) Development Goals
By the end of 2025, the city’s petrochemical and chemical industry will have basically established a new pattern of high-quality development characterized by strong independent innovation capabilities and the ability to ensure a supply of high-end products, a scientific structural layout, and green, safe, and low-carbon operations. We will foster a group of internationally competitive enterprise groups to drive the development of surrounding regions and related industries.
——Steady growth in scale and efficiency. The annual output value of the city’s petrochemical industry will grow by more than 10% on average, establishing a major national integrated refining and petrochemical production base, with significantly enhanced supply capabilities for basic raw materials such as olefins and aromatics. Two to three new leading enterprises with a scale exceeding 10 billion yuan will be added, 15 to 20 backbone enterprises with a scale exceeding 1 billion yuan will be cultivated, along with a group of “single-champion” and “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” enterprises.
——Innovation capabilities will be significantly enhanced. The collaborative innovation system integrating industry, academia, research, and application will be further refined; breakthroughs will be achieved in a number of key generic technologies; major integrated equipment and core components will be developed; comprehensive service-oriented R&D platforms and pilot-scale conversion bases will be established; and a skilled, well-structured team of innovative talent will be cultivated.R&D investment by enterprises above designated size in the city’s petrochemical and chemical industry will account for more than 1.5% of their main business revenue; the number of national-level high-tech enterprises will exceed 50; and more than 20 national and provincial-level R&D innovation platforms will be established.
——Industrial layout has become more rational. Existing petrochemical and chemical production enterprises that comply with industrial policies and guidelines are encouraged to gradually relocate to the Nangang Industrial Zone, thereby increasing industrial concentration and achieving park-based, intensive development. The zones are guided to establish a high-quality development model characterized by green, safe, and low-carbon practices, resulting in a significant improvement in the capacity to supply high-end products and a marked enhancement of core competitiveness.
— The industrial structure will be further optimized. Strict project entry requirements will be enforced to resolutely curb the blind expansion of “high-energy consumption, high-emission, and low-value-added” projects. The development of high-end specialty chemicals and new chemical materials will be vigorously promoted to enhance the overall competitiveness of the industrial chain.Accelerate the integration of next-generation information technologies—such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence—with the petrochemical and chemical industries to achieve digital transformation. The rate of specialization in the city’s petrochemical and chemical industries will exceed 50%, and the output value of strategic emerging industries will account for over 40% of the total; the automation rate of major production facilities at key enterprises will reach over 95%, and a number of exemplary smart factories will be established.
——Comprehensive Enhancement of Green and Safe Development. We will adhere to the circular utilization of resources and energy, accelerate the establishment of a green and low-carbon development system, actively explore green production methods, and promote a comprehensive green and low-carbon transition. Energy consumption and carbon emissions per unit of added value will decrease significantly, and enterprises’ emissions of major pollutants will meet industry standards.We aim to increase the share of green energy—including cold energy, wind power, and photovoltaic power generation—to over 10%, and achieve a recovery and utilization rate of hydrogen from industrial by-products of over 95%. Enterprises’ primary responsibility for workplace safety will be further strengthened, and intrinsic safety levels will be significantly improved.
II. Key Tasks
(1) Upholding Innovation-Driven Development to Promote High-End Industrial Growth
Deploy innovation chains around industrial chains, and layout industrial chains based on innovation chains. Focusing on the construction of the National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, fully integrate regional resources, gather high-end technological elements, strengthen the leading role of enterprises in innovation, and accelerate the establishment of a “three-in-one” innovation system comprising key laboratories, innovation centers in key fields, and R&D institutions for generic technologies.Leveraging innovation platforms such as the Tianjin Strategic Alliance for Industrial Technology Innovation and the Haihe Laboratory for Green Material Creation and Manufacturing, we will establish a series of public service platforms, including generic technology R&D centers and pilot-scale testing bases. We will accelerate the development of the Nangang Industrial Zone Science and Technology Innovation Center, promote deep integration among industry, academia, research, and application, and build a collaborative innovation system.
