Li Keqiang,the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council,held a working conference on energy conservation and emission reduction and climate change response,aiming at promoting the implementation of the Government Work Report,promoting energy conservation and emission reduction and low-carbon development,energy conservation in key areas such as industry and construction,and enhancing the internal power of energy conservation and emission reduction in the whole society,especially in enterprises.

Action Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Firmly Determines the Transformation of Coatings Enterprises

Simply put,energy saving and emission reduction refers to saving material and energy resources,reducing emissions of waste and environmental harmful substances.Premier Li Keqiang emphasized that the implementation of the action plan of energy saving and emission reduction should attract the attention of coatings enterprises in the production of coatings.Energy saving and emission reduction is also a compulsory industrial policy for industrial enterprises during the 12th Five-Year Plan period.Under the influence of this policy,many local governments have responded,such as chemical coatings.The industry moves out of the city center,eliminates the backward production capacity of paint enterprises,and strengthens the inspection and punishment.As a paint product in the range of dangerous chemicals,it is often considered as a"big emitter"and listed in the blacklist of environmental protection projects.With the increasingly stringent policy,the national environmental protection action will not only be listed in the"blacklist",which also makes many powerful and far-sighted paint enterprises no longer just shout"energy saving,emission reduction,environmental protection".”Slogan,and in the process of research and development,production and other efforts towards the direction of environmental protection and energy conservation,energy conservation and emission reduction action plan is announced to strengthen their determination to reform in the end on this transformation road.

Of course,national policies such as energy saving and emission reduction are not the only reasons for the reform of coatings enterprises.In recent years,furniture painting and home decoration painting related to the coatings industry have repeatedly been exposed to the problem of harmful substances exceeding the standard,including the improvement of consumers'awareness of environmental protection,which makes coatings enterprises feel pressured,customers.There is also a demand for environmentally friendly waterborne coatings.If the production structure and product types are not changed,the market of coatings will be smaller and smaller.All kinds of pressures force the coatings industry to insist on environmental protection reform.The environmental protection measures for the paint industry are not only energy saving and emission reduction in the production process,but also production,which is the most controllable aspect for the paint enterprises,and this process is often ignored by the paint manufacturers.

Under the influence of environmental protection policies such as energy saving and emission reduction,water-based environmental protection coatings products have aroused a boom in the market and won the favor of consumers.Water-based coatings are different from traditional solvent-based paints.Water is used as a diluent,which not only saves a lot of petroleum resources,but also reduces pollution in production and use,which is in line with energy saving and reduction.The requirement of platoon is recognized as the main direction of the development of coatings industry.However,the shift from solvent-based paint to water-borne paint requires technological innovation and technological transformation.Scientific and technological innovation has become a decisive factor.In this case,only by developing new technologies and continuously reforming production processes and processes,can paint enterprises gain the opportunity to seize the future market.Especially small and medium-sized paint enterprises,which are usually criticized for polluting the environment,should pursue the transformation and upgrading of production mode.

Premier Li Keqiang said at the working conference on energy conservation and emission reduction that energy conservation and emission reduction are not entirely contradictory to promoting development.The key is to coordinate and handle them well,find a reasonable balance between them,and make them parallel and perfect combination.Indeed,in the process of transition to the production of water-borne environmental protection coatings,coatings enterprises will experience a painful period,but if they can bear it,they will certainly be able to reap the fruits of nurturing unlimited business opportunities.The policy incentive of the state is actually the opportunity of paint enterprises standing at the crossroads of transformation.Whether they can grasp the"straw for life"depends on the perseverance and determination of decision makers.

Coatings enterprises mainly need to achieve energy saving and emission reduction in the production process,which is nothing more than"R&D innovation"and"production promotion":invest in R&D of waterborne coatings and powder coatings with core technology,instead of solvent-based paint;promote environmental protection methods in the production process,and maintain clean production.

Coatings enterprises should not only do a good job of energy saving and emission reduction in their own aspects,but also promote the market of coatings products under the mode of energy saving and emission reduction.However,with the growing demand of the market,customers no longer need to be promoted to accept environmental protection coatings products.The remaining factors that paint enterprises can rely on in order to take the lead in the market competition are product price,quality and service.Price and quality also need to invest considerable technical force to improve,reduce production costs,and service also needs to be strengthened through the later persistence.

Premier Li Keqiang also stressed at the meeting that hard measures must be taken.Complete the hard task of energy saving and emission reduction,including strengthening responsibility,increasing accountability,the State Council to organize open and secret visits,and find problems.While feeling the determination of the central government to save energy,reduce pollution and protect the environment,coatings enterprises should consider and adjust the development strategy of future enterprises,regard the strengthening of policies as a challenge and an opportunity for transformation.How to survive in the fiercely competitive coatings market and follow the thinking of energy saving and emission reduction to realize environmental protection and water-borne property?Road is a good choice.