We will fully leverage the strengths of higher education institutions such as Nankai University, Tianjin University, and Liaoning University of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, as well as the talent and technological advantages of leading enterprises including China National Petroleum Corporation (hereinafter referred to as CNPC), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sinopec),Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Bohai Group), as well as research institutes and specialized institutions such as the Sinopec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, the Sinopec Research Institute of Petrochemical Sciences, and China Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd. Through various forms such as cooperation, joint ventures, and technology equity participation, we will leverage mechanisms such as “open challenges” andand “competitive selection” mechanisms to carry out collaborative research and development among industry, academia, research institutes, and end-users. We will accelerate the transformation and incubation of scientific and technological achievements to achieve breakthroughs in a number of “bottleneck” technologies in fields such as new chemical materials (including high-end polyolefins, specialty engineering plastics, and high-performance functional membrane materials), as well as electronic chemicals, biomass chemicals, resource recycling and utilization, and energy conservation and low-carbon development. This will help break foreign monopolies, fill domestic gaps, and achieve import substitution.
(2) Optimize Industrial Layout to Promote High-Level Cluster Development
The Nangang Industrial Zone serves as the primary hub for new petrochemical and chemical projects in the city. Except for hazardous chemical production projects constructed to support production facilities in other industries, new petrochemical and chemical projects shall, in principle, be located within the Nangang Industrial Zone. This will promote the clustering of the petrochemical and chemical industries in the Nangang Industrial Zone and accelerate the construction of a world-class green chemical new materials base.
The development of the Lingang Chemical Concentration Zone in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, the Dagang Petrochemical Industrial Park, and existing petrochemical and chemical industry clusters operated by CNPC and Sinopec in Tianjin will be strictly controlled. In principle, no new petrochemical or chemical projects will be approved in these areas, except for projects involving renovation and expansion, technological upgrades, safety and environmental protection, energy conservation and carbon reduction, clean energy, and new chemical materials that extend from local raw materials to downstream consumption.Implementation of the aforementioned projects must simultaneously meet the following conditions: First, they must comply with national industrial policies; second, they must be located within the boundaries of a designated chemical industrial park; third, they must employ safe and advanced production processes; fourth, they must not increase the output of hazardous chemicals (excluding hydrogen) subject to key supervision within the chemical industrial park, nor increase the total volume of hazardous chemicals (excluding hydrogen) transported out of the park; fifth, they must not expand the external safety buffer zones of the chemical industrial park as determined by the "Risk Benchmarks for Hazardous Chemical Production Units and Storage Facilities."For existing petrochemical and chemical enterprises in other areas that are not yet eligible for relocation, the respective districts shall organize feasibility, technological advancement, and safety reviews for projects meeting the above criteria and submit recommendations for decision-making.
Optimize the management model for petrochemical industry clusters. While strictly controlling the number of chemical industrial parks and improving development quality, integrate the existing petrochemical industry clusters of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Sinopec in Tianjin into the Nangang Industrial Zone based on an integrated upstream-downstream development approach. Implement standardized and integrated management, coordinate the allocation of resources, enhance safety and environmental governance, and achieve integration in project approval, land supply, supporting infrastructure construction, port logistics, safety and environmental management, and enterprise services to facilitate coordinated development across the entire industrial chain.
(3) Building Smart Industrial Parks to Empower the Industry with Digital Technology
Accelerate the integration of next-generation information technologies—such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence—with the petrochemical industry. Continuously enhance the capability to capture process data, break down data silos in production operations, strengthen integrated control throughout the entire process, promote innovative applications of digital twins, accelerate the digital transformation of the industry, and establish a number of benchmark smart factories and digital workshops.Foster new models for the integrated development of the petrochemical industry and the internet, support leading enterprises in building a number of influential industry-specific internet platforms, and promote the coordinated development of the industrial chain through the integration of digital ecosystems.
Deeply advance the development of smart chemical industrial parks by integrating park-wide safety monitoring, environmental protection, emergency management, traffic management, mutual supply of raw materials, logistics and warehousing, financing services, and data information with mobile internet, cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This will enable data interconnection and sharing among governments, parks, and enterprises, create an “industrial brain,” enhance the intelligence of comprehensive park management, and strengthen the parks’ digital operational capabilities.Establish a park-wide system for the perception, monitoring, assessment, early warning, and response to workplace safety incidents. Advance the “Industrial Internet + Hazardous Chemicals Safety Production” initiative, strengthen zoned and categorized management, and comprehensively utilize new technologies such as electronic fences and intelligent monitoring at checkpoints and roadways. Accelerate the development of hardware and software to achieve intelligent, visualized safety management within enclosed parks, thereby improving the level of safety supervision and emergency rescue information management.
(4) Strengthen Project Support to Promote Industrial Synergy
Adhere to the principle of upstream capacity-driven development by attracting Fortune Global 500 companies, the top 50 global and domestic chemical enterprises, and the top 5 global and domestic companies in specialized fine chemical sectors. With integrated refining and petrochemicals as the flagship, promote the use of lighter and more diversified feedstocks to expand industrial scale and meet the needs of the industrial chain’s development.We will strengthen the integration of midstream products, promote the deep processing of basic products, focus on olefin derivatives and intermediate products in the industrial chain, enhance coordinated planning, and build an industrial chain characterized by interconnected corporate pipelines, coupled production processes, and mutual supply of materials and products. We will promote the integration of downstream industries, prioritizing the development of products that are urgently needed for industrial growth, have a solid R&D foundation, and offer broad market prospects, in response to the demand for high-end materials in fields such as next-generation information technology, biopharmaceuticals, new energy, new materials, automobiles and new energy vehicles, and aerospace.Focus on domestically scarce and high-end products to extend, supplement, and strengthen the industrial chain; develop high-end fine chemicals and new chemical materials; and promote the upgrading of the product structure.
Leveraging the raw material advantages of Sinopec’s Nangang Ethylene and Bohua relocation projects, we will establish a series of specialized industrial chains in the fields of specialty olefin derivatives, advanced chemical new materials, and high-end fine and specialty chemicals, with a focus on developing three major synthetic materials—synthetic rubber, synthetic fibers, and synthetic plastics—as well as downstream high-end fine chemical products.Extend industrial chains through product diversification, developing products such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS, and PVC.Strengthen the industrial chain through high-tech applications by developing new engineering resins, high-end interior materials, and special materials for aerospace. Optimize the industrial chain through a circular economy by developing products such as ethylene carbonate, dimethyl oxalate, dimethyl carbonate, and biodegradable PVC and PP, thereby achieving coordinated development of upstream and downstream products in the petrochemical industry.
Strengthen industrial policy support and implement targeted investment promotion for the industrial chain. Vigorously advance the major national strategy of coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, attracting the headquarters, regional headquarters, research and design units of central state-owned enterprises such as China National Petroleum Corporation, Sinopec, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Sinochem Holdings Co., Ltd.,China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation, and other central state-owned enterprises’ second- and third-tier subsidiaries, regional headquarters, and research and design units, as well as leading foreign-invested and private enterprises, to establish operations in Tianjin. We will cultivate a group of “single-champion” enterprises with promising prospects, high market share, and independent intellectual property rights. We will encourage “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” small and medium-sized enterprises with strong growth potential to establish stable cooperative relationships with leading enterprises, break through supply bottlenecks for key chemical materials and important raw materials, and enhance the localization and support capabilities of industrial and supply chains.
(5) Coordinate Resource Allocation and Enhance Service Support
Priority will be given to securing key resource allocations—including marine use, land use, energy consumption, and environmental capacity quotas—for major construction projects. Parallel approval processes will be implemented for procedures such as marine use reviews, land use approvals, planning permits, and construction permits, achieving streamlined approvals, shared documentation, optimized workflows, and accelerated efficiency. A collaborative processing model will be established for marine use, planning, and land procedures in areas with historical land reclamation issues, thereby improving the efficiency of project processing.Coordinate the city’s total energy consumption quotas to prioritize energy supply for key construction projects and support the allocation of separate energy consumption quotas for such projects. Coordinate the city’s environmental capacity quotas, guide relevant districts to fully tap into the potential for pollutant emission reductions, and coordinate the use of regional paid adjustments, quota swaps, and advance allocations to ensure that total quota requirements for key construction projects are met.Optimize the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for projects. Except for those requiring national approval, conduct marine engineering EIAs in areas with historical land reclamation issues in accordance with regulations, incorporate the assessment results into the construction project EIA documents, and follow the standard EIA approval procedures to reduce costs and accelerate the process.
Accelerate the construction of supporting infrastructure such as water supply, power supply, gas, steam, sewage treatment, and petrochemical utility corridors. Intensify the development and utilization of various clean and green energy sources, including photovoltaic, wind power, cooling energy, hydrogen energy, waste heat and pressure, and geothermal energy. Promote a public utility security system featuring “dual water sources,” “dual gas sources,” and “dual power sources” to enhance security capabilities.Strengthen the synergy between the port and industry, using industry to boost the port and the port to promote industry. Under safe and controllable conditions, gradually open up container handling operations for Class 2 to 6 dangerous goods at the Port of Tianjin to create a high-quality and convenient logistics environment.
(6) Uphold Environmental Protection Standards and Enhance Industrial Sustainability
Strictly implement the “Three Lines and One List” ecological and environmental zoning control requirements, and strengthen the coordination between planning environmental impact assessments and those for construction projects. Orderly promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in key sectors of the petrochemical and chemical industries to improve industry energy efficiency.Encourage enterprises to utilize chemical processes for carbon sequestration, adopting site-specific and on-site utilization approaches. Orderly develop green and low-carbon projects such as hydrogen energy, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), and cold energy, and synergistically advance carbon emission reduction and carbon neutrality across industrial chains. Accelerate the promotion of green processes and green products, and advance the construction of green industrial parks, green factories, and green supply chains. Explore the adoption of technologies and processes for the synergistic control of multiple pollutants and greenhouse gases, carry out collaborative innovation, and promote the application of CCUS technologies where conditions permit.Encourage the development of the biodegradable plastics and bio-degradable materials industries, and ensure the resource recycling and energy utilization of industrial by-products such as waste heat, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, waste plastics, and waste rubber. Cultivate a group of exemplary enterprises with advanced technology, efficient management, cost leadership, and replicable and scalable experience to demonstrate and lead the industry’s comprehensive green and low-carbon transformation. Foster a group of service providers offering green and low-carbon solutions for industrial parks, and increase the promotion and application of green and low-carbon technologies and equipment.
Improve the environmental quality and pollutant monitoring and surveillance systems in industrial parks, and advance in-depth pollution control for both the parks and their tenant enterprises. Encourage enterprises to adopt clean production technologies and equipment to upgrade their operations, thereby promoting the “reduction” of industrial waste at the source. Strengthen the comprehensive management of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and comprehensively control fugitive VOC emissions.Advance the in-depth treatment of five categories of wastewater: saline, acidic, high-ammonia nitrogen, non-biodegradable, and heavy-metal-containing. Strengthen environmental risk management of chemical substances; for enterprises that use toxic and hazardous chemicals in production or emit such substances during the production process, implement mandatory clean production audits in accordance with the law.
(7) Uphold Safety Red Lines and Strengthen Intrinsic Safety in Industry
Strengthen source-based governance and strictly uphold safety red lines in project approval. In accordance with the requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission’s *Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment*, phase out outdated production capacity in accordance with laws and regulations, and resolutely curb the blind development of high-energy-consumption, high-pollution, and low-level projects.In accordance with national regulations, carry out the accreditation of chemical industrial parks and formulate relevant plans. Establish a strict project entry mechanism, raise the threshold for project approval, and introduce high-end, green, and intelligent petrochemical and chemical projects to elevate the level of industrial development. Implement national regulations on safety risk prevention and control for hazardous chemical production and construction projects, and strengthen safety production requirements at every stage of project approval. Strengthen safety and environmental protection responsibilities, strictly supervise the operation of production facilities at existing enterprises, increase the severity of penalties, and effectively safeguard industrial safety.
We will improve the level of inherent safety, resolutely implement relevant national and municipal regulations, enforce strict supervision and law enforcement, urge enterprises to firmly establish a safety-oriented development philosophy, and effectively fulfill their primary responsibility for work safety. We will carry out safety rectification campaigns for hazardous chemical enterprises and resolutely shut down those that fail to meet work safety conditions in accordance with the law. We will establish a dual-prevention mechanism for hazardous chemical enterprises involving the graded control of safety risks and the investigation and rectification of hidden dangers, and accelerate the achievement of full digital coverage for enterprises with major hazard sources.Increase corporate investment in safety, enhance the level of automated control, and advance the construction and improvement of flammable and toxic gas leak detection and alarm systems, emergency shut-off devices, and automated control systems for production facilities and storage facilities classified as “two key areas and one major hazard.” Hazardous chemical process facilities subject to key national supervision must implement automated control to strengthen inherent safety. Strengthen safety supervision and management of the road transport of dangerous goods to improve the safety level of such transport.
Enhance rescue capabilities by increasing investment in emergency response capacity building. Coordinate the planning of emergency response teams within industrial parks and standardize the command, dispatch, training, and evaluation of these teams. Refine emergency response plans and optimize process-specific accident response measures to ensure scientific and safe handling of incidents. Explore mechanisms for sharing emergency and firefighting resources and establishing emergency response coordination within industrial parks to promote joint resource development and capacity enhancement.
III. Support Measures
(1) Strengthening Organizational Leadership
The Municipal Leading Group for Promoting Major Petrochemical Project Construction shall comprehensively study important matters, coordinate major issues, formulate major policies, and make overall deployments and systematic progress on key tasks. Member units of the Leading Group shall integrate key tasks into their departmental priorities and coordinate the implementation of these tasks.The Office of the Leading Group will co-locate with the Office of the Green Petrochemical Industry Chain Task Force to strengthen overall coordination. It will regularly monitor the progress of key enterprises, projects, and tasks, and ensure that all objectives and tasks are implemented in detail. An expert working group will be established within the Office of the Leading Group, comprising managers and experts with extensive practical experience in the industry, to provide professional consultation on laws, regulations, policies, and technology for industrial development.
(2) Strengthening the Implementation of Responsibilities
Relevant districts and municipal-level departments must meticulously organize and implement these measures, proposing practical and effective implementation strategies. They should guide relevant enterprises to advance related work in a solid and steady manner, based on their actual circumstances and in accordance with the primary objectives and key tasks. Support should be provided to relevant industry organizations to fully leverage their role as bridges and links, actively offering services and guidance while strengthening industry self-regulation.
(3) Improve Policy Mechanisms
Fully leverage the professional support provided by consulting agencies, industry associations, and industrial alliances to refine supporting policies for the city’s petrochemical industry and explore the establishment of management measures for pilot-scale projects. Strengthen policy coordination across industrial, fiscal, financial, land, energy, ecological environment, and work safety sectors to guide enterprises toward high-end, international, green, and intelligent development.
(4) Increasing Financial Support
Fully leverage the guiding role of various policy funds to support enterprises in building innovation capabilities and implementing major industry-academia-research collaboration projects, and assist enterprises in developing core technologies, proprietary technologies, and high-end new products. Study the establishment of a petrochemical and chemical industry development fund, and make full and effective use of government-guided funds such as the Haihe Industrial Fund and the Binhai Industrial Development Fund to accelerate the industrialization of scientific research achievements.Strengthen financial institutions’ support for the real economy and enhance cooperation between banks and enterprises. Using the “key enterprises in industrial chains + dedicated financial service teams” model as a focal point, organize financial institutions to engage with key enterprises. Guide financial institutions to provide differentiated, scenario-based, and targeted financial products and services. Support financial institutions in applying for various special re-lending programs, such as those for industrial technology upgrades and technological innovation. Increase financing support for technological innovation, carbon reduction, and clean production, and enhance the proactivity and enthusiasm of financial services.Support enterprises in pursuing diverse financing channels. Encourage enterprises with promising prospects and the necessary qualifications to issue corporate bonds, and utilize various forms such as initial public offerings (IPOs), equity financing, financial leasing, and technology project transfers to address corporate funding needs.
(5) Optimizing the Service Environment
Improve enterprise (project) service mechanisms and implement round-the-clock, comprehensive “one-stop” services. Further streamline project approval management by promptly publishing flowcharts and explanatory documents for procedural steps. Establish a project tracking service system and improve ex-post supervision mechanisms; for petrochemical and chemical projects, adopt a “process immediately when possible, handle urgent matters urgently, treat special cases with special consideration, and simplify complex procedures” approach. For issues raised by enterprises, maintain a ledger to track and resolve each item individually, implementing a “check-off” management system.Strengthen the investment promotion coordination mechanism, enhance coordination between municipal and district levels as well as among departments, reinforce service awareness, and continuously improve the professional competence of investment promotion teams to ensure that projects can be “attracted and successfully established.”
This plan shall take effect from the date of issuance. The “Notice of the General Office of the Tianjin Municipal People’s Government on Issuing the Implementation Plan for Restructuring, Promoting Transformation, and Enhancing Efficiency in Tianjin’s Petrochemical Industry” (Tianjin Government Office Letter [2017] No. 129) is hereby repealed. In the event of any inconsistencies between this plan and relevant documents previously issued by the municipal or district governments, this plan shall prevail.
